Liebherr-Aerospace and Tianjin Airlines Sign E-Jet 190 Landing Gear Overhaul Contract

Liebherr-Aerospace will start in early 2017 to carry out all overhaul activities of the nose and main landing gear systems at its facility in Lindenberg (Germany).

Sun Xinkai, General Manager of Tianjin Airlines’ Maintenance Engineering Department said: “Tianjin Airlines is the first airline in China which will carry out the E-Jet190 aircraft landing gear echelon replacement. The overhaul conducted by Liebherr-Aerospace will contribute to the safe operation of our E-Jet 190 fleet and to our high standards in performance and reliability. This cooperation will provide us with data support and experience for future landing gear repair work applied on the same series of aircraft in China.”

The complete landing gear systems for the E-Jet family E170, E175, E190 and E195 were developed and manufactured by the OEM Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH, Liebherr’s center of excellence for flight control and landing gear systems. Liebherr-Aerospace provides clients with complete global OEM customer services, including repair and overhaul services, engineering support, archiving, spare parts and AOG services.