US Company To Help Trinidad-Based Airline

SEATTLE, CMC – A major United States airline component services company has entered into an agreement with the Trinidad-based Caribbean Airlines to help the regional carrier reduce costs, enhance efficiency and improve spare parts availability.The Washington-based Boeing 737 Component Services Program (CSP), a materials management and supply-chain company, said that it would also manage spare parts and components inventory for Caribbean Airlines “until the parts are needed”.

“Boeing guarantees that Caribbean Airlines will have working replacements for failed parts within 24 hours without having to stock up on spares or pay long-term holding costs,” the statement said.

The Component Services Program can help airlines save as much as 30 percent on inventory repair and administrative costs, Boeing said.

“Caribbean Airlines values its collaboration with Boeing that includes the maintenance performance toolbox, “ said Captain Ian Brunton, Executive Vice President Operations, Caribbean Airlines.

“We also are proud to be included in the membership of the Steering Committee of the industry-wide Boeing Fleet Team for the Next-Generation 737,” he added.

Since it began operations in January 2007, Caribbean Airlines has grown to a fleet of seven Boeing Next-Generation 737-800s, and is taking full advantage of the services that Boeing has to offer, Brunton said.

“Caribbean Airlines is taking a big step towards greater fleet efficiency and will be able to offer a better product by focusing on the passenger instead of spares provisioning,” said Dan da Silva, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Boeing Commercial Aviation Services.Boeing said the Component Services Program, which it offers in partnership with KLM Engineering and Maintenance, helps reduce both “up-front parts provisioning and long-term inventory holding costs and guarantees service as good as or better than when the airline managed the spare parts itself.”

 

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