EVENDALE, Ohio - GE Engine Services Inc. has been awarded a maintenance and overhaul contract valued at more than $200 million from Tower Air, a New York-based charter airline.
Under the terms of the five-year contract, GE will maintain and refurbish Pratt & Whitney JT9 engines powering Tower Air's 14 Boeing 747-100s and 747-200s. The work will be performed at GE's overhaul and repair facility at Nantgarw, Wales.
"We are very pleased that Tower Air can be served by our GE's Wales facility," said Bill Vareschi, president of GE Engine Services. "Our Wales operation is providing industry-leading quality in the maintenance and overhaul of GE, P&W, and Rolls-Royce engines."
GE Engine Services, which continues to experience rapid growth, has been awarded multi-year contracts valued at more than $4 billion during the first nine months of 1996.
A wholly owned subsidiary of the General Electric Company, GE Engine Services is the world's largest integrated engine maintenance resource, with facilities not only in Nantgarw, but also in: Cincinnati, Ohio; Strother Field, Kansas; Ontario, California; and Singapore.