EasyJet signs new maintenance contract

Budget airline easyJet signed a major aircraft maintenance deal today, in a move expected to reduce its costs by more than £10m (€14.7m) over the next year.

The ten-year tie-up will see Zurich-based SR Technics provide full technical management, excluding engines, for the airline’s fleet of 54 Airbus A319s, which is planned to rise to 120 aircraft by 2008.