Recently, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Xiamen Airlines signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Xiamen for the exclusive, long-term maintenance of Xiamen Airlines’ GEnx General Electric engines. These next-generation engines will power the six brand-new Boeing 787-8 aircraft that Xiamen Airlines has ordered.
Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance offer a fully-certified Maintenance Repair & Overhaul Organisation for B787 GEnx engines. Xiamen Airlines will be the launch customer for Air France-KLM’s expertise in GEnx engine maintenance in Amsterdam. AFI KLM E&M is a frontrunner in providing professional, high-quality maintenance services to airlines worldwide.
“This intensified cooperation with our SkyTeam partner Xiamen Airlines reflects our strategic focus on Asia in general and China in particular, as well as our ambition to further develop our Engineering & Maintenance business。”— Pieter Elbers, KLM President & CEO
Xiamen Airlines and KLM will also intensify their partnership by extending code-sharing to more flights across their respective networks, giving their customers a broader and better range of options for travel beyond their hubs in Xiamen and Amsterdam. Xiamen Airlines launched direct service between Xiamen and Amsterdam in summer 2015, supplementing the service KLM has operated between Amsterdam and Xiamen since 2011. Together, KLM and Xiamen Airlines operate six weekly code-share services between their respective hubs.
Xiamen Airlines and KLM also pledged to make use of each other’s catering services, to explore opportunities for staff exchange with a view to mutual learning, and to make their cooperation more effective.
近日，荷兰皇家航空和厦门航空在厦门共同签署合作备忘录，荷航将为厦航的GEnx发动机提供长期优质的维修服务。这些新一代的发动机将为厦航预定的6架全新波音787-8飞机提供动力。
法航工业荷航机务维修公司为波音787的GEnx发动机提供经过完全认证的日常维护和检修团队。厦门航空将成为首批客户，接受法航荷航集团在阿姆斯特丹为GEnx发动机提供的专业维修。法航工业荷航机务维修公司是该行业的领先者，为全球多家航空公司提供专业且高质量的机务维修服务。
荷航总裁兼首席执行官何强磊（Pieter Elbers）表示：“荷航与我们的天合联盟伙伴厦航加深合作反映了我们的战略聚焦不仅在亚洲，更在中国，也显示了我们要进一步发展机务维修业务的决心。”
荷航和厦航也将通过扩大代码共享范围进一步加深合作。通过代码共享在各自航线网络增加航班数量，为通过阿姆斯特丹和厦门两个枢纽出行的乘客提供更加广泛和便利的选择。厦航于2015年夏季开通了厦门—阿姆斯特丹的直航服务，与荷航自2011年在两地间开通的直航服务实现了优势互补。目前，荷航与厦航在阿姆斯特丹与厦门之间每周共同运营六班代码共享航班。
与此同时，荷航与厦航也承诺互相利用各自的餐饮服务资源，为员工交流学习创造更多机会，以及促进合作更加高效进行。
