Jet Support Services (JSSI) and Danish regio
nal airline Sun-Air are celebrating the first anniversary of the long-term maintenance agreement between the two companies. Last year JSSI (Booth A74) enrolled Sun-Air as its first regio
nal airline customer and now provides engine maintenance care for the carrier's fleet of 17 Dornier 328’s.
“It has been an ho
nor providing service to Sun-Air over the past year,” said Neil Book, president and CEO of Chicago-ba
sed JSSI. “Our move into the commercial market was a natural progression for us to bring value to regio
nal airlines looking for more attentive service, cost savings, and support.”
Sun-Air was searching for long-term engine care, tailored to stabilize maintenance costs for its unique operation. Another factor was the minimization of AOG-related downtime.
“We are incredibly happy with the JSSI engine program as it is exactly what we were looking for in a maintenance program,” said Kristoffer Sundberg, the airline’s owner and CEO. “We now have a fixed hourly rate per engine, across our entire fleet, for a 10-year period. This support offers us fixed costs for the foreseeable future, with no annual escalations, and with the added value of the unrivalled support structure that JSSI is world-renowned for.”