Japan Airlines (JAL) has signed a multi-year IMS contract with Airbus subsidiary Satair for a long- term, fully-integrated end-to-end supply chain package covering expendable material for the airline’s new fleet of Airbus A350s.
The service will commence from June 2019 in line with the delivery of the first of 31 A350XWBs (18 A350-900s and 13 A350-1000s plus options for a further 25 aircraft) on order with the airline.
First service planned for the new aircraft will be in September 2019 on the Tokyo Haneda-Fukuoka route. The service to be provided by Satair will be covering all airframe expendables for the aircraft and will be provided through an on-site stock to JAL. The service includes planning, sourcing, purchasing, logistics and inventory management.