A five-year contract has been signed by Frontier Airlines and Lufthansa Technik for maintenance services on its Airbus A320 fleet.

The agreement with the ‘ultra-low cost carrier’ also cover digital aircraft diagnostic services through Lufthansa’s AVIATAR platform.

Approximately 300 aircraft maintenance events are scheduled for Frontier Airlines in Puerto Rico over the next five years.

The latest partnership was preceded by a one-year cooperation on base maintenance services on a single line at Lufthansa Technik’s base maintenance site in the Americas.

Lufthansa Technik has also been providing the US airline with components services for a number of years.

Lufthansa Technik Puerto Rico specialises in providing MRO A320 services and is strategically located in the Caribbean to serve customers from the Americas.

Covering 215,000 feet, the company operates a state-of-the-art, five-line facility staffed by a team of over 400 qualified professionals at Rafael Hernandez Airport in Aguadilla.

Jeffrey Moore, vice president technical operations at Frontier Airlines, said: “Based on the results of our initial partnership with Lufthansa Technik Puerto Rico, we are pleased to expand the relationship with this multi-year aircraft maintenance services agreement.

“Their base maintenance, components support and AVIATAR platform will help support our focus on high quality, efficient maintenance programs.”

Joerg Speri, chief executive of Lufthansa Technik Puerto Rico, added: “We are looking to support all aspects of base maintenance for Frontier Airlines and our other customers through our continuous commitment to excellence, quality, and safety in every project.

“To achieve this, we plan to integrate additional contracted services for Frontier Airlines to the upcoming maintenance activities, such as component support, and introduce new digital solutions.”

Frontier Airlines has also signed a long-term agreement to use the AVIATAR suite of digital products from predictive health analytics to condition monitoring.

AVIATAR’s condition monitoring collects data from various sources to offer a comprehensive overview of an aircraft’s status and components.

Predictive health analytics minimises downtime and offers proactive recommendations to enhance troubleshooting and lower the cost of maintenance and avoid operational incidents, delays or AOGs.