Melbourne 12 August 2009 - John Holland Aviation Services (JHAS) has secured a five year agreement to provide line maintenance services to Strategic Airlines’ A320-200 and A330-200 aircraft. The work will be undertaken by JHAS in Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth.

The new contract further consolidates JHAS’ position as the major Australian provider of comprehensive maintenance services to both domestic and international airlines. The announcement follows the recent award of a contract to carry out heavy maintenance on Virgin Blue’s fleet of EMBRAER jets. JHAS is the only independent MRO in the Asia Pacific region with EMBRAER maintenance capabilities.

“This new contract will further extend our on-ground capabilities at Tullamarine to include Base Maintenance on A330 aircraft,” said Andrew Henderson, General Manager, John Holland Aviation Services. “Line Maintenance activities will be carried out in Brisbane, while Strategic Airlines’ services to the north-west of Western Australia will be serviced with logistics and line maintenance support from our team in Perth.”

Andrew continued, “The new agreement strengthens our reputation as the leading MRO in the Australian aviation sector and again showcases Australia’s onshore aircraft maintenance capability. We are pleased to be extending our capability for the popular A330 aircraft.

”Strategic Airlines will utilise A320 and A330 aircraft to service its existing commercial and defence charter jet contracts. The airline has recently taken delivery of an A330-200 aircraft which is expected to commence commercial operations from October 2009.

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