Lufthansa Technik entered the business aviation market with the formation of Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services in Berlin. LBAS offers Learjet, Challenger and Global Express corporate jet operators technical servicing of airline quality. Lufthansa Technik then began to bridge the servicing of traditional business aircraft and the conversion of standard commercial aircraft with the XXL Class. The company projects that over the next 10 years, there will be a need for some 200 new aircraft of this type. The XXL Class provides a tool for the future, Mayrhuber says.
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DaimlerChrysler will be taking delivery of the new ACJ in December. The ACJ will be used to shuttle DaimlerChrysler employees from the Stuttgart airport to the Chrysler headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan five times a week. DaimlerChrysler Aviation president Frank Rosler, on hand to sign the agreement, said the ACJ will operate as scheduled service while the other bizjets will operate on demand. The contract includes maintenance management and planned MRO services in addition to engineering tasks and personnel support on request. All rights reserved.