AAR signs multi-year contract for flydubai’s Boeing 737 MAX fleet

AAR has expanded its partnership with low-fare carrier, flydubai, and signed a multi-year support deal contract to support its growing Boeing 737 MAX fleet.

AAR began supporting flydubai’s fleet on 737 MAX’s in 2017, and signed a contract extension for the 737 Next Generation fleet in 2021.

flydubai operates a single fleet-type of 68 Boeing 737 aircraft that includes 32 Next-Generation Boeing 737-800, 33 Boeing 737 MAX 8, and 3 Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft. The carrier is expected to take delivery of 11 737 MAX aircraft by the end of the year as it continues to retire more of its 737 Next-Generations.

Mick Hills, flydubai’s Chief Operations Officer, said: “The experience and reliability this partnership adds to our operations will continue to be collaborative, especially as we bring more of our MRO capabilities in house. We look forward to expanding our partnership with AAR as we grow our fleet over the next few years.”

Colin Craig, AAR’s Vice President, Business Development, Integrated Solutions said: “flydubai’s decision to place further trust in AAR’s ability to provide excellent operational support speaks to the success of embedding our services with customers.”