RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rolls-Royce, the world leader in engines for the business jet market, announced NetJets Middle East, owned and operated by National Air Service, has signed six Rolls-Royce powered aircraft to CorporateCare®, the industry’s most comprehensive engine maintenance and management programme.
The aircraft are three Tay 611-8-powered Gulfstream GIVs and three Gulfstream G450s powered by Tay 611-8C engines.
Jamal Kashkari, Director of Maintenance - NetJets Middle East said: “The utilization of the CorporateCare® program will increase the reliability of our aircraft.”
Stephen Friedrich, Vice President - Aftermarket Business, Corporate & Regional Engines, Rolls-Royce, said: “We are delighted to extend our partnership with NetJets Middle East. The combination of Rolls-Royce product and service solutions delivers NetJets Middle East enhanced operations, increased efficiency and superior product performance.”
CorporateCare is one of the most successful service solutions in the Rolls-Royce suite of aftermarket offerings for civil aerospace, delivering record breaking contract numbers in each of the last four years. Strong demand continues with more than 55 per cent of BR710 operators, 50 percent of Tay 611-8C operators and 80 percent of AE 3007 operators now enrolled in CorporateCare.
With CorporateCare, customers benefit from improved asset value, predictable engine maintenance costs, reduced acquisition costs and minimized administrative burdens. Basic coverage extends to scheduled and unscheduled shop visit expenses; all parts expenses (LRUs through line item parts) incurred during line maintenance; engine removal and reinstallation; and lease engine expenses. All applicable Service Bulletins, mandatory or recommended, are included as standard, both in the overhaul shop and during line maintenance, in accordance with Rolls-Royce Engine Management Programmes.
CorporateCare supports Rolls-Royce’s entire line of corporate aircraft engines: BR725, BR710, RB282, AE 3007, Tay and Viper.
Rolls-Royce has a long history of offering programs that provide service support of the operator’s engines in return for a fixed payment per hour flown. Its trademarked “Power by the Hour” program has been in existence against the Viper engine, installed in the Raytheon (HS) 125 corporate jet, for well over 30 years. The company has also managed Fleet Hour Contracts with several customers since the inception of the RB211 engine in the early 1970s. Today, Rolls-Royce has taken its service to new levels with its CorporateCare®, TotalCare™ and On-Wing Care service center support programs.
Further details on CorporateCare® are available at http://www.rolls-royce.com or contact Steve Friedrich, Vice President – Aftermarket Business, at +1(703) 621-2715.
