Program Is Similar To One Offered To 747-400 Freighters

Landing gear exchange, repair and overhaul services on Qantas Airways' Boeing 747--400ER airliners will be performed by Boeing beginning in 2011. Qantas was the program launch customer for the 747-400ER. and currently operates six of the airplanes. It now becomes the launch customer for the 747-400ER Landing Gear Overhaul and Exchange Program.

Qantas B747-400ER

Qantas will use the Boeing Service Center Repair Network, allowing access to landing gear exchanges, repair and replacement around the world, greatly reducing maintenance time. The launch of the Landing Gear Overhaul and Exchange Program by Qantas for the 747-400ER family provides a similar opportunity for operators of the 40 747-400ER Freighters currently in service.

"We appreciate that a customer such as Qantas is demonstrating their confidence in Boeing to provide them with this important service," said Dale Wilkinson, vice president, Material Services, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "By choosing Boeing's landing gear exchange program, Qantas will have immediate access to a replacement gear without having to invest in a landing gear asset themselves."

Qantas Airways is the latest of more than 70 customers to take advantage of the Boeing's Landing Gear Overhaul and Exchange Program. Boeing coordinates with airlines and global component repair and overhaul suppliers to promptly return airplanes to service.

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