CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Farnborough International 2006 -- ExpressJet Airlines, Inc. has extended its asset management agreement for aftermarket services with Goodrich Corporation in support of the airline's Embraer ERJ 135/145 fleet. The additions will provide exchange pools of sensing products and related systems, as well as maintenance services, to ensure immediate availability at a fee, based on the airline's annual flight hours.
"This asset management agreement is consistent with our aftermarket strategic business expansion. The arrangement provides benefits to both ExpressJet and Goodrich," stated Jan Mathiesen, Vice President, Goodrich Sensor Systems. "For ExpressJet, it reduces AOG situations, keeps their fleet dispatched and operational, and provides predictable maintenance costs. It simplifies our interface, making it easier for us to do business with each other," Mathiesen added.
ExpressJet operates one of the world's largest Embraer aircraft fleets. Goodrich is the original equipment manufacturer, and the company's Customer Services division is the aftermarket service provider, on ExpressJet fleet's: thrust reverser actuators; wheels and brakes; power generators; air data and temperature sensors; electronic and hydro-mechanical engine controls; and the fuel nozzles.
Paul Snyder, President, Goodrich Customer Services added, "ExpressJet recognized early on that it needed to find strategic partnerships to focus on exceptional product reliability, improved turn times and predictable and competitive operating costs. They are astute in the art of asset management and here at our Monroe, North Carolina Customer Services facility we're proud to have been part of that successful equation for the past six years and look forward to continuing to contribute to their success."
High-resolution images of component repair work being performed at Goodrich's Customer Services Headquarters in Monroe, NC are available at http://www.goodrich.com/presskit/pressReleases.html.
Goodrich Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is a global supplier of systems and services to aerospace, defense and homeland security markets. With one of the most strategically diversified portfolios of products in the industry, Goodrich serves a global customer base with significant worldwide manufacturing and service facilities. For more information visit http://www.goodrich.com/.
