Barfield, a Sabena technics company, announces the signature of a four-year contract with Aruba Airlines, the Dutch Antilles’ operator, for the full support of its fleet of two Airbus A320.
Barfield’s Airline programs division, in charge of managing power by the hour contracts, will provide:
· nose-to-tail component support and repair with some components being repaired in Barfield’s new fast shop in Bogota, Colombia,
· pool access,
· and main base inventory located in Oranjestad, Aruba,
“This new contract with Aruba Airlines is very important to us – it represents one step further in Barfield’s commitment to offer customized power by the hour solutions for the Airbus A320 family platform in the Americas and Caribbean,” said Frederic Denise, Barfield’s chief executive officer.
About Aruba Airlines:
Aruba Airlines N.V.is a new low cost airline to be based at Reina Beatrix International Airport (AUA) in Aruba in the Dutch Antilles, Caribbean. The airline set-up is well underway with first scheduled flights to begin in March 2013.
The airline will launch operations in March 2013 with an Airbus A320 aircraft (Registry P4-AAA). A second aircraft of the same type (P4-AAC) is anticipated to be added to the fleet in May 2013. Services will initially be to Maracaibo – Venezuela, Panama City, Panama and Sao Pablo –Brazil and in June 2013 to Miami in the USA, to take advantage of the extensive, year-round bidirectional demand to/from Aruba, a popular summer and winter leisure destination.
