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Company Name: KLM UK Engineering

Company Type: Engineering

Company Profile

With approximately 5,000 employees, KLM Engineering & Maintenance is the third Business of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, next to Passenger Transport and Cargo, and one of the largest MRO companies affiliated to an airliner in the world. At Amsterdam Airport Schiphol KLM E&M use 10 wide body and 11 narrow body positions and various modern warehouses, shops and test facilities.

KLM Engineering & Maintenance offers a broad portfolio of tailored products and services such as various Total Aircraft Care and supporting services like engineering, line maintenance, technical training and other tailor-made services. Apart from its location at Schiphol, E&M has operations at 50 airports worldwide. KLM E&M has permanent maintenance contracts with over 20 airlines, the largest of which is KLM.

For a long time KLM E&M has worked on the maintenance of one of General Electric's most successful engines, the CF6 series. Through its collaboration with GE Engine Services E&M is participating in the Six Sigma program, in which GE already has more than five years experience.

About Company

KLM E&M have a formidable international reputation across all aspects of airframe, engine, component and line maintenance. It is a reputation that has grown over the last 86 years of practical experience, during which KLM E&M applied the highest levels of expertise and reliability to everything they do.

These values have been incorporated into every one of the 5,000 expert staff, all of whom are rigorously trained and constantly re-trained to keep up with all relevant developments in the field of aircraft technology. As a result of this dedication to providing ultimate levels of technical know-how and customer support, our staff has performed over 1,000 B747 C-checks and 300 B747 D-checks, more than 6,000 CF6 shop visits and component support to hundreds of aircraft. Consequently no one has gained more knowledge regarding the most effective and efficient techniques for responding to technical issues that arise.