Air NZ turbine business wins US$17M contract

Gavin Evans
Thu, 25 Apr 2019

By Gavin Evans April 26 (BusinessDesk) - Air New Zealand Gas Turbines has won a US Navy maintenance contract worth more than US$17 million. The business will work on 10 General Electric LM2500 gas turbines used to power the US Navy’s cruiser fleet. The new contract is expected to begin in August and will be concluded in late 2021. The contract was won in a competitive bid and takes the value of the firm’s work for the US Navy since 2017 to US$55 million. “This is the third consecutive US Navy contract Air New Zealand has been awarde...

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