Eznis Airways, Mongolia’s leading
domestic airline, has agreed to a three-year support package with BAE Systems
for its newly acquired fleet of two Avro RJ85 regional jetliners. This ‘Total
Support’ package from BAE Systems Regional Aircraft covers JetSpares as well as
ongoing Continuing Airworthiness and Technical Support.

JetSpares is a customized rotable
spares support program which is designed to allow an airline to concentrate on
its operations while BAE Systems Regional Aircraft takes care of spares
inventory, logistics and repairs. The priority is to keep the airline’s
business running smoothly by providing a first-class support service. BAE
Systems is providing an extensive on-site stock of spares at the airline’s Ulaanbaatar
base which it will manage.

“This deal with Eznis underlines the
flexibility of our JetSpares program”, said Sean McGovern, Business Director
Support for BAE Systems Regional Aircraft. “As a new operator of our aircraft,
Eznis will benefit from the comfort that the JetSpares program will allow them
to concentrate on their initial operations as they build up experience on the
type. By contrast, other recent JetSpares deals we have concluded have been with
long-term established operators of the aircraft.”

Eznis has also committed to a
three-year BAE Systems’ Tech 21 service for all technical and engineering
support. Under this program, an annual payment entitles the airline to enjoy
priority technical support (AOG), including regular customer support reviews on
fleet dispatch reliability, the services of a dedicated customer engineer and
continuing airworthiness support.

Deliveries have just started of the
airline’s new 93-seat fleet of RJ85s – the first jet equipment to be operated
by Eznis. The RJ85s will allow Eznis to better serve the needs of its
contracted clients and individual passengers by increasing capacity on existing
routes, and possibly flying to new international destinations.

The high wing configuration of the
Avro RJ makes it readily adaptable for unsealed runway operation and BAE
Systems has designed a comprehensive unpaved runway modification which is being
installed on both aircraft so that Eznis can operate the aircraft safely from a
number of unsealed and gravel runways on the airline’s network.