ST Engineering Partners with Korean Air for Next-Gen LEAP-1B Engine Care
Singapore, 23 January 2025– ST Engineering today revealed that its Commercial Aerospace division has inked a five-year maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) agreement with new client, Korean Air, to assist the LEAP-1B engines powering its Boeing 737 MAX fleet. Through this contract, ST Engineering will deliver rapid turnaround services including high-pressure turbines (HPT) and Performance Restoration Shop Visit (PRSV) services to the airline’s LEAP-1B engines from its MRO facility in Singapore.
Tay Eng Guan, Head of Engine Services at ST Engineering, mentioned, “This arrangement highlights Korean Air’s trust in our capabilities as a reliable partner who can provide top-notch engine services and facilitate their long-term expansion strategies. As a distinguished MRO provider recognized by CFM for the LEAP engines, we are ideally positioned to empower airlines to ensure dependable operations.”
ST Engineering stands as the premier independent MRO provider in Asia to be acknowledged as a Premier MRO supplier within CFM International’s LEAP open MRO framework. Since its designation as a Premier MRO supplier, ST Engineering has dedicated itself to consistently expanding and enhancing its expertise in LEAP engine services, which encompasses high-pressure compressor rotor and HPT rotor balancing, alongside high-speed grinding. It achieved evaluation capabilities for LEAP-1A and LEAP-1B engines at its Singapore establishment in 2024, and is presently amplifying its capacities to incorporate LEAP PRSV in order to more effectively meet airlines’ increasing LEAP engine maintenance requirements in the forthcoming years.
