GE Aviation has announced a 12-year TrueChoice services agreement with China Southern Airlines for systems support across the carrier’s Boeing 787 fleet (www.geaviation.com).

This includes GE Aviation’s Avionics Systems content and capabilities; the signing took place at the China International Import Expo.

The agreement covers GE Aviation content (including the Common Core System) and will support China Southern Airlines’ entire fleet of 30 B787 aircraft, the last five of which will be delivered in 2020.

It will provide an “optimised solution for through-life support and includes repairs, stock holding, inventory management, programme management, configuration control, engineering change control, technical documentation, obsolescence management and reliability trend analysis”.

Building on the airline’s minimal B787 parts inventory, GE Aviation will guarantee just-in-time availability from its pool of B787 components to China Southern Airlines at its main base in Guangzhou and its out-stations.

Each component of the agreement is tailored to meet the customer’s specific requirements, such as improved parts availability, shortened supply chain, improved operational efficiency and reduced life-cycle costs.