Landing Gear Services

Lufthansa Technik Landing Gear Services covers every service demand from single ad-hoc overhauls to complete lifecycle management, with facilities in Hamburg (Germany), London (UK), Malta, and Singapore providing global reach across Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific. The overhaul process disassembles each landing gear into up to 1,000 individual components, progressing through strip, damage assessment, non-destructive testing, electroplating, re-build, and final testing — all performed in-house rather than sub-contracted, preserving traceability and quality control throughout.

The Hamburg electroplating shop is cited as one of the largest of its kind in the world, handling the hard-chrome and cadmium-plating processes that are central to landing gear overhaul and typically represent a capacity constraint for smaller MROs. This capability is particularly relevant now that hard-chrome replacement technologies are under regulatory pressure across EASA jurisdictions.

Fleet coverage documented in published capability data includes Boeing 747, 757, 767, 777, and 737/737NG; MD-11; CRJ700/900; and Airbus A380 main landing gear overhaul at the UK facility. The Total Landing Gear Support (TLS) contract provides full lifecycle care — scheduling, pooling, and overhaul events — reducing an operator's exposure to unexpected gear-removal cost. A substantial pool of exchange spares is held globally for both planned overhaul swaps and AOG-basis exchanges, with dedicated on-wing support technicians available around the clock. For GCC carriers operating mixed widebody and narrowbody fleets in a high-cycle, high-temperature environment, the combination of pool-backed AOG availability and the TLS lifecycle model directly addresses two of the largest unpredictable cost drivers in heavy maintenance budgets.