NBAA: Saudi's Aviation Link gets support from Lufthansa Technik for world's first VIP B777-200ER

Abdulaziz A. Al Rowaished, president and CEO of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia-based Aviation Link, is no stranger to Middle East owners and operators. He and his company have helped many clients through the difficult process of buying a private aircraft

Al Rowaished’s latest project is one of considerably large proportion. The Boeing 777-200LR interior completion work is to begin at Amac Aerospace of Basel later this year or early in 2011 and there was a requirement for oversight of the production process.

“I went to Lufthansa Technik because they are simply the best,” Al Rowaished told Arabian Aerospace.

The airplane is due for delivery in the second half of 2012, to an unidentified Middle Easternprivate owner.

Lufthansa Technik is putting its experience of overseeing the manufacture of jets for its parent company’s airline business to good use.

“We have staff in Seattle who are used to managing the process as a Lufthansa aircraft is manufactured. We are using that experience for a VIP customer,” says Walter Heerdt, Lufthansa Technik’s senior vice president marketing and sales.

The two companies are continuing to discuss further services for the aircraft after it is completed in two years time – including maintenance.

“This is a good example of our flexibility,” says Heerdt. “We are able to offer customers a menu of services.”