Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) has signed a line maintenance technical handling agreement with Norwegian for nine of the low-cost carrier’s 737NG aircraft.

The contract, which took effect from January 11, will see MAEL’s engineering team provide a full suite of line maintenance services on the aircraft at London Gatwick airport where Norwegian is the third largest airline. Dave Norton, head of sales at Monarch Aircraft Engineering, said:

“Being awarded this contract is important to us and further demonstrates our commitment to maintaining new generation aircraft.”