Lufthansa Technik has some rare cause for celebration in the current crisis after extending its 737NG base maintenance support agreement with Norwegian for another five years.

The knock-on effect of the collapse in passenger demand has become clearer in MRO providers’ second-quarter results, although the full severity of the

Lufthansa has blamed the “almost complete grounding of [the] global commercial aircraft fleet,” for losses at its maintenance arm in the second quarter.