ST Engineering’s Commercial Aerospace division has expanded its long-standing partnership with LOT Polish Airlines through a five-year nacelle maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) agreement supporting the airline’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet. The agreement strengthens ongoing cooperation between the two companies while introducing advanced maintenance strategies aimed at improving operational efficiency.
The contract covers nacelle MRO services for LOT Polish Airlines’ fleet of 15 Boeing 787 aircraft, ensuring continued maintenance support for the widebody fleet. In addition to extending existing services, the agreement introduces a structured nacelle refurbishment program that integrates predictive maintenance methodologies into the lifecycle management of the aircraft components.
This new approach will shift nacelle maintenance from a traditional reactive model to a data-driven planning framework, allowing maintenance teams to anticipate issues and schedule repairs more effectively. The strategy leverages predictive reliability modelling and soft time-based scheduling to reduce unscheduled component removals, improve turnaround performance, and optimize the overall cost of fleet maintenance.
Industry leaders involved in the partnership highlighted that the agreement reflects the strong relationship between ST Engineering and LOT Polish Airlines. By incorporating predictive maintenance into nacelle lifecycle management, the collaboration aims to strengthen operational resilience and improve service consistency for the airline’s Boeing 787 operations.
LOT Polish Airlines emphasized that the new program represents a strategic investment in operational efficiency and long-term fleet performance. Predictive maintenance capabilities are expected to deliver measurable benefits, including fewer unscheduled maintenance events, improved turnaround times, and higher aircraft availability.
As airlines continue to adopt advanced digital maintenance strategies, partnerships like this demonstrate the growing importance of predictive maintenance and data-driven lifecycle management in modern aircraft maintenance operations.
The agreement reinforces ST Engineering’s position as a key global provider of aircraft nacelle MRO services while ensuring continued operational support for LOT Polish Airlines’ long-haul Dreamliner fleet.
