Pegasus Airlines Expands Base Maintenance Deal With Lufthansa Technik Sofia for 2026/27 Winter
Why It MattersFolding end-of-lease redelivery projects into a recurring C-check programme shows base maintenance providers increasingly absorbing lessor transition work that was traditionally scheduled and contracted separately from routine heavy checks.
What happened
Pegasus Airlines is expanding its base maintenance partnership with Lufthansa Technik. During the 2026/27 winter season, Lufthansa Technik Sofia will provide base maintenance for at least 23 Airbus A320 family aircraft across two dedicated maintenance lines.
For the first time under the agreement, two end-of-lease aircraft redelivery projects are included alongside the established C-check programme. These projects support the transition of aircraft from Pegasus Airlines to new operators at the end of their lease terms.
The 2026/27 winter season is the third year of the multi-year agreement signed in 2024. The cooperation began in 2012, and Lufthansa Technik has since completed more than 100 checks for Pegasus Airlines. All services under the agreement will be performed exclusively at Lufthansa Technik Sofia, one of Lufthansa Technik's key narrowbody base maintenance facilities in Europe.
Pegasus Airlines also uses Lufthansa Technik Ecosystem solutions such as AVIATAR and AMOS for fleet reliability, maintenance planning and operational efficiency, and the partnership has previously included other technical services, including landing gear services. Kristofer Kuzulidis, Senior Head of Contract and Service Procurement at Pegasus, said Lufthansa Technik has shown the flexibility, quality and reliability needed to support the airline's fleet growth.
Industry impact & what to watch
Redelivery work has traditionally been handled as a separate project from scheduled maintenance. Placing it inside an existing multi-year framework means the airline negotiates one relationship instead of two, and the maintenance provider can plan hangar slots and labour for checks and lease returns together.
For narrowbody operators with growing fleets and lessor-owned aircraft, this kind of bundling ties the maintenance provider more closely to fleet planning. The agreement also combines physical base maintenance with digital tools such as AVIATAR and AMOS, which points to partnerships built around the whole maintenance cycle rather than single events.
The next point of evidence is how the two redelivery projects run alongside the C-check lines at Sofia during the winter season, which is when the arrangement is first tested in practice.
