Lufthansa Technik AG opened its first Australian Cyclean® Engine Wash
Service Station in Melbourne. Lufthansa Technik now offers its
Cyclean® engine wash service around the world: In North and South
America, in Europe, in the Middle East, in Asia, and now in
Australia.

The Cyclean® Engine Wash facility at Melbourne Airport is mounted in
a vehicle, making it fully mobile, so that it can also be deployed at
other nearby airports. An engine wash can be carried out as part of
maintenance work, in the transit period between two flights, or
overnight. The autonomous system, which does not require any external
electricity or water source, gives airline customers flexibility in
the planning of engine washes.

“We have already successfully carried out the first Cyclean® washes
on IAE V2500 engines from an Airbus A320. But, essentially, we cater
for all common models of engine. We are currently offering our engine
cleaning to various Australian airline customers for demonstration
purposes”, explains Oliver C. Winter, Head of Engine Life Cycle
Services at Lufthansa Technik.

In the future, Cyclean® Engine Wash will also be offered to
international airlines that fly in to Melbourne and have appropriate
layover times. The high demand for efficient engine cleaning means
that the number of stations will keep growing. Over the medium term,
the service network in Australia is to be expanded with further
stations at the airports in Sydney, Perth, and Brisbane.

Cyclean® Engine Wash is up to 70 percent quicker than convention
engine cleaning methods and can be carried out without restriction
anywhere on the airport site. The new engine wash can be used on all
engine models from the leading manufacturers General Electric,
Rolls-Royce, Pratt & Whitney, CFMI, and IAE.

To date, more than 40,000 engine washes have been performed worldwide
for more than 40 airline customers using Cyclean® Engine Wash.
Cyclean® is the only established engine cleaning system on the market
which can be carried out directly at the gate in less than an hour.
Thanks to the small amount of time involved, the high fuel and
emission savings, and the minimizing of engine maintenance costs,
Cyclean® has become an indispensable service for many customers.