Lufthansa Technik has announced two major investments that further underline the company’s ambitions in the global aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul sector. Within just a few days, projects for new facilities in the Philippines and Portugal were presented, representing investments worth hundreds of millions of euros and dollars and creating nearly 2,000 new jobs.

In the Philippines, Lufthansa Technik Philippines, a joint venture between Lufthansa Technik and MacroAsia Corporation, will build a new aircraft maintenance base at Clark International Airport. It will be the company’s second location in the country, alongside its long-established facility in Manila, where Lufthansa Technik has been present for more than 25 years.

The new Clark facility will cover 157,000 square meters and will have capacity for up to nine widebody aircraft. Operations are scheduled to begin in 2028, while the several-hundred-million-dollar investment is expected to create around 1,200 highly skilled jobs.

The project was presented during the state visit of German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to the Philippines, where he met Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. at Malacañan Palace in Manila. Both sides described the project as an important milestone in German-Philippine economic cooperation.

Lufthansa Technik says the Asia-Pacific region is one of the fastest-growing aviation markets in the world, with the Philippines playing an important role in the company’s regional strategy. The existing Manila facility and the future Clark site are expected to form a strong widebody aircraft maintenance hub, serving customers from Asia, Australia, Europe and the Middle East.

Lufthansa Technik Philippines is already the company’s competence center for widebody aircraft within its global network, specializing in the maintenance of Airbus A330, A340, A350 and A380 aircraft, as well as the Boeing 777. With the opening of the new Clark facility, the portfolio will also be expanded to include the Boeing 787.

At the same time, Lufthansa Technik has officially broken ground on a new facility in Portugal. In Santa Maria da Feira, south of Porto, construction has begun on a 55,000-square-meter site. Lufthansa Technik Portugal, founded in 2024 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Lufthansa Technik, will focus on the repair of engine parts and aircraft components.

The investment in Portugal is worth several hundred million euros and is expected to create up to 700 new jobs in the aviation industry over the coming years. The new facility is also expected to begin operations in 2028.

Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro attended the groundbreaking ceremony and emphasized the importance of the project for the region and for Portugal as a whole. Lufthansa Group is increasingly positioning Portugal as one of its most strategically important markets outside its home countries.

Carsten Spohr, CEO of Lufthansa Group, said the new facility is a visible symbol of the company’s long-term industrial partnership with Portugal. According to Spohr, Lufthansa Group has been present in Portugal for more than 70 years, and the new investment further strengthens the country’s position as an important European center for aviation maintenance.

The investment in Santa Maria da Feira is part of Lufthansa Group’s broader industrial and business presence in Portugal. In addition to the new Lufthansa Technik facility, the group is also developing a TravelTech and AI Hub in Northern Portugal, as well as a new Portuguese entity of help alliance, the Lufthansa Group’s aid organization.

Lufthansa Group currently operates 353 weekly flights to Portuguese destinations through seven of its airline brands: Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Edelweiss, Eurowings and Discover Airlines. These flights serve Lisbon, Porto, Faro, Madeira and the Azores. More than 500 employees already work across Lufthansa Group entities in Portugal, while the long-term ambition is to create more than 1,000 direct jobs across various business segments.

Both investments clearly show that Lufthansa Technik is continuing to expand its global network at a time of strong demand for MRO services. While the Philippine project strengthens the company’s position in widebody aircraft maintenance in the Asia-Pacific region, the Portuguese facility further reinforces Lufthansa Technik’s European industrial base and its role as one of the world’s leading providers of technical aircraft services.