Spanish airline Spanair and Hamburg-based Lufthansa Technik are stepping up a partnership that dates back more than 10 years. Lufthansa Technik will now provide technical support for the landing gear, thrust reversers and auxiliary power units (APU’s) for the airline’s 24-aircraft fleet of Airbuses to the end of 2019. The contracts have now been renewed and their scope increased. Under a Total Technical Support agreement Lufthansa Technik has been looking after the engines and components of the Airbus fleet in Hamburg.