MTU Maintenance signs 30-year lease with the City of Fort Worth
Fort Worth, Texas, 24 June, 2025 | MTU Maintenance announces a 30-year lease contract with the City of Fort Worth to expand its North American footprint at Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport (AFW). As part of its long-term investment strategy up to 2050, MTU will invest $120 million to modernize and upgrade its 43,000-square-meter facility.
“MTU is taking things to the next level with a triple-digit million US dollar investment in our Fort Worth-based site. To underscore this strategic shift, the facility will be renamed MTU Maintenance Fort Worth,” says Gernot Sell, Managing Director, MTU Maintenance Fort Worth. This will take effect from 1st September, 2025, pending approvals from regulatory bodies and authorities. To date, the facility had been named MTU Maintenance Dallas. “We have a clear business strategy for regional collaboration, are committed to job creation and both excited and prepared for significant growth.”
MTU’s expansion with the City of Fort Worth will have a direct economic impact, bringing 1,200 highly skilled new jobs to the region and up to 2,000 indirect jobs in services, logistics and infrastructure. MTU is targeting significant growth in North America, and this site in Fort Worth will be key in its strategy.
As announced by CFM International and GE Aerospace in April, MTU will be adding CFM LEAP and GEnx maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services to its portfolio in the United States. These agreements will see MTU’s site in Fort Worth, Texas, develop from an on-site service center to full disassembly, assembly and test facility. It also expands the depth and scope of MTU’s engine MRO solutions worldwide. The company offers customized MRO, leasing and asset management services for a portfolio of over 30 engine types and serves over 1,100 customers around the world.
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MTU Aero Engines AG is a globally recognized expert in commercial and military aircraft engines. MTU‘s high-tech expertise ranges from the development and production of high-quality components to the final assembly of complete engines and the maintenance of aircraft engines and stationary gas turbines. In the financial year 2024, the DAX-listed company generated revenues of 7.5 billion euros. MTU technology can be found providing reliable thrust in one in three commercial aircraft worldwide. And every year, MTU maintains around 1,500 engines and industrial gas turbines. At 19 locations on five continents, more than 13,000 employees from over 80 nations contribute to safe global mobility. Together with other European engine manufacturers, MTU has also been ensuring and supporting the operational readiness of air forces for decades. To continue to benefit from the sustained growth of the aviation industry in the years to come, the company is investing in its expertise, industrial capacities and in future commercial and military engine concepts in Germany and worldwide. With the passion and innovative strength of its employees, MTU is shaping modern aviation – today, tomorrow and in the decades to come.