Lufthansa Technik opens a training center in Portugal

In preparation for Lufthansa Technik’s new facility in Portugal, the company opened a training center on Monday in Santa Maria da Feira, roughly 35 kilometers south of Porto, and welcomed the first 18 employees of Lufthansa Technik Portugal.
The training center is located in the ‘Perm’ industrial park around nine kilometers away from the site where Lufthansa Technik Portugal’s new facility is expected to become operational by the end of 2027. It consists of two buildings: one is now hosting introductory events and theoretical lessons. In the other, practical training units will begin in the coming weeks, supervised among others by qualified and highly experienced Lufthansa Technik employees from Hamburg. The training center, leased for three years, features several seminar rooms and modern office space with fully equipped workstations.

As one of the world’s leading providers of technical aircraft services with ambitious growth targets, Lufthansa Technik announced last December its plan to invest a triple-digit million-euro amount in a new facility in Portugal. Located in the ‘Lusopark’ industrial area of Santa Maria da Feira, the company will begin construction next year on a 54,000-square-meter production facility for the repair of engine parts and aircraft components, creating approximately 700 jobs.