Press Release

Issued by Green Charter 2022.

November 21, 2008

The French Civil Security, la Direction de la Sécurité Civile (DSC), has attributed to Sabena technics a full support contract for the CL415 water bomber and Tracker S2T fleet and for the Beechcraft B200 liaison aircraft for a 12-year period.

The public service mission undertaken by this fleet comprising twelve Canadair CL415, nine Tracker S2T and three Beech B200, imposes strong commitments in terms of operational availability.

Sabena technics will carry out the following services:

- line maintenance from the DSC's main base at Marseille Provence airport as well as the from the deployment bases during the fire season (Ajaccio, Bastia, Carcassonne and Cannes) and for momentary missions within the scope of the cooperation agreements concluded with other Mediterranean countries

- heavy maintenance from Sabena technics' Marseille site for the S2T Trackers and Beechcraft B200, and from Nimes for the Canadair CL415,

- engineering,

- as well as component repair and logistics.

Christophe Bernardini, Chief Executive Officer of Sabena technics stated, ?We are proud of the renewed trust the DSC has shown us through the attribution of this contract. It reaffirms Sabena technics' expertise as a provider of full support solutions to fleets.'