France, Oct. 28 -- Airbus has established 'Alpha Component Solutions', a 50-50 joint venture with Air France, dedicated to A350 component support. The new entity will be operated jointly between Airbus and Air France-KLM to manage a worldwide shared-access pool, providing aircraft component assets, maintenance services, supply chain management and repairs for global A350 customers.Through the combined capabilities of Airbus' Flight Hours Services (FHS) and Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M), the joint venture provides an enhanced solution to address the expanding long-term component maintenance requirements of the global Airbus A350 fleet. The joint venture already contractually supports more than 500 aircraft...