Germany, May 20 -- The European Union Aviation Safety Agency, EASA, authorizes Lufthansa Technik to approve "major changes" to aircraft, their engines and components within a clearly defined scope on their own. The recognition of the "Certain STC (Supplemental Type Certificate) Privilege" underlines EASA's confidence in the reliably high level of quality that Lufthansa Technik's engineers achieve every day to keep more than 5,100 aircraft flying around the globe.With receipt of the "Certain STC Privilege", the Design Organisation has reached a major milestone. The privilege applies to recurring engineering solutions for which the Design Organisation has already frequently obtained STCs and demonstrated to manage similarity of design and rep...