AEROSPACE PARTNER
BOEING CALLS ON AIRBRIDGECARGO TO ENSURE ON-TIME DELIVERY OF B737 COMPONENTS
Boeing turned from aircraft supplier to customer when it asked AirBridgeCargo Airlines to ensure a horizontal stabilizer for a Boeing 737 was transported on-time to its aircraft production factory in Seattle.
ABC, which operates a fleet of 13 Boeing 747 freighters, carried the cargo from Shanghai to Chicago on the longest leg of its journey. The component’s five individual pieces were delivered onboard two Boeing 747 freighter flights from China to the U.S. over the course of 24 hours. On arrival in Chicago, the shipments were delivered to Seattle by truck.
VOLGA-DNEPR GULF COMPLETES FIRST A-CHECK IN SHARJAH ON A BOEING 737CL
Volga-Dnepr Gulf, Volga- Dnepr Technics’ subgroup branch in the Middle East, has successfully performed its first A-check on a Boeing 737-400 for the Slovenian airline SolinAir.
Robert van de Weg, ABC’s Vice President, Sales & Marketing, said: “This shipment provided a perfect opportunity
to demonstrate our expertise in the transportation of aerospace cargoes and our ability to provide customers with a fast trans- regional service. We managed to reroute the initially EU-destined flights to the U.S. within a short period of time to ensure an on-time delivery.”
The work was completed in Volga-Dnepr Gulf’s MRO hangar at Sharjah airport. In addition, the Volga-Dnepr maintenance team carried out additional works, replacing some components and aircraft washing.
Volga-Dnepr Gulf obtained its EASA Part 145 approval in October 2014, gaining authorisation to provide line maintenance for Boeing 737CL & NG, 747-400 and Airbus A320 Family aircraft, as well as component repair (C4, C5, C8, C14, C20 Ratings) and non-destructive testing (D1 Rating) services.
“SolinAir has been a Volga-Dnepr Gulf customer for transit and daily checks since August 2014 and we signed a long-term
This is not the first time Volga-Dnepr Group has delivered high value aircraft parts for Boeing. In 2013, it also carried a wing section for a Boeing 787 Dreamliner from Japan to Boeing’s final assembly factory in Everett, USA, onboard one of Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ An-124-100 ‘Ruslan’ freighters.
agreement for line maintenance services and A-checks for SolinAir’s fleet of two Boeing 737CL’s in November. We are sure that our experienced staff and modern facilities will form a solid base to build a mutually beneficial relationship between our companies,” said Volga-Dnepr Gulf’s Managing Director, Viktor Sherin.
Volga-Dnepr Gulf has been operating in the UAE since 1996. The company has a new hangar in Sharjah with a production area of some 22,000m². The hangar can provide maintenance for up to six narrow- body (B737, A320, IL-76) or two wide-body (B747 or An-124-100) aircraft at the same time and is fully equipped to perform high quality maintenance for different types of aircraft up to C-check. It also has modern air conditioning and fire safety systems.
Volga-Dnepr also operates a further line maintenance station in Fujairah which, similar to the Sharjah station, is capable of providing all types of maintenance checks and auxiliary services for An-124-100, An-74 and IL-76TD aircraft types operated by Russian, Ukrainian, European, Asian and African airlines.
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