Aeroflot Technics Ready To Offer Boeing 787 Line Maintenance

Russia’s largest MRO provider Aeroflot Technics says it is ready to provide line maintenance on Boeing 787 airliners after receiving approval from federal air transport agency Rosaviatsia.

The Russian FAP-109 certificate enables Aeroflot Technics to service the type, including troubleshooting and resolving issues with the widebody’s GEnx-1B engines, the provider said May 7.

No Russian carriers operate the 787. Aeroflot Technics is planning to use the approval to provide line maintenance on 787s operated by foreign carriers which still fly to Moscow. The company declined to disclose whether it is providing any MRO services to foreign customers at present.

According to OAG Schedules Analyser, there are 33 passenger flights into Russia this week operated with 787s. The flights are being flown by Qatar Airways (11), Etihad (9), Uzbekistan Airways (6), Ethiopian (4) and Oman Air (3). Only Etihad and Oman Air fly to Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport, where Aeroflot Technics’ facilities are located. Other potential customers are large Chinese carriers that operate the 787, but not on routes to Moscow. Air China, China Eastern, China Southern and Hainan Airlines are all flying into Sheremetyevo with other widebody types and could potentially deploy 787s on these routes.

Aeroflot Technics used to have European Union Aviation Safety Agency Part 145 and Bermudan BCAA OTAR Part-145 approvals to maintain the Western-made fleets of Aeroflot and its subsidiaries. Those approvals covered: the Airbus A320ceo/neo families; A330, A350; Boeing 737 Classic and NG; 747; and 777. The foreign certificates were withdrawn in 2022 as international sanctions were placed on Russian companies following Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Aeroflot Technics has since worked only with Russian permits.