About 85 per cent of the construction work is completed
14 June 2021: SR Technics is all set to open a new repair base in Russia and CIS for the repair of Honeywell auxiliary power units by the end of 2021. S7 Technics has already received the status of Honeywell partners for the authorized services to APU of 131-9A/B and RE-220 types installed on Airbus A320, Boeing 737 and Russian SSJ-100.
In this new facility the S7 Technics specialists will perform major repairs of aircraft auxiliary power units, which include total reassembly, cleaning of parts, components and assemblies, as well as their inspection. The unusable parts will either be repaired or replaced with new original spare parts. After the assembly of the APU, the characteristics of the installation will be confirmed on the test cell.
Nikita Babkin, Director of Sales and Business Development for the repair of power plants S7 Technics said, “The new S7 Technics production site will allow airlines from Russia and CIS to achieve the time and cost savings, as they will not need to send the Honeywell APU for repairs abroad. The expected production capacity of the workshop will be up to 50 repaired APUs per year.”
Operation of the MRO facility will be carried out under the EASA Certificate Part-145 of S7 Technics.
Currently the internal work is in full swing for the reconstruction of former warehouse premises into production facilities. This will be the site for major repair of APUs. Apart from the construction of an additional extension as the spare parts warehouse and a Test Cell for testing APUs after the repairs is completed. In addition to the construction work, the purchase of most of the main equipment intended for washing, inspection of APUs and some types of repairs is also being carried out. The remaining part of the tools will be delivered upon completion of the construction of the facility.
