VD Gulf’s hangar has an area of 22 000 square meter area and can facilitate large aircraft MRO. It can accommodate six narrow body (737/A320 size) and two wide body (747 size) aircraft simultaneously
4 February 2021: VD Hangar is sure been busy in the New Year. As the COVID-19 gloom is slowly fading away, air travel and MRO industry are gearing up for a new start. Many independent MRO shops are now busy with heavy C and D check.
Smartavia, long standing partner of VD Gulf for heavy maintenance recently inducted their Boeing 737NG for heavy C-check, airworthiness directives and some additional work in VD Gulf hangar. Very soon a second Boeing 737NG is scheduled to undergoing a complete nose-to-tail and some additional maintenance work. The entire program will be completed by the end of February 2021.
VD Gulf Director Commercial, Ayrat Gilmutdinov said, “It’s extraordinary for VD Gulf to welcome Smartavia in our hangar in the early months of 2021. Nordavia was and will continue to be our key customer for many years to come. I am delighted to welcome Smartavia aircraft back to our hangar and we will continue to serve the airline based on mutual and continuous cooperation”.
The Trademark Smartavia belongs to the airline “Nordavia-Regional Airlines” and operates scheduled and charter air services to more than 60 airports in Russia and beyond. The airline’s aircraft fleet is made up of 11 Boeing 737-700/ -800 airplanes with orders of Airbus A320neo.
