Ufa maintenance center completes first Boeing 737 C-check

The maintenance center Ural Aviation Services, an UTair subsidiary based at Ufa International Airport, completed its first C-check on a UTair Boeing 737 in early February. General director Dmitry Toropov describes this as a momentous event both for the carrier and for all of Volga Federal District, which has previously had no such capability.

The progression to a new production level has enabled the center to generate new jobs, introduce advanced technology, and upgrade the existing capacities. Toropov says that under the current economic conditions, Russian carriers will pay greater attention to domestic MRO providers, and that the Ufa center is prepared to offer a broad range of services on Boeing 737s up to and including C-checks.

Ural Aviation Services is Russia’s third maintenance center certified to do C-checks on Boeing 737s. The certificate for the servicing of Bermuda-registered aircraft was obtained this January. One year ago, the center obtained an EASA certificate for Boeing 737 line maintenance.