One of the largest Russian aircraft MRO providers, the Engineering Holding reported a 5% growth in man-hours in 2013 compared to previous year, up to 2042 thousand man-hours.
In December 2013, S7 Engineering training center in Domodedovo airport launched the Airbus A320 maintenance training program for engineering and technical personnel.
Over the last years, Russian air carriers’ fleet has suffered a considerable structural shift — a large-scale introduction of Western types was accompanied by decommissioning of ageing Soviet-built aircraft.
Gediminas Ziemelis, Chairman of the Board of Avia Solutions Group:
"We have made embracing arrangements with UAC but the business is still in the slow lane".
In January Gazpromavia, a subsidiary airline of Gazprom gaz monopolist, and SuperJet International (SJI), a joint marketing and post-sale effort between Sukhoi and Italian Alenia Aermachi, have announced an agreement for spare parts supply, which covers Sukhoi Superjet 100LR aircraft operated by Gazpromavia.