Romanian aerospace firm Aerostar has recorded its highest ever throughput of Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 families aircraft in 2018.
The company has said that 104 aircraft passed through its Bacau facility for ‘C’ and ‘D’ checks (79 Boeing 737 family and 25 A320 family) last year.
These aircraft were from 22 different customers, of which seven were new customers. Included among the new customers was Air France which booked four A320 family aircraft in for heavy checks.
The first aircraft, F-HEPG, was the prototype for the A320 installation of the Internet Connectivity via Satellite package; it is an Aeroconseil modernisation bulletin implemented on three aircraft. The work also included a passenger cabin full refurbishment.
So far in 2019, Aerostar has re-delivered to operators a total of 26 aircraft after heavy maintenance checks (19 B737 and 7 A320 aircraft).
To meet increased demand, construction is now well underway on a new 4-bay MRO hangar at Iasi International Airport in northeast Romania and is expected to be completed at the end of 2019. This new hangar will increase Aerostar’s throughput of Airbus A320ceo and neo families and Boeing 737 classic and new generation overhauls by up to 40%.