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23rd December 2011
Air Astana has completed its first six year C check at its engineering and technical centre in Astana, Kazakhstan. The work on the A321 aircraft took over 20 days and over 7,800 hours by mechanics and engineers who hold international certificates and EASA Part-66 licenses.
Air Astana received permission to carry out the C check following an international EASA audit earlier in 2023. The carrier became the first airline in Kazakhstan that is able to independently perform heavy maintenance C1 and C2 checks on Airbus family aircraft at its engineering bases in Almaty and Astana in 2019. Since then, it has serviced 24 aircraft. Eight more Airbus family aircraft in the fleet are due for maintenance in 2024, three of which involve a full six-year C check.
“Carrying out complex repairs inhouse allows the airline to establish control over the process of timely maintenance of its aircraft and reduce costs for these types of work, which previously required the involvement of foreign companies and ferrying aircraft abroad to facilities in Europe, Russia and China,” said Air Astana technical support manager Temirlan Bagashar.