In April, the LOTAMS employees finished a C-check for the Spanish airline Air Europa. The scope of the EC-ISN redelivery check included aircraft painting and the C-check with structural and system tasks.
The cooperation of the Polish maintenance company with Air Europa began in April 2019 with a check of the Embraer 195. The second check on the same aircraft model took place in October 2019. At the beginning of 2020, LOTAMS also performed a base maintenance of the B737 NG.
The fourth visit of the Spanish carrier to LOTAMS included many complex maintenance activities. The culmination of the almost three-month stay in the hangars of the Warsaw company was a technical flight, a so-called demo flight, after which the final activities were performed. Demo flight is about, among other things, adapting the plane to the configuration of the new owner.
“This check was a very interesting experience for all of us, full of challenges and situations, which showed that with fruitful cooperation both within the team and between different LOTAMS areas, we can overcome various unforeseen situations during the service. We had to show maximum flexibility in planning our works and at the same time adapt to the needs and requirements of the client. I am very grateful to my team for the high quality of the commissioned work. The result is the fact that after the technical flight there were no faults and no additional comments from the crew,” commented Kim Oleksandr, production event manager coordinating the check at LOTAMS.
The scope of the check at the EC-ISN included removal of all buffets and toilets to open wet areas for inspection; structural inspections of the fuselage skin; thorough analysis and verification of existing repairs; boroscopy inspection of both engines and APU; EWIS (Electrical Wiring Interconnection System) inspections; fuel tank inspections and weighing of the aircraft.