Tour to the Avianca MRO in Rionegro

Today we take a tour of the Avianca MRO in Rionegro, the más nuevo Maintenance Repair and Overhaul de Avianca and of the regionón, was officially officially inaugurated on miércoles 28 September 2017.

I invite you tooén to tour Avianca's MRO in this AeroReport:

With this Aeron Centeráuseful, Avianca expects to generate savings greater than 30 millions of dóannual expenses for maintenance concepts of its entire fleet. During the launch of liveñEverything to Fall in Love we were able to tour onceás this center.

As part of its growth and positioning plan, the airínea máancient s of Amérock and the second in the world, provides since May 2016, maintenance to its entire Airbus fleet (A318, A319, A320, A321 y A330), ATR (ATR72-600) y Boeing (B787 Dreamliner), convertedégoing on one of the airplanesíbest positioned lines in the regionón, offering a service with the máhigh technologyíand highly trained staff.

The Aeron CenteráUtic Avianca – MRO

By its acronym in Englishés, MRO stands for Maintenance, Repairón and Reviewón, where in its first stage the company carried outó an inverseón of $50 millions dólares and subsequently performá an inverseóadditional n of similar value. the airíne abrió its doors so that we can get to know this great aircraft maintenance centeráuseful, which isá authorized to provide maintenance services, repairón of components and alsoén as a training centerón for own personnel as well as forén staff from other airlinesídenies.

This modern center has the following characterístatics within its first stage, where later they are contemplated 2 additional stages, to duplicateán the capacity of the current center, which may have up to 11 bahímaintenance ace.

• Átotal area
  • 3.000 square meter
• Área hangar:
  • 4.000 square meter
  • It is possible to attend simultaneouslyánea 5 aisle planes úNico O 2 wide body aircraft
• Zones
  • Specialized workshops for repairónumber of components
  • Aircraft taxiing platform
  • Offices
  • Almacénumber of spare parts
  • Three training classroomsón with capacity for 25 students

In this Aeron Centeráutico currently work around 1.000 people between youécynical, mecáNicos and others. With concludedón of the 2 remaining stages, is núnumber of personnel will doubleá until 2.000 people, what to convertá in one of the MRO más important in the world. Hereí staff from all over Colombia work, especially from Antioch, where, thanks to inter-institutional agreements, hiring has been promotedón and trainingónumber of local staff. Spaghettién pa staff is foundíses that are part of the Avianca destination network, like savior, Ecuador, Perú, Costa Rica and others, what it generatedó a great logístatics for constructionón of this center that tookó 2 años and use técnicas architectóunique and engineeringía úunique in the world.

This MRO is now Avianca's complement to the existing hangars in Bogotáá, San Salvador, Costa Rica and México, an entire maintenance operating apparatus to always have the 210 fleet aircraft, including Avianca Cargo freighters (Tampa Cargo). Rionegro becameó in a new large log centerístico for Avianca with the incorporate usón of the Aeron Centeráuseful, thanks to the facilities provided by the city, available staff and geographic centralityáfica with respect to the airline's network of destinationsínea, más finally, airport facilities.

On 3 candidate cities, the company decidesó by Rionegro, a smallña city located 45 kilómeters from the great Medellín, inhabited by 120.249 people to 2.080 meters high. Your José International Airporté María Córdoba is the second most important in Colombia in passengers and cargo after El Dorado in Bogotá, which reaffirms the importance of this locationón to Avianca, destination where on average something m operatesás de 35 Daily flights.

The airport that serves the city of Medellín (THERE IT IS: MDE – ICAO: NOW) has a track 3.557 meters long by 45 meters wide and mobileó during the 2015 almost 7 million passengers, 118 thousand tons of cargo 77.375 operations. Now this airport is going through a stage of modernization.ón of its facade, infrastructure, expansionón of terminals and information systemsón to meet the growing demand.

Alianza with Lufthansa Technik

All the development processes that endedó with the constructionón of the Aeron Centeráuseful – Avianca's MRO were carried out hand in hand and guía de Lufthansa Technik, what I allowedó secure the más violas isándars with a partner who is the oldest and más experienced MRO service provider in the world.

Within the agreement signed between both parties in 2015, where Lufthansa Technik becameó the largest provider of MRO services for the Boeing B787 fleet, Airbus A330 and the Airbus A320 family, including the new Avianca A320neo, this collaborationón now it is expandedó to a new level, with a collaborationón técomplete and close conical, that allowedó the complement between both companies for the elaborationón of the global construction planón of the MRO and its future stages of expansionón and that now positions both brands as references in the regionón with a collaborationón near pioneer in this part of the world.

MRO Services

The services that Avianca offers in its MRO are extensive, but for now it isán focused exclusively on maintaining your fleet, in the near future and thanks to future 2 expansion stagesón, it will be possibleá extend these services to other airlinesílines of the regionón and the world that require a center certified by AeronáCivil utica of Colombia, FAA and EASA for the maintenance of their aircraft. Recently, this center tooén has already been certified by the aero authorityáutica of Ecuador.

Among the main services offered in the MRO, the following stand out::

• Overhaul (revisionón/transformationón) of chairs: with his chair workshop, The MRO can offer greater overhaul work on crew seats.ón and passengers, reducing log costs for its clientsíaesthetics and delivering aircraft in better conditionón interior for the enjoyment of passengers.
• Manufacturingón of components plástatic: It has modern equipment for manufacturingónumber of parts, under injection processesón and thermoforming.
• Repairón of cabin and service components: with its accessories workshops and emergency equipment, Avianca offers repair servicesón of aircraft components such as coffee makers, ovens, capuchineras, to knockías, lifevest, boats and sliders.
• Hydrost testsáUS DOT certified optics: The MRO has the capacity to perform hydrost testsáox bottle ethicsígeno and certify them under the US DOT law (Department of Transportation – Department of Transportation).
• Manufacturingón of chair covers and rugs: with its experience of retrofit processes (updateón of aircraft interiors) and new image of the Avianca fleet, can offer its customers the manufacturingón of chair covers in leather and fabric.
• Manufacturingónumber of parts for useóengineering no.íinverse with cá3D camera and CNC equipment: joinó the use of cáMaras 3D scan that allows you to do engineeringíconversely to parts that require manufacturing.
• Modern paint and sanding booth: with capacity for large volume parts such as Boeing B787 or Airbus A320, Avianca installó a paint booth with advanced heating systemsón and extractionón of partíformulas that guarantee the quality of your painting process and allow you to work on a large scale.

History of maintenance at Avianca

Since the birth of the airlineínea the 5 from December to 1919 In Barranquilla, Avianca has been characterized by always remaining a pioneer in this áscope, ensuring theí an operationón continues, efficient, but above all safely respecting the más violas isándares that la industry exige. Apart from the existing maintenance centers in cities like Lima, San Salvador and others, Avianca has formed a network of services designed for a growing fleet and network of destinations.

• The 5 from December to 1919 The Colombo German Transport Society A is born in Barranquillaéprisoners, SCADTA beginning to operate in the Port of Veranillo, where today the naval base works.
• On 1938 the first hangar is built in Barranquilla, where they develop 1991 the major services.
• The 10 from December to 1959 The El Dorado Airport is inaugurated and the service is launchedón of major services in Bogotá.
• The 24 May 2016 the first service is inaugurated in the new MRO in Rionegro, Antioquia.
• Avianca currently operates two hangars of línea in Bogotá and two hangars in Rionegro (Tampa Cargo).

MRO Key Points

• Avianca has a team of engineers and térecognized cynics in AméRica Latina for her experience and knowledge in the operationón of wide-body aircraft such as Boeing B787 and Airbus A330, Airbus A320 family aircraft and turboprop such as ATR 72.
• Avianca is the first airlineínew of Américh in having a certified center to perform major maintenance on Boeing B787 equipment.
• Avianca has received recognition as the “Best T Reliability AwardéA320 aircraft conic of América” delivery by airbus.
• Avianca isá positioned as the best operated in reliability téconical and one of the best in the world for the operationón the su Boeing B787.
• With a designñthe innovator, high productivity and efficiency processes under the methodologyíto LEAN and an eco-efficient construction system, the Aeron Centeráutico Avianca incorporates from the designñor the distribution facilities of the áwork areas, selectón of equipment and working conditions that maximize the productivity of the processes.
• The MRO developedó its constructionón complying with the parámetros de La certificaci6n LEED -Leadership in Energy & Enviromental Design-, system líder in the world that encourages adoptionón de práethics in designño and the construction of sustainable buildings, aimed at preserving the environment.
• collection systemón and rainwater supply: The facilities have a system that allows capturing, treat and re-use rainwater in various processes técynical.
• Recycling program: The MRO has a collection and selection centerón both non-hazardous materials (paper, cartón, glass, plástatic, cans, etc) as hazardous waste (thatímonkeys), for subsequent processing by firms specialized in this work.
• Optimizationón the energyía: The facilities areán designñadas to take advantage of the máximo the illuminationón natural and minimize the useónumber of air conditioners. The system includes lightingón LED and some areas have auto-off sensors.

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GaleríAvianca MRO photos

The airplane engineón is inspected accordingún manufacturer's instructions.

There is a room where the inflation time of the emergency slides is controlled.

Inspections are also carried outén with drones.

Every thousandíavi meterón is reviewed.

The details count and guarantee an operationón safe.

Passenger seats are reupholstered and repowered.

Cockpit of an ATR72-600 during a check C.

This mámachine is new, allows you to make the internal side panels of the aircraftón from scratch.

The plástatics are made in the MRO, generating millionaire savings.

In a Check C, the entire interior of the planeón is taken out to review all the details.

The image is essential, therefore the seats should always look like new.

Every piece is important in a reviewómaintenance no..

The black boxes are reviewed to ensure their operation.

The nose of the birdón is one of the parts that máyesñusually receives you.

Hereí we see the time in which this avión must fly again and stopámeters to check.

Avianca staff reviews the details of this CFM engine.

3D printer.

The téAvianca technicians ensure that each new piece isé perfectly manufactured.

Vídeo returning from Medellín a Bogotá