Aeroflot Technics is the first in Russia to replace landing gear on Boeing 777 – Kommersant

The maintenance and repair provider Aeroflot Technics (part of the Aeroflot Group) replaced the landing gear on a Boeing 777 aircraft. This procedure was carried out for the first time in Russia, said press office Aeroflot.

It is noted that the work was carried out in the hangar complex at Sheremetyevo Airport. The press service said that the landing gear on the Boeing 777 is replaced every 10 years or every 20,000 flight cycles, whichever comes first. The work was carried out over two weeks. A complete set of racks was installed on the plane – the bow and two main ones. After that, the operation of the chassis was successfully tested. Now the aircraft has already started flying, Aeroflot reports.

At the end of February EU introduced sanctions against the Russian aviation industry, which deprived Russian airlines of the opportunity to use European aircraft. New deliveries, as well as maintenance and insurance of all aircraft, were banned, and aircraft leased under old contracts had to be returned to the lessor within a month. In December, the Russian government allowed foreign subsidiaries of Russian companies to register aircraft rights. Later Aeroflot redeemed 10 Boeing 777-300ER long haul aircraft from an Irish leasing company.

As Kommersant found out at the end of July, at least five Russian airlines received permits for insurance settlement with Western aircraft owners. We can talk about 80-90 aircraft. However, companies run the risk of failing to close deals on time, since the Ministry of Transport has not yet determined the criteria for receiving 300 billion rubles. from the National Welfare Fund, which the government planned to use to buy aircraft. Of this amount, a third, according to Kommersant, has already been spent on the needs of Aeroflot, and other carriers fear that in the end they may not receive funds at all.

More details – in the material “Saving the Flying”.

Erdni Kagaltynov