OREANDA-NEWS. January 16, 2008. The wheel and brake repair and maintenance shop that was opened at the Domodedovo airport in December 2007 serviced its first client – Transaero. The shop serviced a wheel of a Boeing-747 aircraft, the Domodedovo press service reported.

“We are happy that Transaero was the first Domodedovo airport client to use the new EAST LINE TECHNIQUE service. It is known that aircraft wheels and brakes are subjected to a great deal of stress in the course of their operation and are therefore susceptible to rapid wear and tear. In the meantime, the passengers’ safety largely depends on their condition. Scheduled servicing of wheels and brakes is a mandatory procedure and we are happy to offer the most effective method of addressing this issue to airlines,” says Daria Korshunova, Director PR Moscow Domodedovo International Airport.

Technical maintenance of wheels and brakes on foreign-made aircraft is an exclusive service on the RF and CIS market. At the moment, the overwhelming majority of RF and CIS airlines do not have their own wheel and brake repair and maintenance facilities and are therefore forced to use the services of foreign companies, which is time-consuming and costly. The aircraft wheel and brake repair and maintenance shop at the Domodedovo airport offers a convenient and economically effective access to this type of services to RF and CIS airlines.

EAST LINE TECHNIQUE is a member of the EAST LINE group of companies. It specialises in operative servicing of foreign-made aircraft. Founded in 2002, EAST LINE TECHNIQUE is the only independent foreign-made aircraft technical service centre in Russia certified under the European rules (JAR – 145 / PART – 145, certificate No.F – 058/E).

The wheel and brake maintenance shop occupies 290 square meters and employs 10 specialists. The shop’s engineers and technicians have undergone all requisite types of training, including training abroad, and are certified under EASA-145 and FAP-145 RF. The shop was certified by the European Airworthiness Authorities in November of 2007. The shop’s production capacity enables its specialists to service or repair 10 wheels and two brakes per shift. The shop’s development plan implies further expansion of the staff and production capacity. The wheel and brake service shop is fitted out with modern and highly productive equipment manufactured by KUNZ GmbH Aircraft Equipment, ITW Tiede Non-Destructive Testing GmbH, and GE Inspection Technologies Limited. The shop acquires its tools and expendable materials from such well-known suppliers as Dunlop Aircraft Tyres, Aircraft Wheels and Brakes Goodrich Corporation, McGean – Rohco Incorporated, Shell International, and Dow Corning Corporation.