OREANDA-NEWS. On 06 February 2009 was announced, that Ural Airlines recently got EASA 145.0415 and BDA/AMO/357 approval certificates. These certificates enable the airline to carry out transit-, daily-, weekly-check, and a-check maintenance procedures of Airbus A320 using its own station, without having to use the services of other companies. To get a permission to do this, a carrier needs EASA’s (European Aviation Safety Agency) approval as well as the approval of the Bermudas’ authorities that monitor the compliance of Airbus users with their maintenance regulations.

Prior to Ural Airlines getting the papers, Aeroflot and Siberia Airlines were the only Russian carriers to hold these certificates, Ural Airlines’ press officer reports.

The airline’s experts had been mastering the repair and maintenance technologies for six months to be able to perform all the operations carried out at a station. While preparing for the certification audit procedure, all the papers, machinery, and working areas were brought in compliance with the EASA standards.

The audit procedure made it obvious that Ural Airlines fully met all the necessary requirements, so the company was given a permission to carry out all the maintenance operations of Airbus A320. As it happens, this aircraft type is going to become Ural Airlines’ primary one in the next five to ten years.

Getting the approval certificate is one of the company’s steps on the way to creating a major ground maintenance base meant for servicing the airline’s A320 airplanes.

At the moment, Ural Airlines runs an O&M base meant for servicing Russian liners; however, as the Russian TU 154 B planes go out of use, the company intends to focus on getting the next certificate needed to carry out the repairs of airplanes of Airbus type.