Moscow-based Vemina Aviaprestige has won EASA Part 145 approval for repair and servicing of interior equipment on western jets. 

The company has opened a specialized MRO center in Moscow Sheremetievo airport, with intend to provide services to scheduled and regular airlines. In further development, Vemina Aviaprestige has filed application for EASA Part 21 approval, as it wants to enlarge its parts production business. 

About 60% of Russia’s MRO market on imported jets is taken by ten foreign providers, which brings them US dollar 1.5million annually. Vemina Aviaprestige general director Vitaly Romanyuk believes local MRO companies can provide serious competition to European MRO specialists in the domestic market and create hundreds of new jobs in the country. At a press conference on December 2, 2010, he said: “Russia must act so as to enlarge its presence on this high-tech market and create well-paid jobs in this country; we expect the government to take action, support development of high-tech MRO centers and encourage airlines to service their planes in the territory of the Russian Federation”. 

Famous for outstanding VIP cabins in business and corporate jets, the completions specialist has been persistently expanding its business, targeting passenger airlines. Several Moscow-based carriers have already expressed their intent to use Vemina Aviaprestige services, including SkyExpress low-cost carrier. Vemina Aviaprestige is in agreement with S7 Engineering, an MRO arm of the S7 (Sibir) group, on concerted actions in the Russian market. 

Today, Aeroflot is Vemina Aviaprestige’s largest customer. In late 2009 the Russian flag carrier awarded the local provider a large order for passenger cabin servicing and repair work on Boeing 767 and Airbus A320 aircraft. This enabled Vemina Aviaprestige take a strong foothold in the new market segment.