Aeroflot Technics, an aircraft maintenance and repair provider (part of the Aeroflot Group), has opened a linear maintenance station (hereinafter referred to as LMS) at Tolmachevo Airport in Novosibirsk. With the new station opening, the total number of Aeroflot Technics in Russian cities has reached 18.

The LMS at Novosibirsk Airport will provide technical support for flights of the Aeroflot Group. In accordance with the certificate received, the engineering and technical staff of the linear station will carry out operational maintenance of Airbus A320, Airbus A330, Boeing 737NG and Boeing 777 aircraft.

The station is equipped with a modern material and technical base and is staffed by highly qualified specialists living in the region. All of them have received additional training on aircraft types. The personnel of the service station are certified in B1 and B2 categories, and also has the necessary permits for various types of routine maintenance.

«Aeroflot Technics consistently implements the strategy for the development of maintenance and repair of Aeroflot Group aircraft, which provides for the development of a network of linear stations in the regions of Russia. Today we are glad to start working at Tolmachevo Airport, which is new for us. This is the third station that we have opened at airports in our country in the last month. The active expansion of the geography of the LMS presence allows us to strengthen the position of the largest provider with a high-quality level of aircraft maintenance at all points of the company's presence and to offer new jobs for highly qualified aviation technical specialists», said Mikhail Korobovich, CEO of Aeroflot Technics.

This summer season, Aeroflot Group operates up to 92 flights per week from Novosibirsk Airport to seven destinations: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sochi, Krasnoyarsk, Antalya, Bangkok and Phuket.