Transaero 747

theeney

Hello all,

I recently flew from a small airport in Melbourne Florida, in mainly serves small commuter AA/US/Delta MD flights.

However i thought that it was interesting that there were 8 Transaero 747s there for maintenance.

Here is an article with some of the details:

Eight wide-body 747-400s from Russia's Transaero Airlines are now parked at the MidAirUSA hangar at Melbourne International Airport.

But despite speculation, the planes' sudden appearance in Brevard County has nothing to do with the current turmoil in Russia,

The reason for the Transaero jet traffic is that MidAirUSA Inc. is now up and running and providing extensive maintenance to the aircraft in its recently opened 83,000-square-foot hangar at Melbourne International.

It's a backlog situation, said Carolina Rivas, MidAirUSA's human resources and payroll manager.

"We're hoping to stay this busy, not only with Transaero but also with new customers," said Rivas, who moved to Brevard County from Rome, New York, where MidAirUSA also has a jet maintenance operation at Griffiss International Airport.

MidAirUSA currently has 30 employees at its Melbourne International operation and is ramping up hiring for the increased Transaero work. MidAirUSA initially is looking for 40 people in fields ranging from clerks to avionics specialists to specialized aircraft mechanics.

For a while late last year it was touch and go if MidAirUSA was going to be able to meet lease terms to move in and begin working out of the new hangar. In January, however, an agreement was finalized that cleared the way for MidAirUSA to begin operations. MidAirUSA made more than $560,000 in back lease payments while Melbourne International put itself in a better position to take control of the facility in the event MidAirUSA can't meet future financial obligations.

MidAirUSA now is paying $91,000 a month for the hangar with a lease that runs through 2054.


Tom

martinsvi

30 people company running maintenance for 8 out of 20 b747s at the same time.. and article says it has nothing to do with the current climate in Russia? Like legitimate maintenance in the middle of the busiest travel season for nearly half of the fleet in an understaffed and possibly under equipped facility?

billy few mates

Let's face it, there can't be too many MROs lining up to do business with Transaero after what they did to their las maintenance provider....

roundymac

Did'nt they have a MRO in Shannon? Also is this a case of EU banning work on these as part of the santions against Russia only the the USA to come in and hoover up the work. IIRC EI were trying to sell their 707s to Libya, USA had an embargo on Libya, so EI had to pull out of the deal The minute the embargo was eased an USA company sold some 707s to Libya.

BZ

roundymac wrote: »

Did'nt they have a MRO in Shannon? Also is this a case of EU banning work on these as part of the santions against Russia only the the USA to come in and hoover up the work. IIRC EI were trying to sell their 707s to Libya, USA had an embargo on Libya, so EI had to pull out of the deal The minute the embargo was eased an USA company sold some 707s to Libya.

They had an MRO in Shannon alright up to a few months ago but went into receivership and is now Atlantic aviation services. This American company will be lucky to get paid in full.

billy few mates

BZ wrote: »

They had an MRO in Shannon alright up to a few months ago but went into receivership and is now Atlantic aviation services. This American company will be lucky to get paid in full.

Not exactly true, it went into examinership, mostly because Transaero didn't pay their bill.
This has nothing to do with EU embargoes or sanctions and more to do with finding MROs who will deal with you if there's even the remotest risk of non payment.

martinsvi

looks like it's the end for them anyway - http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/39925-aeroflot-given-greenlight-to-acquire-transaero