Volga-Dnepr hangar at Sharjah International Airport
Space has capacity to accommodate up to six narrow body aircraft or two 747s
Sharjah: The Volga-Dnepr Group hangar facility, located in the territory of Sharjah International Airport UAE, was officially inaugurated today.
The Chairman of Sharjah Airport Authority, Dr Ganem Mohammad Al Hajri, the Director General of Sharjah Airport Authority, Ali Salim Al Midfa, the Director General of the Department of Civil Aviation-Sharjah, Shaikh Khalid Bin Essam Al Qasimi, the Senior Vice-president of Volga-Dnepr Group, Sergey Shklyanik, and the Managing Director of Volga-Dnepr Gulf Company, Viktor Sherin, were present at the ceremony.
VD Gulf obtained their official Operations Approval for the hangar facility, issued by the Department of Civil Aviation, Government of Sharjah, confirming that VD Gulf has successfully completed hangar safety procedures and is ready to provide aircraft maintenance, component repair and overhaul services.
The 22,000 square metre hangar has a capacity to accommodate up to six narrow body aircraft or two 747s or a 124-100 at the same time.
Dr Al Hajri said, “We are happy to welcome Volga-Dnepr to Sharjah International Airport, we wish them success, this project is one of the strategic projects that will contribute to provide advanced services to airlines, which will save a lot of time, effort and expense. We believe that such these projects will enhance the relationship between UAE and Russia.”
Safety procedures
Shaikh Khalid said: “Sharjah International Airport is keen to provide the best services and facilities to attract more companies and airlines, the department of civil aviation is eager to overcome the difficulties at the same time make sure that they will implement all safety procedures.”
“This strategic decision was coordinated in 2007 as our Company decided to extend MRO business in the UAE — the decision to construct a new hangar complex in the territory of Sharjah Airport was made. Currently, when the hangar construction is complete, we will have established a wide network of approved maintenance bases (in 9 airports of the world) with two hangar complexes with an overall area of 30.000 square metres [in Sharjah and Leipzig]. The capital expenditures for the Sharjah Hangar Complex construction are 26.38 million US dollars,” Shklyanik, Senior Vice-president of Volga-Dnepr Group, said.
“Due to experience, it is proved that it is very beneficial for the Operators to have maintenance bases which are located in their route networks and operation areas. Providing a full range of maintenance services, the Operators reduce their expenditures for transfers, AC downtime and maintain the required level of flights safety. The establishment of the new hangar complex will attract new Customers not only to Sharjah Airport, but also to other airports in the UAE. This shall also strengthen the cooperation of Aviation associations of the Russian Federation and the UAE,” Sherin, Managing Director of Volga-Dnepr Gulf Company, said.
