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Jun 09, 2016 (newstodate): This week, a ground breaking ceremony marked the start of construction of a new aircraft hangar at Iceland's Keflavik Airport.
The new hangar is a prerequisite for Icelandair to take back a larger share of its aircraft maintenance work that has been performed by external providers due to a growing shortage of hangar capacity at the carrier's home base.
During the winter 2015/16, Icelandair was thus forced to send 14 comprehensive aircraft maintenance jobs to providers around the world entailing heavy extra costs and loss of internal work hours.
The new 10,500 sq m hangar will accommodate simultaneous maintenance works on either two Boeing 757-200, one Boeing 757-200 and one Boeing 767-300, or three of the carrier's coming new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.
The new facility is slated for commissioning by the latter half of 2017.
The new hangar is a prerequisite for Icelandair to take back a larger share of its aircraft maintenance work that has been performed by external providers due to a growing shortage of hangar capacity at the carrier's home base.
During the winter 2015/16, Icelandair was thus forced to send 14 comprehensive aircraft maintenance jobs to providers around the world entailing heavy extra costs and loss of internal work hours.
The new 10,500 sq m hangar will accommodate simultaneous maintenance works on either two Boeing 757-200, one Boeing 757-200 and one Boeing 767-300, or three of the carrier's coming new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.
The new facility is slated for commissioning by the latter half of 2017.