Freighter repair and maintenance certificate for AMTES

Associations Aircraft manufacturers Airports

September 23, 2015

AMTES has been issued with Part 145 (AR-145) certification from Russia’s civil aviation body, the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC), to carry out repair and maintenance of Antonov AN-124 Freighters at Leipzig-Halle Airport.

The AR-145 certificate sets out requirements for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) and will allow ATMES, a subsidiary of Volga-Dnepr Technics, to carry out work at its 8,500 square metre Leipzig-Halle hanger. ATMES was issued the certificate at the MAKS 2015 Air Show in Moscow by IAC manager, Sergey Instrumentov to ATMES managing director, Ildar Ilyasov.

Ilyasov says: “We decided to obtain MRO Organisation Certificate to extend our Russian built aircraft maintenance and repair capabilities. This is a solid step forward for Volga-Dnepr Group within the project AN-124 modernisation.”

He says Volga-Dnepr is planning to extend the certificate on other types of work in accordance with AR-145. Ilyasov says: “We plan to increase the amount of operations in relation to both Russian and Western aircraft and extend our maintenance capabilities in the European market.”

James Graham

James Graham is an award-winning transport media journalist with a long background in the commercial freight sector, including commercial aviation and the aviation supply chain. He was the initial Air Cargo Week journalist and retuned later for a stint as editor. He continues his association as editor of the monthly supplements. He has reported for the newspaper from global locations as well as the UK.