#A380 on its last legs? Far from it… by completing their first ever 12-year check on the world’s largest passenger jet, Lufthansa Technik Philippines just gave Lufthansa’s “Mike Charlie” a fresh undercarriage and a new lease of life.
Compared to the less extensive three- or six-year checks that the German airline's first four reactivated Airbus A380s received from our colleagues in #Manila, the scheduled 12-year check involved much more intensive inspections of the aircraft structure. Therefore, it also encompassed a temporary detachment of all four engines and a complete exchange of the undercarriage, whose four main landing gear assemblies will be overhauled by our experts at Lufthansa Technik Landing Gear Services UK.
In addition to the scheduled work packages of a twelve-year check, our team in Manila also had to carry out modifications, such as implementing all airworthiness directives (ADs) issued by the manufacturer Airbus during the long inactivity of the aircraft.
At peak times, more than 100 of our aircraft mechanics were working on D-AIMC as part of the twelve-year check. Despite its more than 42,000 flying hours and over 4,300 flight cycles, “Mike Charlie” is not just basically ready for its return to active scheduled service with Lufthansa, but also fit for the time until its next, but then significantly smaller, base maintenance check. With D-AIMH “Mike Hotel”, which Lufthansa had already transferred from Frankfurt to Manila on February 11, the next twelve-year check on an A380 is already underway in Manila.
“The return of the A380 to the fleets of many airlines has also boosted demand for maintenance services enormously. We are benefiting quite well from this with our A380 expertise here in Manila, that we recently even expanded with the third overhaul line,” explains Elmar Lutter. “In view of the delays in the delivery of numerous new wide-body aircraft, I am certain that services for the A380 will remain an integral part of our portfolio for years to come.”
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