The S7 Technics’ Engineering centre has assisted Tajikistan airline Somon Air with the transference of two of its aircraft onto the aircraft registry of the Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority (BCAA).
To complete the assignment, one of Somon Air’s Aruba-registered Boeing 737-900s made a maintenance shop visit to S7 Technics’ Domodedovo, Moscow site, while all of the necessary works required on the second aircraft were fulfilled by field crew at Istanbul airport (Turkey).
In each case – at Domodedovo and at Istanbul – the engineering centre’s specialists performed three tasks. The first was a general visual inspection of the aircraft, comparisons of any acceptable structural damage and repairs on the actual aircraft against its logbook records, and also inspection to ensure that all cabin and emergency equipment items are located in accordance with the appropriate diagrams.
In the second stage, the engineering centre’s experts checked and, where necessary, amended Somon Air’s continued airworthiness documentation to ensure its compliance with BCAA’s requirements.
Finally, full aircraft airworthiness reviews were conducted in order to enrol Somon Air’s Boeing 737-900s on the Bermuda aircraft register. The reviews’ subsequent reports provide summaries on the airworthiness documentation checks and visual inspection of the aircraft in compliance with BCAA’s requirements.
The engineering centre is able to provide such assistance to Somon Air because S7 Engineering (part of S7 Technics holding) holds BCAA’s OTAR 39 Subpart F approval and already has extensive successful experience in carrying out such continued airworthiness checks in support of Russian and international airlines.
“This was the first time that our group has provided support services for transferring aircraft between registries. All operations were made in close cooperation with Somon Air and with BCAA, and were supported by S7 Engineering’s quality directorate, which allowed us to complete the mission within the required tight schedule,” comments Leonid Shoshin, head of S7 Technics’ Engineering centre.
To complete the project, the new VQ-prefix registration numbers for Somon Air’s Boeing 737-900s were painted on their tails at Domodedovo, before both aircraft were returned to service with the Tajikistani carrier.
