3 of April, 2015, Moscow – Boeing 737-800 NG aircraft of JSC Aeroflot (“Aeroflot”) underwent a maintenance session in Engineering – the Aviation Maintenance Holding (“Holding Engineering”) Novosibirsk hangar. C-checks for the first two aircraft have been completed in February and March 2015, respectively.

As a result of a long-term (four years) agreement between Holding Engineering and Aeroflot, the MRO provider will offer maintenance and repair for a part of Aeroflot’s B737 NG and A320 fleet

Placement of a consolidated maintenance order from Aeroflot Group allowed both parties to benefit from economy of scale and carry out maintenance at an efficient price, as well as to ensure accuracy of maintenance planning.

“Holding Engineering took part in the tender or Aeroflot’s fleet maintenance contract and was selected as the preferable provider. Underrwiting a long-term contract between a major Russian airline and Holding Engineering – a major Russian MRO provider is an important step in development and consolidation of Russian aircraft maintenance sector which affirms the compliance of our company’s services to high standards and requirements of Aeroflot, and, in general, Russian MRO’s growingcapability to compete with foreign competitors”, states Igor Panshin, deputy CEO of Holding Engineering.

Aeroflot is Russia’s flagship carrier and one of the largest airline groups in Europe. In 2014 Aeroflot carried 23.6 million passengers (34.7 million passengers as Aeroflot Group including subsidiaries) a record for any Russian airline. Aeroflot is a proud member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance.

Aeroflot and its partners serve 1,052 destinations in 177 countries worldwide. Aeroflot operates the youngest fleet in the world among major airlines, numbering 153 Airbus, Boeing and Sukhoi aircraft.

Aeroflot is among the global leaders in aviation safety. The Company’s European Community Safety Assessment of Foreign Aircraft (SAFA) Index, which is the main globally recognized safety parameter, is comparable to global peers. The first Russian carrier to enter the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) register, renewing its registration for the fifth time in 2013.

Aeroflot has successfully passed the IATA Safety Audit for Ground Operations (ISAGO) and is fully ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 compliant. In 2014 Aeroflot was named by SKYTRAX as the Best Airline in Eastern Europe for the third time. Find more at www.aeroflot.com.

As one of the leading MRO providers in Russian market, Holding Engineering offers a wide variety of services for clients from Russia, CIS and Europe. The company maintains foreign-built aircraft – Airbus, Boeing, ATR, Bombardier and Cessna. For these aircraft, Holding Engineering offers base maintenance, line maintenance, delivery & re-delivery management, component repairs, painting services, and more. Holding Engineering’s bases are located in Moscow (Domodedovo), Novosibirsk and Mineralnye Vody; the company’s line maintenance stations offer their services in Irkuts and Vladivostok. The company is certified by EASA, Russia’s and Bermuda’s aviation authorities.

Holding Engineering’s goal is to sustain constant active development by adding new services to its portfolio, as well as broadening its existing services. Previous year’s activities exemplify this with several major completed projects, including launch of the first aircraft painting hangar in Russia; successful EASA Part 21J certification; certification for maintenance of Cessna 172 S/R with Garmin G1000. Service list was broadened with offers such as placard manufacture and application, sharklet installation for Airbus, component cadmium coating, maintenance of wheels and brakes for Boeing 777, Airbus A321 and Sukhoi SuperJet 100. Holding Engineering maintains high volumes of work completed, with 2 million work hours in 2014, and offers around one hundred heavy maintenance forms annually, with D-checks constituting around a quarter of that number.