Airbus develops portable inflatable hangar for engine maintenance

Airbus Customer Services is offering an inflatable weatherproof turbofan engine maintenance tent which would allow customers or working parties to perform engine maintenance in adverse weather when there is no conventional hangar available
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The solution enables “indoor” engine maintenance to allow the work to be performed with optimal environmental conditions and is available for all Airbus widebody aircraft including the A330, A340, A350 and A380.
The equipment which is both lightweight and portable and also oil, acid and hydraulic fluid resistant, comprises an inflatable dome tent with integral heating, ventilating, and air conditioning which can be used on all Airbus aircraft engines. The system effectively allows maintenance teams to work anywhere, bringing the hangar to the aircraft, rather than the aircraft to the hangar. Not only can operators avoid waiting for available hangar space – reducing AOG time – but they can also avoid costly hangar fees.
 

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