Improving planning and preparation for an AOG Denis Edinosyak, MRO BEER 2016, Prague
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Key Company Milestones
The Volga-Dnepr Group (VDG) was established in 1990
More than 10 business units in 9 countries all over the world, Volga-
Dnepr Group employs over 3,500 professional staff and continues to
develop as one of the top 10 leaders of global air cargo industry
Volga – Dnepr Technics is a separate business unit within Volga-
Dnepr Group which provides maintenance, repair and overhaul
services for both foreign and Russian-manufactured aircrafts
Established in 2008 and formed from existing business units and
new MRO organizations, VDT provides a wide range of MRO
services for aircraft produced by Russian and international
manufacturers
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VDT Group today
Moscow
(SVO, DME VKO) Krasnoyarsk (KJA)
Leipzig (LEJ) Sharjah (SHJ)
Frankfurt (FRA)
Fujairah (FJR)
line maintenance for
B747-400/8 (GEnx),
B737 NG, A320 family
line maintenance for
B737 CL and B737 NG
up to and including A-
check
related services
line maintenance
for B747-
200/300/400/8.
(GEnx) B737 CL
line maintenance for
B747-200/300/400/8
(GEnx), B737 CL, An-
124, Il-76
hangar complex of
8 500 sq.m
maintenance services for An-124, Il-76
and other Russian-manufactured
aircrafts on a wide range services
line and base maintenance for B747-
200/300/400, B737 CL, B737 NG, A320
family
hangar complex of 22 000 sq.m.
Volga-Dnepr Technics locations
maintenance services
for Il-76 and other
Russian-manufactured
aircrafts on a wide
range services
line maintenance for
B747-200/300/400/8
(GEnx)
Krasnodar (KRR)
line maintenance
for B737 NG,
Airbus A320 family
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Serviced aircraft
VDT provides maintenance and related services for the following aircraft types:
Region MRO Location Airports
Boeing Airbus Antonov Ilyushin
B74
7-2
00/3
00/
40
0/-8
(Ge
nx
)
B7
37
CL
B73
7 N
G
B75
7
A3
20
fam
ily
A3
30
An
-12
4-1
00
An
-24
/26
IL-7
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Russia
Moscow
SVO √ √ √ √
DME √ √ √ √
VKO √ √ √ √
Krasnoyarsk KJA √ √
Krasnodar KRR √ √
UAE Sharjah SHJ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Fujairah FJR √ √
Europe
Leipzig LEJ √ √ √ √
Frankfurt on Main FRA √ √
AOG. Main reason of the situation
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DEFECT
(NO GO item) DAMAGE OF A\C
(out of limit)
WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Defect Management. Brief overview
Short-term defect analyze
Long-term defect analyze
Recurring Defects & Incidents
Items on Alert or Top Items
MAREPS/ PIREPS
Additional info & Trouble Shooting
Can defect be rectified?
Defect rectification
Yes No
MEL applicable?
AOG Process
No
Corrective Action Program
Planning &
Implementation
Sys Reset/Fault Intermediate.
Component Removal
Structural Repair
Time-limited repair?
Yes
SOS/NFF Policy
No
Monitor
Knowledge Database Update
MEL/CDL Control &
Applying
Priorities’ setting &
Planning
Yes
Work Order
AOG Cost (direct)
COMPONENT ITSELF
TRASPORTATION
CUSTOM CLEARANCE
REPAIR APPROVAL
RECOVERY TEAM (DOUBLE NORMAL PRICE)
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Unit Cost 33%
Custom clearance
15%
Shipment 16%
Recovery team 12%
Maintenance Cost 6%
For Structure time and price for service request (out of SRM
repairs) 18%
AOG Cost (indirect)
Lost profit (up to 75 kUSD per day)
Crew time
Passenger's accommodation
Meals for the passengers
Perishable cargo lost (if appl.)
Airport fee
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Insourcing
Process management (ISO standards in place)
Procedures (everybody knows what to do)
LEAN (waste of time and resources are minimized)
Knowledge Database (accumulated experience)
Aircraft Health Management and proactive use of maintenance
data
Reliability program data
IT System
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AHM as Proactive Maintenance
Actionable Items
Custom
Alert
(Hidden)
Input
Monitoring
(ACMF,
Snapshots, IM)
Report
Event
Driven
Uplinks
ACARS
Report
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Proactive Use Of Aircraft Data
At Gate
Traditional
Unscheduled
Maintenance
Airworthiness
Simple Fault
Forwarding
Maximized
Ramp
Maintenance
Opportunity
Real-time
Health
Management
Scheduled
Maintenance
Custom Alerts and
Proactive Reliability
Analysis
Economic
Next Flight
Outsourcing
TTS Contract
Service Level Agreement (Transparent performance through
KPIs)
Store / Pool (time)
LEAN
AOG desk
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TTS versus Time and Material
TTS
Operator just flying.
Transparent performance through KPIs
Single-point communication
Dedicated fleet manager
Reduced complexity – full control
Reliable MRO partner
T&M
Time-and-materials contracts and labor-hour contracts are not fixed-price
contracts
Planning and preparation for an AOG
NO GO Items list (analyzing the systems and comparing with
MEL)
Engine Condition Monitoring
AHM
SB implementation
IT System
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Weight up
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AOG
Cost + Efforts + Time
of PREVENTION
Cost + Efforts + Time
of RECOVERY
Engineering Maintenance