CLT as a HUB and Hangar ?

[700UW]

They farmout the majority of their heavy checks.

 

[700UW]

A330US, you all ready started a thread on the DL board and got your answers about DL MX.

We now do a mix of inhouse and outsource. For airframe work we send out the 767 HMV to AC in Vancouver. The 757 HMV are now getting done by Timco, mostly in Lake City. The MD88's get sent to AM, and AAR.

All of that work used to be done inhouse. Now we still do PSV checks on 757/767 and letter check on the MD88s. We also do all the checks on the 777 and the 738. Those last two do not get HMV's The PSV visit program completely replaced the HMV.

We also do engine overhaul on everything but the RR Trents' that are on the 777. It was not cost effective to build another test cell for such a small fleet. We do insource a lot of engine work.

All of this work is now done in ATL. Line stations also do service checks on the entire fleet. I work in BOS and we do service checks for 738, Md88, and 757. We used to get a bunch of 757 HOV (flight control lube visits). I think CVG is doing them now.

Word is the really want to increase Line insourcing. In BOS we handle Icelandic, AZ, and AM. We also do service checks for Miami Air.

 

[FlyDCJets]

Intersting article from David Grossman of USA Today 11/17/06 entitled:

Delta + US Airways: Who Will Pay?

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/columnist/g...-grossman_x.htm

Regards
DC