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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Maintenance Cost Distribution

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

Thank You for attention

and have a nice flight home without delay

caused by AOG!

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