Recently, Southwest Bureau issued A319/320/321 aircraft disassembly and maintenance license to Sichuan Saifuwei Aircraft Maintenance Service Co., Ltd. (referred to as Saifuwei Company), marking that the first maintenance unit engaged in aircraft disassembly in Sichuan has officially obtained the qualification for disassembly.
Saifuwei Company is located at No.456, Shore Road, Xihanggang Street, Shuangliu District, Chengdu. At present, the company is mainly engaged in the 4C inspection of A320 series aircraft and regular maintenance of large aircraft routes at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport. This application for A319/320/321 aircraft disassembly and maintenance license business enables the company’s business to extend to the downstream of the industrial chain.
With the rapid development of civil aviation in China, the number of retired aircraft has increased year by year. How to deal with retired aircraft, while avoiding damage to the ecological environment, and developing its surplus value, and turning waste into treasure has attracted great attention from the competent departments of the industry. The Civil Aviation Administration of China, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and the General Administration of Customs have formulated corresponding laws and regulations to regulate the dismantling of aircraft.
Southwest Administration and Sichuan Supervision Bureau shall examine the conformity of the system construction and maintenance capacity of the applicant in strict accordance with the requirements of the Advisory Notice AC-145-FS-2019-017 Aircraft Disassembly and FSOP Maintenance Permit Examination and Record Sheet Inspection. Mainly for the maintenance management manual, program manual, training outline, related tools, equipment, consumables, seaworthiness information, personnel training, and the establishment of hazardous source library, etc., a detailed compliance review was conducted. During the review process, the applicant’s waste disposal, aircraft parts disassembly and protection, disassembly parts registration management system, etc. were reviewed, and a summary list of found problems was issued for the problems found during the review, and corrective measures were evaluated and verified.
In the next step, Southwest Bureau will further encourage professional dismantling units for commercial recycling and reuse of retired aircraft and their components to enter the civil aviation maintenance industry, strengthen supervision, strengthen and enlarge the last link of the complete industrial chain of civil aircraft in Southwest China from design, manufacturing to use and retirement, and convert the residual value of retired aircraft into other uses with high added value except civil aviation, so as to reduce the impact and damage to the ecological environment.