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Sustainable Aircraft Maintenance Hangar: Imperative to the Nigerian Aviation Industry.
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In this paper, the fundamental issues relating to the development of sustainable aircraft maintenance hangar (SAMH) and its imperative to the Nigerian aviation industry are described and discussed. And the newly built MH at Uyo Airport is noted as a welcoming concept for others to improve upon.Abstract:
This paper describes the fundamental issues relating to the development of Sustainable Aircraft Maintenance Hangar (SAMH) and its imperative to the Nigerian aviation industry. Air transport industry in Nigeria has witnessed evolve, operate and collapse syndrome since the 1980’s as a result of unfavorable business conditions despite the impressive global contributions of air transport to economic development. Air transport business is highly challenging and involves complex and capital intensive operations. Major operational hubs in the world have well developed Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facilities and the technical expertise to carry out major checks on aircraft. Nigeria has about 350 aircraft that are ferried overseas for major repairs resulting in ridiculous capital flights. If Nigeria is to embark on SAMH, various cost drivers such as aircraft characteristic, aircraft utilisation, economics of scale, fleet age, fleet composition, maintenance input costs, maintenance philosophy, maintenance planning, maintenance programme design, market positioning, network design, operational practices, and productivity amongst others would need careful considerations. Aviation industry in Nigeria needs proper positioning of its value chains: operate, maintain, assembly, manufacture and design. Ability to design and manufacture a commercial aircraft with 100+ carry capacity might not be feasible with the next decade, however, the sector must begin to sustainably operate, maintain and assemble in that progressive order. The newly built MH at Uyo Airport is noted as welcoming concept for others to improve upon. It is however imperative that its full and sustainable implementation would include a paradigm shift in the current maintenance framework that constraints aircraft operators to look outside the shore of Nigeria for their Heavy Maintenance checks at the detriments of Nigerian economy.read more
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