BA maintenance lease hangar
26.08.11
British Airways has leased the former Polar Air cargo engineering hangar at Prestwick Airport as a satellite facility for its lon established engineering base at Glasgow Airport. British Airways Maintenance Glasgow (BAMG) carries out all major maintenance on BA Airbus and Boeing 737 aircraft. It was recently received a major new contract by BA to carry out additional engineering work on the Airbus fleet and will use its new Prestwick hangar to do this.
The move is the first time BAMG has expanded outside its Glasgow Airport hanger since it was established 45 years ago. The company operates two lines of engineering work, one each for the Airbus and the Boeing fleet. From September Airbus aircraft will also position to Prestwick where BAMG will carry out the additional maintenance work.
BAMG's workforce increased from 230 to just over 300 in less than 2 years. A team of 30 engineers from its Glasgow Airport base will move to Prestwick to set up the new facility, which is being fully funded by BA and involves no public sector finance.
Prestwick Airport’s Chief Commercial Officer Graeme Sweenie said: ‘We are delighted to have attracted BA to Prestwick. It is great to see such a fantastic facility being fully utilised again. We already have a world-class maintenance, repair and operations cluster around the airport. The addition of BA will further enhance our reputation for engineering excellence.’
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