This year, Iberia celebrates the 30 year anniversary of base maintenance services for the Airbus A320 family. On December 19th, 1990, Iberia received its first A320 Sierra de Cazorla, which had its first C1 Check completed on 25th March 1992 in Iberia's Base Maintenance Hangars at La Muñoza.
30 years later, Iberia Maintenance has performed 4,000 heavy checks, including C-checks and 6 and 12 Years inspections to the A320 family aircraft. This figure includes Iberia, IAG group airlines aircraft, and multiple third-party customers tha have trusted their aircraft maintenance to Iberia Maintenance. The checks have been performed in the Madrid and Barcelona hangars.
A hightly skilled and experienced team of more than 1,000 professionals supports the performance of the actual checks and any complex repair rectifications that follow based on inspection findings. Iberia Maintenance has extensive Backshops capabilities, like machining, structures or composites so a significant amount of part repairs can be performed in-house.
Jorge Michalowski, Airframe Services Director at Iberia Maintenance, explained: "In 1992, Iberia Maintenance performed the first C-Check on an A320 family aircraft. And it was the first A320 received by Iberia called Sierra de Cazorla. At that time, and little by little, we set out on a path to position ourselves as a major maintenance service provider for the A320 familiy and this was possible thanks to the Iberia Maintenance team. We will continue the journe as we strive to be a European Reference Centre for the major maintenance of the A320 family".
About Iberia Maintenance
Iberia Maintenance is a leading provider of MRO services to the IAG group airlines, OEMs and wider industry. With Airframe Line and Base maintenance capabilities covering all group Airbus fleets including the state of the art A350 and A320neo. Its engine portfolio specializing on the V2500, CFM56 and RB211 with the GTF and LEAP platforms soon to be introduced and component shops covering a wide range of ATA chapters. Iberia Maintenance supports customers around the globe and continues to adapta its business model to the changing demands of the market and its customers. Iberia Maintenance provides the highest quality and safety standars combined with a flexible and competitive commercial approach. Iberia Maintenance well trained and experienced employees provide MRO services from the main operational hubs in Madrid and Barcelona.
