GAMECO completes first Boeing B777 landing gear overhaul

 

 

Jan. 9, 2020

On January 9, 2020, GAMECO Qingyuan Branch (the stand-alone landing gear maintenance center of GAMECO) completed the first in-house overhaul of a Boeing B777 landing gear set. In a short ceremony the landing gear set was delivered back to the airline customer China Southern Airlines (CSN) and lease owner China Aviation Supplies Co., Ltd (CASC).

 

B777 landing gear overhaul is a strategic maintenance project of GAMECO to support China Southern Airlines. It started in 2017, involving 803 standardized, modular work cards, introducing a number of the latest maintenance standards and the development of customized special tools and equipment. In early 2019, the branch obtained the B777 CAAC and FAA landing gear overhaul license. At present, China Southern Airlines operates a total of 27 B777 aircraft and the expected landing gear overhaul business volume is considerable.

 

GAMECO's Qingyuan landing gear overhaul base is located in Qingyuan Taiping Yingfu Industrial Zone. With an initial investment of 250 million yuan, the dual site facility provides a real one-stop deep maintenance solution with full in-house capabilities for assembly, NDT, machining, electroplating and testing. It is built to the latest environmental and labor safety standards and equipped with high quality machinery. According to the investment plan, the designed capacity will exceed the overhaul of 100 landing gear sets annually, after a full ramp up.

 

This delivery also marks an important addition to the GAMECO Qingyuan product portfolio, which now includes A320 family and B737 narrow body aircraft and A330 and B777 wide-body aircraft landing gears. It makes GAMECO one of the largest and most comprehensive landing gear overhaul facilities in China and the APAC region.