TAM Technological Center Receives New EASA Certification and Expands Services
December 02 2008 - 8:15AM
PR Newswire (US)
Certificate allows TAM to perform all major scheduled maintenance
of Airbus A321 and A330 aircraft with registration in any European
Community country SAO PAULO, Brazil, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/
-- TAM's (NYSE: TAM; BOVESPA: TAMM4) Technological Center, located
in Sao Carlos in the interior of the state of Sao Paulo, has just
been certified by the European aeronautics authority, the European
Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), to perform maintenance on Airbus
A321 and A330 aircraft. With this, TAM is expanding the services
offered by the Technological Center and will have EASA 145
certification for all models of airplane handled in its maintenance
center, including A319/A320/A321/A330 and Fokker-100 aircraft.
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EASA 145 certification allows TAM to perform all major scheduled
maintenance activities (C and D checkups) on aircraft registered in
any country of the European Community. The issuance of the
certificate was preceded by extensive auditing, in which all
technical and quality processes of TAM's Technological Center were
exhaustively verified. Obtaining this certificate for the A321 and
A330 models is in line with the company's strategy of transforming
the Technological Center into an MRO (Maintenance, Repair and
Overhaul) business unit for offering aircraft maintenance services
to third parties. TAM's Technological Center is also certified by
the National Agency of Civil Aviation (ANAC) to perform maintenance
on Airbus A319/A320/A321/A330 and Fokker-100 aircraft. In addition,
it has DIRMAB certification to perform checkups on the Presidential
Plane, the Airbus ACJ (Airbus Corporate Jetliner). The company is
continuing with the process of certification for maintenance on
components of Boeing aircraft that are being incorporated into the
TAM fleet. Since January of 2007, TAM has been the only Brazilian
airline to have IOSA (IATA Operational Safety Audit) certification,
the most complete and accepted international credential in
operational safety. Its IOSA certification has been renewed up
until January of 2010 following the completion of the auditing
process conducted by independent technicians accredited by IATA
(International Air Transport Association) in November of 2007. The
audit attested to the company's adherence to 940 requirements for
safety and operational quality. Installed in its own space of 4.6
million square meters, TAM's Technological Center has already
received R$ 185 million in investments since its inauguration in
2001. In addition to its maintenance hangars, the TAM complex in
Sao Carlos includes all workshops, with a capacity for review of
more than 2 thousand aviation components -- from radio control
boxes to landing gear.
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