Monarch Aircraft Engineering's new hangar at Birmingham Airport Opens

By E Birmingham
Published on 26 Nov 2013

By Monarch MRO
Published on 26 Nov 2013


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Hangar opening - Inside the new multi-million pound maintenance hangar at Birmingham Airport.

Monarch Aircraft Engineering Limited (MAEL), the award winning independent aircraft maintenance provider and division of The Monarch Group, has announced the official opening by Sir Roy McNulty, Non-Executive Director, Monarch Holdings Limited, of a brand new multi-million pound maintenance hangar at Birmingham Airport.

The facility, which is immediately creating 150 new jobs, also has the potential to add a further 150 posts.

The 110,000 sq ft state-of-the-art facility will complement the company’s existing engineering operations at London Gatwick, London Luton and Manchester Airports and supports the continuing growth of MAEL’s high quality aircraft engineering activities.

The new facility can accommodate almost every aircraft type in its two bays, incorporates industry-leading design and build standards, and is one of the first to have the capacity for Boeing 787 Dreamliner maintenance, with sufficient capacity for other wide body aircraft, such as the Boeing 777, 747 and Airbus A350. It is large enough to accommodate two Boeing 777-300ER aircraft or 10 narrow-body aircraft and will contain a number of component-repair and back shops. The vast building, covering c2.5 acres is big enough to house four full size football pitches, 2400 Minis or 450 double decker buses.

In its first month of operation, seven different aircraft types are scheduled for maintenance in the facility, including Airbus A300, A320 and A321, Boeing 757 and 767, Embraer 195 and Bombardier Q400.

Today, some 60% of the world’s airline carriers outsource heavy maintenance work, with a global MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) market worth US$49 billion. This is predicted to grow to US$65 billion over the next 10 years (Source: Aerostrategy).

The Birmingham hangar will enable MAEL to service a greater share of the growing market for aircraft maintenance service in the UK and Europe. Its own third-party (i.e. non-Monarch Airlines) maintenance activities have grown to 31% of business in 2013 from 18% in 2010, and over the next two years this is planned to increase to almost 40% of turnover. This will consolidate MAEL’s position in the top 10 largest airframe MRO organisations in Europe.

The new facility will ensure the continued growth of MAEL’s highly regarded apprenticeship scheme, now in its 42nd year. More than 700 apprentices have been through the scheme since its inception. Not only does the scheme help create jobs in the local community, it also provides an essential pipeline of skilled aircraft engineers for MAEL and the wider industry.

Commenting on the new MRO facility at Birmingham Airport, Mick Adams, Managing Director of MAEL, said: “Today is a real milestone in the growth and development of MAEL as we officially open our tremendous new state-of-the-art engineering hangar at Birmingham Airport. The hard work and dedication of the whole team involved in this project has been outstanding and has allowed us to ensure it has opened on time and most importantly, within budget.

“Our own people, the contractors John Sisk & Son Ltd, RPS Group plc and Birmingham Airport have all formed part of the large team involved in this project over the last year and I would like to thank them for their unending commitment. The hangar, together with our existing facilities at London Luton and Manchester further secures our ability to provide both existing and new customers, with a first class maintenance, repair and overhaul service.

Iain Rawlinson, Executive Chairman of The Monarch Group, who attends the opening of the facility today, said: “We are very proud to be opening this innovative new facility, just one year after we announced its creation. It has been a huge achievement. This multi-million pound investment at Birmingham Airport, a key and growing part of The Monarch Group’s operation, clearly demonstrates our commitment to the region and is not only generating jobs, but will also attract more international and domestic customers, benefitting both the region and the UK economy as a whole.”

Paul Kehoe, CEO of Birmingham Airport said: “Today’s opening is a major development for Monarch Aircraft Engineering, Birmingham Airport and the Midlands region as a whole. Opening this state-of-the-art facility in Birmingham underpins Monarch’s long-term commitment to the region, creating job opportunities for skilled engineers and young people looking to start a career in aircraft maintenance. We look forward to welcoming the arrival of new aircraft and airlines flying into Birmingham specifically to benefit from this world class facility.”

Monarch A321 display flight for new hangar

By flugsnug
Published on 26 Nov 2013

Monarch A321 display flight for new hangar To mark the official opening of the new MAEL aircraft maintenance hangar at BHX on 26th November 2013, A321 G-MARA flew low past the hangar keeping well to the left of the runway - quite a thrill to see an airliner flying low over the airfield NOT over the runway. The flight began at noon with a short takeoff run, followed by a very steep climb into the clouds. There were several passes over the airfield just above the cloud base (not shown in this video, obviously), before the low run past the hangar just before 12-30. A normal approach to runway 33 then followed, with a perfect landing to end the display.

Biman DC-10-30 Final Flight to Birmingham

Biman DC-10-30 Final Flight 11 November 2013

There has been a lot of interest lately from press, aviation enthusiasts and the general public, on what will be happening with Biman’s last DC10s, which will be phased out in the coming months with the arrival of new aircraft. These are the last flying passenger DC10-30 aircraft in the whole world. So I thought I would take this opportunity to brief you with the latest news, which will be updated when further firm news becomes available.

Biman currently has 2 DC10-30s flying. As their fuel consumption is higher than other aircraft in our fleet, they are used sparingly. One of those DC10s will come to the end of its economic life on 10th November 2013 (today), and will be scrapped locally. The last DC10 will continue normal flying until 7th December 2013, the start of the revised schedule for the fog period here in Dhaka. Thereafter, it will only be used as a standby aircraft, in case another aircraft in our fleet become unserviceable for any reason. We will not be scheduling it on any route though.

This last DC10 will continue as a standby aircraft until sometime in February 2014. The exact date is not known yet, as it is being coordinated with the arrival of our brand new B777-300ER aircraft from Boeing. We expect to know the exact date in early January 2014.

The last DC10 is being donated to a museum in the USA, a fitting end for an aircraft that has served Biman loyally and well over many year. Accordingly, we will then offer for sale, as a last opportunity to travel on a passenger DC10, anywhere in the world: a. Seats on a last flight Dhaka to Birmingham (UK). Note this will need a technical stop somewhere. b. 2 (or more if demand requires it) one hour ‘scenic tours’ to/from Birmingham c. We are unsure if the US authorities will give us traffic rights on the Birmingham to USA sector. If they do, this will also be offered for sale. d. We are also discussing with the UK POost Office, about the carriage of ‘Last day Covers’ on the last sector Birmingham-USA, for sale at a later date.

Tickets will only be sold via our website, hopefully from early January, so do not buy tickets elsewhere, we want these tickets to go to genuine aviation enthusiasts. If there is a demand for more ‘scenic tour’ flights at Birmingham, we can consider these too.

We hope you will join with us in celebrating the farewell of a loyal, beautiful aircraft, but also to recognize that the time has now come for Biman to equip itself with the very latest in new aircraft and technology.

Kevin Steele
MD & CEO

https://www.biman-airlines.com/about/news?id=46e17663-312b-46ba-93d6-3d7e508f36b8
S2-ACQ McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 (cn 47817/300) Biman Bangladesh.
Picutre courtesy of Andrew Thomas of flickr using creative commons

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Planes at Birmingham Int'l Airport, BHX | 09/11/13

By rachaelmatt
Published on 10 Nov 2013

Planes at Birmingham Int'l Airport, BHX | 09/11/13

A grey, wet morning at Birmingham Airport on Saturday 9th November 2013.
The Thomson (FCA) 767 featured in this video, G-OOBK was actually a substitute aircraft. Another 767, G-OOBL had flown transatlantic over night from Barbados and was then scheduled to operate to Barbados again on this morning. However during its arrival at Birmingham at about 7:35 it declared an emergency for reasons unknown, so the aircraft was then unable to perform the flight to Barbados again. Thats where the 767 featured in this video comes in, it positioned in empty from London Gatwick at about 9:30 and operated the flight to Barbados just under 2 hours late.

INCLUDES: Thomson (FCA) 767-300, Emirates 777, Ryanair 737's, Lufthansa 737, BA Cityflyer ERJ190 (G-LCYR), KLM Cityhopper ERJ190 and KLM 737, Flybe Embraer 170's & Dash8 Q400's, Air France A318, Eurowings CRJ900, BAE-146 (plain white) and a few other business jets!

Also featured a runway swap during this video. During the first half RWY15 was in use, meaning arrivals were straight over my head. However it later changed to RWY33, which sent departures shooting towards me!

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15 minutes of Crosswinds Landings at Birmingham - 777 757 737 A320 F70 ...

By Mraviationguy
Published on 9 Nov 2013

15 minutes of Crosswinds Landings at Birmingham - 777 757 737 A320 F70 ATR72 A319
15 minutes of non stop crosswind approaches and some bad landings in there too! Put it on fullscreen and HD, then sit bit and enjoy the compilation. Aircraft in the video include 757s, 777, 737s, ERJs, Dash 8, CRJ900, ATR72, A318, A319 and A320s. This made for a perfect second day of a plane spotting trip at Birmingham Airport (EGBB/BHX). Winds gusting 20+kts made for some exciting landings! It was great fun filming in those winds - my tripod even blew over at one point:P

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These clips were all filmed within an hour from Sheldon Country Park on the 15th of September 2013. The order I have edited them in is the exact order I filmed them in on the day.

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Freebird Airlines Airbus A320 TC-FBH Sunset Landing at Birmingham Airpor...

By bristolcardifairport
Published on 2 Nov 2013

Freebird Airlines Airbus A320 TC-FBH Sunset Landing at Birmingham Airport (EGBB-BHX) with ATC
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New Monarch (MAEL) hangar at Birmingham Airport

By flugsnug
Published on 1 Nov 2013

New Monarch (MAEL) hangar at Birmingham Airport

Another big event for BHX and the area as Monarch Aircraft Engineering bring their new aircraft maintenance facility into operation. It can handle the Boeing giants 747, 777 and 787, and at any one time can deal with two 777-300 or ten narrow-body planes.

This video shows the hangar construction in snapshot-videos taken every week or two between March and October this year, with some close-ups near the end.

Full details of the development are at www.monarchaircraftengineering.com