Construction of Asia's largest hangar begins in Shanghai, which can accommodate 9 wide-body aircraft for maintenance at the same time

News from this site on June 3, according to official news from Shanghai Lingang, today (June 3) afternoon, the China Eastern Technology International Aviation Maintenance Service Platform Project groundbreaking ceremony was held in Yangshan Special Comprehensive Bonded Zone held. The total investment in the project is expected to exceed 1.5 billion yuan, marking a new stage of comprehensive deepening of the strategic cooperation between Lingang New Area and China Eastern Airlines.

It is reported that the total construction area of ​​the project exceeds 110,000 square meters, will be built with 3 hangars and supporting workshops and facilities for accessory repair and modification projects.

As the core of the project construction, 1 hangar is equipped with the largest hangar hall in Asia, with a span of 316 meters. , with a depth of 146 meters, it is one of the few large-span and deep wide-body aircraft maintenance hangars in Asia and even the world, and can accommodate 9 wide-body aircraft for maintenance at the same time.

China Eastern Technology’s international aviation maintenance service platform project is scheduled to be completed and delivered in the first half of 2026, and is planned to provide 1.8 million man-hours of aircraft maintenance services every year.

This site has noticed that China Eastern Airlines, as the first pilot of domestic large aircraft, has received six C919 domestic large aircraft and is expected to reach 10 by the end of 2024. China Eastern Airlines signed the "C919 Aircraft Purchase Agreement" with China Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China on September 28, 2023, and purchased 100 C919 aircraft from COMAC, which is planned to be delivered in batches from 2024 to 2031.

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