Air Peace B777 returns from maintenance

Air Peace sent one of its Boeing 777s for maintenance in Ethiopia, and the aircraft departed Lagos for Addis Ababa on the 24th of August. In Ethiopia, the aircraft was attended to by Ethiopian Airlines aircraft maintenance personnel for a period of about one and a half months, and it even did a few test flights. On Octover the 4th, the aircarft flew from Ethiopia back to Nigeria, signalling the end of its maintenance. On the 8th of October, the aircraft was back in service operating between Lagos and Abuja.

Ethiopian Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) provides base maintenance services to domestic and foreign carriers and is capable to deliver heavy maintenance services on A350 XWB-900, B737NG/Classic, B757, B767, B777-200/300, B787-8/9, DHC-8-100/200/300/400, DA 40NG, DA 42NG, DA 42 M, DA 42 M-NG and Cessna 172 Series.

They have six state of the art aircraft maintenance hangars for MRO, one of which is dedicated for full aircraft paint only. Two wide body aircraft maintenance hangars, two narrow body maintenance hangars, and one training aircraft maintenance hangar are the basic places where aircraft heavy (base) maintenance takes place.