THY TEKNİK

Aircraft Maintenance and Repair in Turkey: The first airport, built in 1912 by Mahmut Şevket Pasha in the region between Yeşilköy and Sefaköy, had two aircraft maintenance hangars. In 1935, maintenance hangars belonging to Türkkuşu (Turkish Aviation Association) were established at Ankara Güvercinlik Airport, providing aircraft overhaul services to the State Airlines Administration. In 1945, maintenance of DC-3 aircraft was carried out at the Turkish Air Force's aircraft and engine factories in Ankara Etimesgut. The Aircraft Factory, where maintenance and repair of engines for various aircraft types had been carried out since 1940, was transformed into the Kayseri Air Supply and Maintenance Center in 1950. Yeşilköy International Airport, completed in 1953, also had maintenance hangars. Aircraft Maintenance and Repair at Turkish Airlines: Established in 1933 as the State Airlines, the country's first civil aviation organization was restructured on May 21, 1955, under the name Turkish Airlines Inc. to handle all types of air transport and related operations. In 1957, maintenance and overhauls of 3 DC-3 aircraft in the 28-aircraft fleet were carried out in the Yeşilköy workshops. The facilities, which also performed engine overhauls, quickly adopted modern maintenance techniques and began receiving orders from foreign airlines. In 1959, with the maintenance workshops becoming a technical maintenance base, Turkish Technic signed an agreement with Lockheed Int. to perform maintenance on aircraft belonging to the Air Force and foreign companies. To ensure the efficient operation of the aircraft maintenance and overhaul base project initiated in Yeşilköy, personnel training commenced. 28 pilots, 9 engineers, and 57 technicians underwent training in the United States, while 62 technicians received training at our own training institutions. In the second half of 1960, the technical maintenance workshops reached the capacity to perform maintenance, repair, and overhaul of piston and turboprop aircraft. All types of maintenance and overhauls of more than 50% of the components of Viscount, P-27, and DC-3 aircraft were completed. By the end of 1963, our workshops had reached the capacity to perform all types of maintenance, repair, modification, and overhaul of fuselages, engines, and accessories in accordance with international civil aviation regulations in terms of equipment and technical capabilities. In 1968, the Technical Directorate's activities reached their peak, the number of aircraft maintained in the aircraft maintenance and overhaul workshops reached 15, and nearly 70 components of DC-9 aircraft were repaired and overhauled. With new investments, our workshops equipped with special tools and equipment, and our experienced personnel holding civil aviation licenses, we obtained FAA Certificate No. 820-1F on March 8, 1973, indicating that our facilities meet international standards, with the aim of making significant contributions to Turkish civil aviation. The rough construction of the engine test building, hangar, annex and workshops, base maintenance workshops, and power plant buildings, which constitute the new aircraft maintenance base of THY Teknik A.O., reached 95% completion by the end of 1975. The Joint Aviation Authority (JAA) of EU countries, finding Turkish Airlines' technical maintenance and flight operations structure compliant with its own rules, granted the Joint Aviation Regulations (JAR) certificate in 1996. This authorized our technical maintenance center to provide maintenance services in accordance with international standards by the FAA and JAA. In the first month of 1999, the 2nd Maintenance Base, a 13,000 m² indoor facility with a 67,200 m² annex equipped with modern technology, was opened to enable maintenance and repair operations on all aircraft in the fleet to be carried out according to international standards. With the commissioning of the 2nd Maintenance Base, while the maintenance and repair needs of the ever-growing Turkish Airlines fleet were met, the demands of customer aircraft also began to be met more than before. To meet the increasing demands of domestic and foreign customer aircraft and to gain a larger market share, the Aviation Maintenance, Repair and Modification (HABOM) project was developed. Construction of the Turkish Airlines Technical Inc. (HABOM) facilities at Sabiha Gökçen Airport began in 2010 and it commenced operations on June 27, 2014. With a covered area of ​​380,000 m², the HABOM facilities have the capacity to provide maintenance, repair, and overhaul services to 11 narrow-body aircraft simultaneously in the narrow-body aircraft maintenance hangar and to 3 wide-body aircraft simultaneously in the wide-body aircraft maintenance hangar. A section of the wide-body aircraft maintenance hangar is designed as an Aircraft Painting Hangar, capable of providing painting services to one wide-body or two narrow-body aircraft simultaneously. Designed as a center of excellence in operational terms, the HABOM facility is structured as a modern aviation campus equipped with the latest technologies, state-of-the-art maintenance equipment, and social amenities. Since its establishment, Turkish Airlines Technical Inc. has carried out the maintenance of its aircraft in Turkey, utilizing the labor and technical expertise of Turkish people.