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Amac Aerospace Opens Fourth Basel Hangar
By: David A. Lombardo
Caption: The additional hangar will be dedicated to maintenance projects and wide-body projects.
Word Count: 168
Amac Aerospace has opened its fourth hangar at its Basel EuroAirport facility. Construction of the 78,300 sq-ft-hangar took 11 months. The completed project brings the MRO’s facility up to a total of 304,400 sq ft of floor space; 67,285 sq ft of workshop and office space, and—with the addition of 65,000 sq ft of ramp—an apron area of 480,000 sq f.

The new facility will allow the MRO to expand its capacity for widebody maintenance work.	The new hangar is designed to accommodate at least one widebody aircraft and two narrowbodies. Unlike the existing three hangars, the fourth one is dedicated exclusively to maintenance projects and widebody aircraft. Amac Aerospace dedicates one widebody hangar to maintenance and two widebody hangars to completions and refurbishment services. These hangars together accommodate multiple narrow- and widebody aircraft (Boeing 747s, 777s, 787s, Airbus A340s and A330s) and can extend to service an A380. Amac's smaller hangar is designed to simultaneously accommodate a variety of aircraft combinations for maintenance work.