China Eastern Airlines recently launched a project to construct the largest aircraft hangar in Asia. China Eastern Airlines is one of the three major airlines in China.
The facility will be built alongside two others at the Lin-gang Special Area of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone. The latter is located in the southeast region of Shanghai. Pudong Airport is on its north and Yangshan International Port to its south.
The construction works are expected to occur between mid-2024 and the first half of 2026. They will be carried out as part of China Eastern’s international aviation maintenance service platform project. The construction cost for the entire project is estimated at 1.5 billion yuan ($207 million) or its thereabouts.
Upon completion, the project’s gross floor area will exceed 110,000 square meters. The largest aircraft hangar in Asia will have a 316-meter span and a 146-meter depth. This facility will solely have the capacity to simultaneously accommodate nine wide-body aircraft for maintenance.
The hungers will be supported by facilities of repair, modification and other infrastructures.
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The first of seven projects developed jointly by China Eastern and Lin-gang Special Area
The project for the construction of the three hungers, including the largest aircraft hangar in Asia, is the first of seven projects jointly developed by China Eastern and Lin-gang Special Area.
The projects, which are a result of a strategic collaboration agreement signed in June 2022, are meant to build a new global highland in the aviation industry. The projects include an Asia-Pacific one-stop aviation logistics hub and an international aviation maintenance service platform.
In addition, the projects include an aviation financial service project as well as an Asia-Pacific aviation materials trade and distribution centre. According to the agreement, the two parties will pump more than US$ 3 billion into the development of the seven projects.
The largest aircraft hangar in Asia currently
Currently, the largest aircraft hangar in Asia is the China Southern Airline (CSAIR) hunger. The latter is located to the north of the number three terminal at the Beijing Daxing International Airport, one of two international airports serving Beijing, the capital of China.
The hangar in question covers nearly 40,000 square meters, equivalent to five football fields or 96 basketball courts. It can accommodate three wide-body aeroplanes and three narrow-body ones. According to reports, the facility can simultaneously facilitate base maintenance on 12 aeroplanes, including two A380 and three B777 wide-body aircraft.
Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Corporation Beijing built the hunger, comprising a maintenance hall that is attached to a four-storey tall building, for 700 million yuan (about 87.5 million U.S. dollars) on the project.
Famously known as Ameco Beijing, Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Corporation Limited is the largest aircraft maintenance supplier in China.
The China Eastern Airlines hanger at the Lin-gang Special Area of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone will apparently be more than 6000 square meters larger than the China Southern Airline hanger at the Beijing Daxing International Airport.
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