Aviation News Item: 06499

19th Mar 2010

Source: ubmaviationnews.com

Brazil's GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes completed the expansion of its MRO centre in Confins (Minas Gerais), where the company carries out heavy airframe maintenance, aircraft painting and cabin interior work of the combined GOL and VARIG fleet. The expansion, which began in 2008, added a hangar, offices, storage areas, support areas and an expanded ramp area to the existing maintenance facility. The company invested R$65m ($36.3m) in the expansion, which added 28,100m2 (302,500ft2) to the facility, raising the total area to 45,600m2 (490,800ft2). The ramp, which originally measured 27,000m2 (290,600ft2), was expanded to 47,000m2 (505,900ft2).

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