West wing

摘要

Founded in the late summer of 2007 and opened in October 2008, Lufthansa Technik Sofia is a joint venture company between Lufthansa Technik (75.1 %) and the Bulgarian Aviation Group (24.9%). The first hangar was a 30-year old building that was stripped back to the steelwork and reconstructed with 6,000m2 of floor space, which provided enough room for two narrowbody aircraft simultaneously, with each bay also having paint facilities. A hangar door cut out also allows a third aircraft to be positioned nose in for cabin work. In 2012, having successfully established the business, the company added three new bays. Once again, an existing hangar was demolished, except for the steelwork, and reconstructed as Bay 4.This opened in January. Bay 3 was then built in the space between the old and new buildings, before opening in May. Finally, Bay 5 was constructed in just 180 days and opened in October. It stands separate from the rest of hangars, although linked by a corridor at the rear of the building. These buildings are not as sophisticated as the original hangar, with no painting facilities.