Gulf Air successfully completed an audit process for the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and maintained its ongoing certification to carry out base maintenance on Airbus A320 series, Airbus A330 and B787 including their associated engines and various fitted components. This will allow Gulf Air to expand its maintenance capability to include more regional and European airlines that operate to and from Bahrain International Airport.
Focused on Gulf Air’s Technical Division, the EASA audit includes inspections on the airline’s processes and procedures, competencies and workmanship, as well as adequacy of manpower with various expertise including the management team, facilities and environment, availability of equipment and tooling, materials, technical manuals and documentation that are required for the type of aircraft, engines and components to be maintained by Gulf Air.
Recently Gulf Air successfully completed the internationally recognized, biennial IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) and has been renewed on the IOSA Safety Audit Registry until May 2021. The audit covered approximately 1,000 standards and practices related to the safety of operations and procedures of the airline. That was the eighth IOSA audit successfully completed by Gulf Air since 2005, in-line with IATA’s two-year audit cycles.
Source: Gulf Air / ATN