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British Airways Maintenance Cardiff (BAMC), also known as British Airways Maintenance is a major

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maintenance facility located near

Cardiff Airport Cardiff Airport ( cy, Maes Awyr Caerdydd) is the only airport offering commercial passenger services in Wales. It has been under the ownership of the Welsh Government since March 2013, operating at an arm's length as a commercial business. Pa ...

and a wholly-owned

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British Airways British Airways (BA) is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom. It is headquartered in London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a populati ...

and part of

British Airways Engineering British Airways Engineering is the aircraft maintenance subsidiary of British Airways which provides support services to British Airways and other airlines. It is responsible for the entire BA fleet maintenance, cabin interior conversions and ...

. It carries out heavy maintenance on all of British Airways

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long haul aircraft.

History

In June 1990, a proposal was made to build a £70m hangar for maintenance of the BA 747 fleet at Cardiff Airport to employ 1,200 people. It was formally opened in June 1993. From February 2008, BAMC also maintained

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series aircraft for BA whilst a further advance in capability has seen the introduction of Boeing 777-200ER/LR and Boeing 777-300ER aircraft from July 2010. The hangar also has the capability to handle a

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Structure

It has a three-bay hangar with two additional 'Nose In' facilities for interior modifications. It is based at Tredogan near

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in the Vale of Glamorgan. BAMC employs in excess of 650 people, in three main departments: * Production * Planning & Materials * Compliance Other BA operations in the area include

Avionic Engineering at

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, and British Airways Interiors Engineering in

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.In 2022 All the three subsidiaries were bought under one roof at BAMC facilities at Cardiff airport

External links

Interserve

Maintenance building

British Airways Boeing 747-400 in D-Check (YouTube)
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