Airbus A380 Taildock major contract Lufthansa Frankfurt
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NIJL Aircraft Docking Signs Contract for Maintenance Dock Airbus A380
NIJL Aircraft Docking, www.aircraftdocking.com, signs a major contract to engineer, produce and install the aircraft maintenance tail dock for the world biggest passenger aircraft, the Airbus A380.
The docking system will be installed for Lufthansa Technik in Frankfurt, Germany.
Lufthansa Technik is bringing maintenance costs for the Airbus A380 significant down with the system from NIJL Aircraft Docking B.V.
The systems height is 28 meters and has an elevator to the highest floor on 24 meters. The free span above the wing is 35 meters. The total system contains 120 sliding platforms to follow the contours of the aircraft.
The system will be tested and delivered in December.
For information:
NIJL Aircraft Docking B.V.
P.O. Box 7
8150 AA Lemelerveld
Netherlands
t +31 572 371445
