G-XLEA D-check after 4 years ?

[FarTooManyUsers]

G-XLEA went to Manila maintenance facility about a month ago.

Previous C-checks were taking about 20 days. This is the second trip to maintenance for XLEA (which is less than four years old).

Do 2nd C-checks often take longer ?

Surely they wouldn't be doing a D-check after less than 4 years ?

[DaveReidUK]

Do 2nd C-checks often take longer ?

That rather depends on what's found during the check (cracks, corrosion, etc).

I suspect that the fact it's BA's first A380 C-2 check (and only the second check Lufthansa Technik Philippines has done for them) may be a factor too.

[dixi188]

Don't know the maintenance schedule for this, but most aircraft have C checks of varying intensity about every 2 years, rather than D checks.
Back in the day, BCAL used to do D checks on the B707s every 4 years or 16000 hrs. IIRC>

[FarTooManyUsers]

That rather depends on what's found during the check (cracks, corrosion, etc).

I suspect that the fact it's BA's first A380 C-2 check (and only the second check Lufthansa Technik Philippines has done for them) may be a factor too.

it ended up taking them about 37 days !