Tulpar Interior Group expands Superjet 100 capability list

Tulpar Interior Group obtained EASA approval for overhauling emergency slides, fire bottles, seats, oxygen bottles and masks for Superjet 100s (Tulpar Aero)

Tulpar Interior Group (part of Tulpar Aero Group) has added several more components of Sukhoi Superjet 100  (SSJ100) regional jet to its capability list. The Kazan-based provider has announced that it obtained the respective EASA approval.

The audit conducted by the European authorities entitled the company to perform overhaul of the aircraft’s emergency slides, engine and APU fire bottles, oxygen bottles, crew and passenger oxygen masks, passenger seats, life jackets, ovens and coffee machines.

Tulpar Interior Group’s general director Alexander Kalachev earlier revealed that his company was intending to start servicing a wide range of components for the Russian-made airliner. He also announced plans for launching production of triple-layer honeycomb panels for SSJ100 and another Russian passenger aircraft, MC-21. The project was pumped with 200 million ruble (about $3 million) investment in 2017, and further 100 million rubles will be allocated in 2018.

Apart from the Russian regional aircraft the company provides component maintenance and repair services for Boeing 737, Bombardier CRJ100/200, Airbus 320 family and ATR 42/72 aircraft. Some of its services are unprecedented for the Russian market, such as overhaul of movable liquid fire bottles, engine and APU fire bottles, crew oxygen masks and Western-made components for general aviation aircraft, according to the company’s statement. In 2017 Tulpar Interior Group provided maintenance works on 644 components, 12% up on the previous year.

Apart from the Russian aircraft Tulpar Interiors provides component maintenance and repair services for Boeing 737, Bombardier CRJ100/200, Airbus 320 family and ATR 42/72 (Tulpar)

To provide maintenance in compliance with EASA program and cater for the needs of the operators to a full extent the company launched a dedicated facility with floor area of over 500 square meters, and it is working on further improving its spare parts logistics. Components are delivered to Moscow within 10 to 16 hours and may be shipped to Ufa, Tyumen, Surgut, Mineralnye Vody, Irkutsk, Novosibirsk and other locations within Russia.

Tulpar Aero Group’s other subsidiary, Tulpar Technic obtained approval for SSJ100 maintenance in September 2016 and carried out its first works on the type in October same year.