Engineering availability of aircrafts

Engineering availability and operational readiness of an aircraft are requisites for its ability to operate. After the aircraft has been supplied, both features determine airworthiness of the aircraft, in compliance with the ARC (Airworthiness Review Certificate). Improvement in methods of maintaining the aircraft availability proceeds in compliance with the MSG (Maintenance Steering Group) rules. The paper has been intended to outline the process of maintaining the engineering availability of the aircraft, with account taken of: aircraft maintainability, importance of the engineering diagnostics, and evaluation ratesfor dijferent maintenance patterns. Maintaining technical ability/ airworthiness of an aircraft, ground service of aircrafts, service-friendliness of an aircraft, unfitness and damages to an aircraft, ground diagnostic andprovision equipment for A-380, computer aided verification of an inspection of a front undercarriage (B) of an aircraft (A) and service of the B-787 aircraft (C), percentage for composite material portion in the structure of some aircrafts and helicopters, positions of composite material airframe elements in B-75 7/7 67, B-777, B-787 are presented in the paper.