In no other industry is good and regular maintenance as important as in aviation. Work is carried out on the machines almost every day in order to be able to keep them airworthy and especially safe. Europe is considered a world leader in maintenance standards.

Austrian Airlines is currently carrying out a so-called C-check, also known as a base check, in the hangar in Vienna on the Airbus A320 with the registration OE-LXB. This can take up to 5.000 working hours. The approximate duration for the maintenance measure is around three weeks.

With the C-Check it is not done in a few simple steps, but among other things, the structure and the outer shell are extensively checked and, if necessary, improved. To do this, the aircraft has to be partially dismantled. That also means that pretty much the entire cabin is removed.

The Airbus A320 with the registration OE-LXB is currently in the middle of the C-Check. The following photo gallery shows what the machine looks like.