Gallery: Inside Iberia Maintenance Barcelona Hangar

Iberia Maintenance's Barcelona hangar can accommodate six narrowbody or four narrowbody and one widebody line of maintenance. Iberia Maintenance performs third-party airframe maintenance, but the Barcelona hangar is currently full with International Airlines Group aircraft.

One of the maintenance check planning and documentation rooms.

Mar Noguera, senior manager of airframe services Barcelona, says the company plans to expand that to four narrowbody heavy check lines, as soon as its backshops are ready in order to complete autonomous checks.

Iberia Maintenance switched from primarily line maintenance before to the pandemic to heavy maintenance in 2020. This necessitated growing the workshop capabilities and staff. Avionics maintenance was underway here.

Iberia Maintenance’s Barcelona facility includes several workshops, including one for component structures, composites and non-destructive testing. The painting workshop is shown here.

Carlos Esbri was the first hangar manager when the Barcelona facility opened in 2010. He was also instrumental in starting the heavy checks here.

This Vueling Airbus A320 is undergoing a fuel tank inspection.

The underside of the A320 wing opened for the inspection.

This Iberia A320 is undergoing a C1 check, along with an Inmarsat WiFi installation, an engine change and a landing gear change. The check is scheduled for 15 days.

Here is the cabin wireless access point for the Inmarsat WiFi system. This is one of Iberia’s last aircraft to get the WiFi installation. About 95% of Iberia’s fleet already includes it.

The A320 landing gear change underway.

The facility includes a training room for up to 12 students at one time. This group is taking a two-month aircraft type training course.

Iberia Maintenance's oval hangar at El Prat airport opened in 2010. It is one of the only, if not only, oval hangar. Its roof includes solar panels.