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DIRECT
 This is a full survey of Direct Maintenance Costs
written by Jean-Pierre Poubeau, Maintenance Costs
Group, which would normally have appeared as a
series of articles in FAST. Having now completed
all the articles, Airbus Industrie has decided to
present them as a single booklet.

This document aims to remove some

of the mystique associated with assessing
the costs of maintaining modern civil aircraft.
All comments and questions concerning
the subject of maintenance costs are welcome
and should be addressed to :

Airbus Industrie
Product Support Directorate
Maintenance Costs Group AI/SE2
1 rond point Maurice Bellonte
31707 Blagnac Cedex
France
Telex AIRBU 530526F
Ref : AI/SE 21003 April 1989

CONTENTS

Introduction 3

Definitions
Maintenance Costs
Direct Maintenance Costs
Indirect Maintenance Costs
Total Operating Costs
Composition of Direct Operating Costs

Factors influencing Direct Maintenance Costs 13

Average sector length
Line maintenance variations
Age effect
Airline maintenance policy

Direct Maintenance Costs analyses and estimates

Methods for analysing and estimating DMC
Methodology used by Airbus Industrie
Sources of information

Maintenance costs data retrieval system

Data collection
Common sector length adjustment
Customization of Direct Maintenance Costs

Conclusion 27

Annex 29