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Table 14.8 Required maintenance (man) hours per flight hour (MMH/FH) for typical operational
conditions and utilization – comparative values
type of aircraft t (MMH/FH) source
M,f

Cessna 172, Piper PA 28 ≈1

Cessna Citation 3.0 Nicolai 1975

DC-9-30 6.4 Nicolai 1975

DC-9 (military: C-9) ≈ 12 Raymer 1992
B737-200 6.6 Nicolai 1975
B727-100 7.9 Nicolai 1975

DC-10-10 10.9 Nicolai 1975

L1011 14.1 Nicolai 1975
B747-100 14.5 Nicolai 1975

A340 ≈6

Of course, it is difficult to estimate the maintenance hours and cost of materials for the aircraft
as a whole in one step. For this reason, the maintenance costs for individual parts of the
aircraft are calculated and then added together. In NASA 1977, the maintenance costs are
calculated at the levels of ATA chapters. In DOC methods, it is more the norm to
differentiate between airframe (Index: AF) and engine (Index: E)

C M = (( t M , AF , f + t M , E , f ) LM + C M , M , AF , f + C M , M , E , f ) t f n t ,a . (14.34)

Following AEA 1989a und AEA 1989b: LM = 65 US$/h in 1989-US$.

For maintenance of the airframe, wage costs account for roughly 65% and the cost of materi-
als 35%. In the case of engine maintenance the ratio is the opposite.

It is especially difficult to estimate and calculate maintenance costs within the scope of DOC
methods if the calculation equations are to be based on simple aircraft design parameters.
For this reason, the equations for calculating maintenance costs often take up the biggest
space when using DOC methods. The equations for calculating maintenance costs of the AEA-
DOC method (AEA 1989a and AEA 1989b) are presented here.

1  1 350000 kg 
t M , AF , f =  9 ⋅10 −5 ⋅ m AF + 6.7 -  (0.8 h + 0.68 t f ) (14.35)
tf  kg m AF + 75000 kg 

1 1
C M , M , AF , f = (4.2 ⋅10 −6 + 2.2 ⋅10 −6 ⋅ t f ) PAF (14.36)
tf h