AIR INDIA'S NEW MRO COMING UP IN NAGPUR
New Delhi,India : Air India's maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in Nagpur will be completed by the year-end and will become operational by the second quarter of calender year 2013, Global aircraft manufacturer Boeing said Tuesday.
"The construction work at the facility will be completed by December (2012). After that, equipment and machinery will be installed. The MRO will become operational by the second quarter of calender year 2013 subject to DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) clearance," Dinesh Keskar, senior vice president, sales, Asia Pacific and India, Boeing Commercial Aircraft, told IANS.
The MRO is part of an agreement between the national carrier and Boeing following an order for 737s and 787s Dreamline which were placed by Air India in January 2006. Apart from Air India's aircraft, the MRO will offer services to other carriers which are operating Boeing planes as well.
"The MRO is coming up at a total cost of $100 million. The MRO will be handed over to Air India once it's completed," Keskar said.
The MRO facility, spread over 50 acres next to the Nagpur airport, will have two hangars. It would offer maintenance and overhauling services to 300 aircraft a year. Both the hangars will have capacity to house three 737 aircraft each or one 777s or 747 each.
06/09/2012 : News Track India.
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