Airlines can avail engineering service from A-I, post-merger

Mumbai: Following its merger with Indian Airlines, national carrier Air-India will throw open its engineering services to other domestic and international airlines as well.
Currently, many domestic airlines send their aircraft to the Middle East for engineering services.
According to Air-India officials, the company’s engineering market cell is geared towards undertaking third party work of various international airlines.
The cell has already started receiving queries about various services like maintenance of airframes, aircraft furnishing, line maintenance, major maintenance and providing certification of aircraft.
V Thulasidas, CMD, Air India told FE, “Post merger, we shall have a complete support service that can handle our own requirements as well as those of other airlines.” He added that various international and domestic airlines are in touch with Air-India for engineering facilities, which would be offered at competitive rates as compared to other countries.
19/06/07 Shaheen Mansuri/Financial Express

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