Thiruvananthapuram aircraft maintenance base work from March 1

Thiruvananthapuram: Civil works on the Rs. 70-crore aircraft maintenance base, a joint venture of Air India and the U.S.-based aircraft manufacturer Boeing here, will start on March 1.
The base is being set up near the upcoming world-class international terminal of the airport.
Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan will kick off the works at a function on the project site at Chakka. Vasudevan Thulasidas, Chairman and Managing Director of National Aviation Company of India Ltd., and top officials of Air India and the State government will participate.
The State government has given 6.07 hectares of land free to Air India for the project. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laid the foundation stone for the base in November 2006.
18/02/08 The Hindu

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