Work on AI's maintenance unit in Kerala to start in March

Thiruvananthapuram: The work on the engineering and maintenance unit to be set up by Air India here would begin on March one, Kerala Law Minister M Vijayakumar said here on Sunday.
The maintenance, repair and overhaul facility coming up at 6.07 hectares of land close to international airport here would initially service Boeing 737-800 series aircraft but would be upgraded to handle all types of aircraft in the subsequent phases, Vijayakumar told reporters here.
The construction work of the unit would be inaugurated by Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan. The cost of initial phase of the unit was estimated to be Rs 70 crore, which would be fully funded by Air India, he said.
24/02/08 PTI/Economic Times

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