Air India plans 4 MROs, 3rd-party play

New Delhi: Air India is looking to develop a major third party maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in the next two years.
Most airlines send their aircraft to the US, Europe or Gulf countries for regular maintenance now, but a domestic third party MRO facility could mean up to 60% cost savings on maintenance and repair.
Now that the aviation sector is booming, Air India has decided to set up four such testing and repair facilities. These would cater to not only the national carrier’s captive maintenance and repair requirements, but also service aircraft of other airlines.
The airline has already signed separate MoUs with Boeing Co and Airbus Industrie for setting up airframe MROs. While its equal-stakes joint venture with Boeing is coming up at Nagpur, the airline is still scouting for a JV partner for the second facility since Airbus would not participate directly in this venture.
08/03/08 Sindhu Bhattacharya/Daily News & Analysis

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