K`taka aviation hub signs pact with UK`s Marshall Aerospace

Bangalore: The Rs 3,000-crore Hassan aviation cluster, being built by Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar's Jupiter Aviation, is aiming to replicate a facility of Marshall Aerospace in Cambridge in England.
An executive from Jupiter Aviation said it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Marshall.
Marshall Aerospace has wide experience in conversion, modification and maintenance of military, corporate and civil aircraft. It also provides design, manufacturing, testing, certification and logistic support over an 800-acre site and operates the local airport in Cambridge, England.
S Ravi Narayanan, CEO & MD, Jupiter Aviation, said the MoU would help the company replicate the infrastructure and customer base of Marshall. "This is a major step for Jupiter Aviation towards fulfilling its objective to make Hassan a world-class aviation lifecycle support centre," he said.
The airport at Hassan is expected to be ready by early 2009. The airport complex would be built over 2,500 acres at a cost of Rs 3,000 crore. In the first phase Rs 600 crore will be invested.
According to industry information, this complex, in addition to the airport (to be built at a cost of Rs 1,200 crore), would have a pilot training institute, an aeroplane maintenance centre, a hi-tech hospital, a golf club and a swimming pool. The airport will have a 5,000-metre runway.
16/07/08 Raghuvir Badrinath/Business Standard

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