Punjab becomes first state to set up aviation MRO hub

Chandigarh: Punjab has become the first state in the country to setup Aviation Maintenance; Repair and Overhaul (MRO) hub at Rupnagar. Besides, a new Green field International Airport (Aerotropolis) near Ludhiana would come up in an area covering 3000 acres and would be the first green-field international airport in north India to be set-up in the private sector.
This was disclosed to the State Advisory Committee on Civil Aviation, constituted by the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, in its meting held here on Friday to review the progress of ongoing projects of civil aviation in the state. Presiding over the meeting the Civil Aviation Minister Punjab Dr. Upinderjit Kaur said that the MRO would be developed over an area of 50 acre near Rupnagar at a cost of Rs. 30 crore. The upcoming MRO hub would be "OEM approved maintenance centre. The MRO hub would be instrumental to generate tremendous employment both direct and indirect in the field of civil aviation besides promoting heli-tourism in Punjab in a big way. Besides this, the hub would also act as a catalyst to give fillip in raising the standards of flying at flying academies in Patiala and Amritsar, she said.
30/01/10 Punjab Newsline

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General Jan 2010, New Jan 2010