Jet plans to set up MRO facility

Mumbai: Jet Airways plans to set up a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in India, possibly in the South.
In its annual report for 2009-10, the country’s largest carrier in terms of market share said: “After a detailed evaluation of various options, it was concluded that the best option for the company was to set up an MRO facility in partnership with an experienced MRO service provider to perform maintenance checks on the company’s fleet in India.” Jet has a 26.6 per cent market share.
“To support the company’s operations and future expansion plans while taking into account all types of aircraft, Jet Airways will need adequate and cost-effective engineering and maintenance infrastructure,” the company said in the report.
The main reason for setting up the facility is to avoid sending airframe maintenance work abroad and perform this labour intensive work at a comparatively lower cost in India. “This will help achieve Jet Airways’ objective of enhanced aircraft availability, reduce maintenance costs, while ensuring that aircraft maintenance checks are of the highest standards.”
Now, Jet Airways sends its aircraft out of the country for heavier airframe maintenance work, which the company said was expensive and time-consuming. Jet has a fleet of 90 aircraft, of which 64 are Boeing, 14 ATR and 12 Airbus.
05/09/10 Sneha Kupekar/Business Standard

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