Air India-Boeing MRO JV project design soon

Mumbai: US aircraft manufacturer, Boeing, which is setting up a multi-million MRO facility in a joint venture with Air India at the upcoming Special Economic Zone near Nagpur, is likely to submit the project design to the authorities soon, a top official said. The company has already appointed an architect to prepare the design, the official said. "The architect has been appointed...they have taken the measurement...they will submit the (project) design very soon," Maharashtra Airport Development Company's Vice-Chairman and Managing Director, R C Sinha, told PTI. Once the design is finalised, it will be submitted to MADC for approval, Sinha said. "Construction work is expected to start within this calender year," he said.
The USD 100-million MRO, to be spread over an area of 50-acres, is a part of the industrial offset agreement between the national air-carrier and Boeing Company following the signing of a massive order for purchase of 68 Boeing aircraft including 27 Dreamliners 787 at USD 11-billion in January 2006.
24/10/10 PTI/IBN Live

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