MAS aerospace engineering’s India JV ready to take off

Kuala Lumpur: MAS-GMR Aero-space Engineering (MGAE) Co Ltd, a 50:50 joint venture between Malay-sian Aerospace Engineering (MAE) Sdn Bhd and GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd, is to be launched soon.
MAE is a subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) while GMR Hyderabad International is a subsidiary of India-based GMR Infrastructure Ltd.
MAS said the joint venture was a third party Airframe maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility, the first of its kind for its scale, is located in the Special Economic Zone at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad.
“The MGAE has one wide-body hangar, one narrow body hangar with three bays and another paint-cum-narrow body hangar with associated workshops.
“It has the capability to provide base maintenance services, starting with narrow-bodied aircraft like Airbus A320, ATR 42/72 and Boeing 737-NG and subsequently wide-body aircraft like A330 and Boeing 777,” said MAS in a statement yesterday.
18/10/11 Bernama/The Star.com

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Categories: Foreign Oct 2011