New MRO facility at Hyderabad Intl Airport to take off tmrw

Hyderabad: The Airframe Maintenance Repair and Overhaul facility at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here is slated to commence operations tomorrow and has in- principle commitments from airlines to be its first customers, a senior MAS-GMR Aerospace Engineering official said today.
The new MRO facility was set up by MAS-GMR Aerospace Engineering Co Ltd (MGAE), a 50:50 joint venture between GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited and Malaysian Aerospace Engineering Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines System Bhd (MAS).
R V Seshan, the CEO of MGAE and GMR Group Executive Vice-President (Corporate Strategy and Planning), said the company has received statutory clearances from all regulatory bodies, including the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), to operationalise the facility from November 1.
"We have got all the statutory clearances from all the regulatory bodies including DGCA. We are ready to take off from November 1," Seshan told PTI.
However, while the company has in-principle commitments from key potential customers at this point of time, there were still formalities left to be completed, he said, declining to name the companies.
31/10/11 PTI/msn.com

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