AI’s new hangar fails to take wings

Thiruvananthapuram: Though Air India's maintenance, repair and overhaul hangar at the Trivandrum International Airport is ready for commissioning, its inauguration is being delayed for want of VIPs and clearance from the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), Chennai.
Air India PRO Abey George said it has been difficult to find a convenient time and date on which both chief minister Oommen Chandy and Union civil aviation minister Vyalar Ravi are free. "The hangar is ready but when we get the date of the CM, the Union minister seems to be held up. We are working on inaugurating it by the month end at the latest," he said.
H R Jagganath, chief of engineering, in-charge of the Air India's MRO hangar at the airport is expected to take charge next week. He said that the hangar is ready for commissioning minus a few permissions being sought from the BCAS.
"It is taking time to get various clearances as the BCAS wanted a few odds and ends tied up before throwing it open. They wanted us to fortify the apron area, install permanent fencing and fix lighting before they give us permission to take an aircraft inside for maintenance," the chief engineer said.
09/12/11 Sangeetha Nair/Times of India

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