Thiruvananthapuram: The Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) facility of Air India Charters Limited (AICL), a fully owned subsidiary of the national carrier Air India, near Thiruvananthapuram international airport has been given permission to carry out the crucial ‘C’ checks of Boeing 737-800.
With this, Air India Express, the low cost carrier of the AI, can carry out the ‘C’ checks of the Boeing 737-800 aircraft at the MRO here instead of in Mumbai. Thus, the low-budget airline of the cash-strapped AI will be able to save Rs.2.5 lakh an hour.
In ‘C’ checks carried out after every 3,000 flights or in 15 months, engineers will repair components, test major internal mechanism and calibrate flight control. Minor structural inspections, compressor, flight control, rigging test-check flights will be taken up.
30/01/13 The Hindu
