Nagpur: In order to make full use of its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in Nagpur, Air India aims to do servicing of aircraft belonging to private airlines. Initially, however, the MRO will be used only to service Air India aircraft.
Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari and guardian minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule inspected the Rs650 crore plus MRO facility on Saturday morning. Later, addressing a press conference, Gadkari said that private airlines like Jet and IndiGo send their aircraft to Dubai or Singapore for servicing. "Not only is it costlier there, transport cost is also very high. Air India's rates are far lower and, Nagpur being centrally located, the transport distance is less," he said.
On why the facility will be viable for Air India, when Boeing did not find it so, Gadkari said that the salaries of Boeing staff was far higher.
07/06/15 Ashish Roy/Times of India
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Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari and guardian minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule inspected the Rs650 crore plus MRO facility on Saturday morning. Later, addressing a press conference, Gadkari said that private airlines like Jet and IndiGo send their aircraft to Dubai or Singapore for servicing. "Not only is it costlier there, transport cost is also very high. Air India's rates are far lower and, Nagpur being centrally located, the transport distance is less," he said.
On why the facility will be viable for Air India, when Boeing did not find it so, Gadkari said that the salaries of Boeing staff was far higher.
07/06/15 Ashish Roy/Times of India
