Mumbai: Air India has finally found better use for its ₹600-crore maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility at the Multi-modal International Cargo Hub and Airport at Nagpur (MIHAN).
The national air carrier has entered into an agreement with SpiceJet for maintaining the latter's’ aircraft. Both the companies have signed an MoU under which Air India will provide support to SpiceJet for the maintenance of the latter’s B737 aircraft and landing gear replacement at the Nagpur facility.
The MoU was signed by Air India Engineering Services CEO HR Jagannath and SpiceJet Vice-President (Engineering and Maintenance) Arun Kashyap.
A senior engineer at Air India said on condition of anonymity that the MRO is currently under-utilised, and that the tie-up with SpiceJet will provide some revenue to Air India.
In the mid-2000s, when Air India had placed an order for 68 aircraft with Boeing, it had committed to setting up an MRO in India for servicing the aircraft.
Boeing had built the facility for Air India and it was operational by 2015.
Kashyap told BusinessLine that the MRO has been newly built with the latest infrastructure and is therefore better equipped to handle SpiceJet’s aircraft — carrying out the airframe checks that every aircraft needs to undergo every 24 to 36 months.
Engine overhaul will not be carried out at MIHAN, he added.
10/08/16 Rahul Wadke/Business Line
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The national air carrier has entered into an agreement with SpiceJet for maintaining the latter's’ aircraft. Both the companies have signed an MoU under which Air India will provide support to SpiceJet for the maintenance of the latter’s B737 aircraft and landing gear replacement at the Nagpur facility.
The MoU was signed by Air India Engineering Services CEO HR Jagannath and SpiceJet Vice-President (Engineering and Maintenance) Arun Kashyap.
A senior engineer at Air India said on condition of anonymity that the MRO is currently under-utilised, and that the tie-up with SpiceJet will provide some revenue to Air India.
In the mid-2000s, when Air India had placed an order for 68 aircraft with Boeing, it had committed to setting up an MRO in India for servicing the aircraft.
Boeing had built the facility for Air India and it was operational by 2015.
Kashyap told BusinessLine that the MRO has been newly built with the latest infrastructure and is therefore better equipped to handle SpiceJet’s aircraft — carrying out the airframe checks that every aircraft needs to undergo every 24 to 36 months.
Engine overhaul will not be carried out at MIHAN, he added.
10/08/16 Rahul Wadke/Business Line
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