Mumbai: The Air India management will be commissioning a new workshop by 2019 for testing and overhauling GE engines which are used in Boeing 777 and Boeing 787 passenger planes. The workshop will come up at the recently established MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) unit at Mihan in Nagpur.
The MRO unit was established by Boeing and later handed over to Air India as a part of the mega purchase of 112 aircraft. The unit also carries out maintenance work for third-party aircraft.
A senior Air India official told BusinessLine that ₹400 crore has already been invested at the Mihan facility. The facility is carrying out airframe and other critical tests such as C-checks. But the aircraft are sent to GE’s global facilities in Europe or Singapore for other crucial tests involving the engines and for overhaul.
At Mihan, service personnel are currently being recruited. Such workshops will further sweeten the deal in the event of the sale of Air India, the official said.
The MRO facilty at the Mihan SEZ is built over 50 acres. It was set up as a joint initiative between Air India and Boeing in June 2010.
10/12/18 Rahul Wadke/Business Line
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The MRO unit was established by Boeing and later handed over to Air India as a part of the mega purchase of 112 aircraft. The unit also carries out maintenance work for third-party aircraft.
A senior Air India official told BusinessLine that ₹400 crore has already been invested at the Mihan facility. The facility is carrying out airframe and other critical tests such as C-checks. But the aircraft are sent to GE’s global facilities in Europe or Singapore for other crucial tests involving the engines and for overhaul.
At Mihan, service personnel are currently being recruited. Such workshops will further sweeten the deal in the event of the sale of Air India, the official said.
The MRO facilty at the Mihan SEZ is built over 50 acres. It was set up as a joint initiative between Air India and Boeing in June 2010.
10/12/18 Rahul Wadke/Business Line
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