Air India lays foundation stone for MRO

Air India today commenced work on the Rs 80 crore Maintenance, Repair and Overall (MRO) and Engineering facilities at Shamshabad Airport in Hyderabad.

The new Air India Chairman and Managing Director Arvind Jadhav laid the foundation stone for the construction of the facility to come up in a five acre land at the new airport.

In a release here, Air India said the facilities at the new airport will consist of a Hangar, where major maintenance of aircraft will be carried out, and an Annexe building to accommodate Component Overhaul Shops and various Engineering offices. The size of the Hangar will be about 100 metres x 90 metres x 24 metres (height). The new Hangar will be capable of accommodating two A320 family aircraft simultaneously or one B777/B747 aircraft.

While addressing the officials present at the function, Mr Jadhav advised them to complete the project within the stipulated time of 18 months. Air India, which already has major engineering infrastructure in Mumbai and Delhi for maintenance of aircraft and engines, is aiming to emerge as a major MRO centre in the Asian continent. The airline has over 5,000 highly skilled engineers and technicians capable of undertaking maintenance of all aircraft and engines currently in its fleet. The prime objective of Air India's Engineering Department is to maintain all aircraft in its fleet in a continuous state of airworthiness in order to secure a high level of safety. This involved a system of preventive and corrective maintenance, including servicing, inspection, testing, overhaul, repair, modification and replacement of parts. The Engineering Department in Air India ensures maximum availability of airworthy aircraft without compromising on safety, at high Technical Despatch Reliability and operating at an optimum cost in a competitive environment. Air India can provide world class engineering services comparable to the best in the Industry. Air India's Engineering Facility is recognised as Certified Repair Shop both by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the US and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Air India is certified by DGCA as approved CAR-145 (Civil Aviation Requirements) Maintenance Organization. It is also certified by CAAS (Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore) and holds ISO-9001:2000 (Bureau of Indian Standards) certification.

-- (UNI) -- 21BY18.xml

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