Air India and Boeing are working on setting up an MRO facility at Nagpur to undertake major checks of B777 and B787 aircraft. Air India is also planning to set up MRO facility at Mumbai for GE90/GenxEngine as GE Network partner.
This information was given by the Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Praful Patel in Lok Sabha on Thursday.
One more MRO facility is being set up by Air India at Thiruvananthapuram for MRO requirement of B737 aircraft, for which the hanger construction is nearing completion.
Air India is also proposing to construct a hanger at Delhi to cater for the major checks of B777 and B787 aircraft.
These MRO facilities can also support third party operators.
The National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL) has full-fledged MRO facility at Mumbai which takes care of MRO requirement of B747-400 and A310 aircraft and engines/APUs/components & accessories fitted on these aircraft.