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New Delhi, Jul 15: With plans afoot to start operations by September 2008 with one existing hangar, Air WorksIndia, on Tuesday announced its plans to launch a commercial maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in Hosur, near Bangalore.
According to company executives, with five state of the art and fully equipped hangars, Air Works MRO will offer services like airframe, engine and APU maintenance; aircraft paint shop, engine repair and overhaul, passenger to freighter conversion, interior completions, avionic upgrades, aircraft component repairs and spares.
The MRO facility is expected to support a wide variety of commercial aircraft certified to DGCA, FAA, and EASA standards. The company will complete two additional hangers by year end designed to accommodate wide body aircraft, and another two more by end of 2009. Going forward, Air Works India plans to invest an upward of $ 50 million for setting up the infrastructure to support the commercial MRO initiative.
Also, the appointment of Fredrik Groth as the CEO was announced at the Faranborough air show. “Fredrik brings a deep understanding of airline customers and their market realities. It's time Air Works drew on his range of talents to head our business in India.” Suresh Soni, partner, Global Technology Investment said. Echoing the sentiment, Ravi Menon, executive vice president and founding director of Air Works said, “This is a complex and challenging business and we are pleased to have Fredrik at the helm. We are experiencing exponential growth in this area and Fredrik's experience in both commercial and MRO programmes shall provide Air Works the leadership and experience to be successful.”
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