This information was given by the Minister for Civil Aviation, Shri Praful Patel in Lok Sabha today on Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facilities for aircraft in India.

In his statement he said:

  • 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.

• Air India & M/s. 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.

• 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.

These MRO facilities can also support third party operators.