Air Works is expecting approvals for its new aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility at Kochi from Indian aviation regulator DGCA and European aviation regulator EASA within the next 4-6 weeks, its Managing Director and CEO D Anand Bhaskar has said.
Moreover, the company is planning to increase the capacity of its existing MRO unit at Hosur in Tamil Nadu from four bays to five bays within the next 60 days, Bhaskar told in an interview. “We can handle four aircraft simultaneously at Hosur. There are four bays. When I say aircraft, it means narrow-body aircraft like A320 or B737. If you have private jets, you can put more into them,” he said.
The Indian carriers have a fleet of around 700 aircraft, which includes narrow-body aircraft like B737 and wide-body aircraft like B787, among them. Apart from facilities in Hosur and Kochi, Air Works has DGCA-approved facility at Mumbai for smaller aircraft (general aviation aircraft).
