AAI Identifies Eight Airports to Promote Aircraft Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul
AAI has developed a business-friendly proposal for MRO with zero airport royalty charges and significantly reduced land rentals for eight airports. AAI will identify more airports from time to time.
Highlights:
- AAI has identified eight airports suitable to establish MRO facilities.
- AAI will identify more airports from time to time.
- India has the potential and resources to become a global MRO hub.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has identified eight airports to promote Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) activities for aircraft and aviation equipment. The eight airports are Chandigarh, Delhi, Begumpet (Hyderabad), Juhu (Mumbai), Bhopal, Tirupati, Chennai and Kolkata.
According to a report titled ‘Status of Aviation Connectivity in the Country’ tabled in Parliament by the Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture, AAI has developed a business-friendly proposal for MRO with zero airport royalty charges and significantly reduced land rentals for eight airports.
AAI has to identify more airports with available land and resources with the potential to establish MRO facilities from time to time, suggested the committee in the report.
The idea to promote the local MRO industry was started in September 2021, when the committee found that the aircraft manufacturer insists the operator enter into a contract for maintenance of the aircraft in the manufacturer’s country, even if such facilities are locally available. This hampers the growth of MRO in the country. To overcome this, it recommended framing an MRO policy.
Accordingly, the Ministry of Civil Aviation announced a policy to promote MRO services in September 2021. The policy opened the possibilities of leasing the land through open tenders for MRO services and abolishing the AAI’s royalty charges, thereby attracting investments to the country. Besides, the land allotment for entities for MRO will be for a period of 30 years instead of five years. The civil aviation ministry also suggested coordinating military and AAI concerning MRO activities. The vision was to make India a land of MRO hub.
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