International airport to be equipped with hi-tech facility

HYDERABAD: The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad will soon have a state-of-the-art maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility for providing maintenance to narrow and wide-bodied aircraft.

GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited has signed a memorandum of understanding with Malaysia Airlines for setting up the MRO facility. A majority of the aircraft are being sent Malaysia and other overseas MRO providers for heavy maintenance works.

As part of the MoU, the engineering and maintenance wing of the Malaysia Airlines will provide certifications, technical and management expertise in addition to operations and maintenance know-how. It had commenced training for the first batch of 70 Indian trainees already.

Commenting on the MoU, Malaysia Airlines executive director/CFO Tengku Azmil said, this was their first foray into the Indian aircraft maintenance market .

GMR Group chairman Kiran Kumar Grandhi and other officers said the MRO centre would handle all types of aircraft from light jets to super-jumbos like the A380.