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Air India, Aerostar MRO Alliance to Target Mideast Airlines
DUBAI — Indian flag carrier Air India an alliance with Sharjah-based Aerostar Asset Management to provide aircraft Maintenance Repair and Overhaul, or MRO, services to airline operators across the Middle East, the companies announced on Sunday at the Dubai Airshow.
The alliance for engine MRO work will operate under the brand “The A Team.”
Initially targeting initially the Middle East market, the alliance seeks to offer MRO services to all airline operators in the region, said V.P Nagarajan, Executive Director ETA-Star Group, Aerostar’s parent company.
Aerostar has been maintaining jet engines for various customers since 2005.
A Team will use existing engine overhaul facilities of Air India in Mumbai and marketing operations of Aerostar in the Middle East. In its first year, the alliance will aim to repair and overhaul 25 aircraft engines, said Ajay Chaukulkar, General Manager of Star Aviation Group, a subsidiary of ETA-Star Group.
The alliance will offer repair services for jet engines including the GE CF6-50 and 80 series, Pratt & Whitney 4000 series, GE-90 series and the CFM56-7 series. It would also cover CFM56-5 series engine in the near future, said K. M. Unni, Director of the Air India Board.
Unni said Air India’s Engine Overhaul facility in Mumbai could offer cheaper repairs and faster turnarounds compared with other MRO providers in the world.
“Our cost is 30 per cent cheaper than the competition, and we have a track record for excellent turnaround time, which will result in reduced cost of ownership for engines operators,” he said.
The Mumbai facility, established in 1966, has been catering to third-party MRO services since 1999.
The Mumbai facility is approved by India’s Director General of Civil Aviation, the US Federal Aviation Administration, and the European Aviation Safety Agency. —
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