HAL plans maintenance facility for civilian aircraft

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), the state-owned defence behemoth, is planning to set up a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility at the existing Bangalore airport for civilian aircraft, a top company official said here Wednesday.
'We intend to make optimal utilisation of the resources at the airport after the civilian operations shift to the upcoming international airport at Devanahalli on the outskirts of the city in mid-2008,' HAL chairman Ashok K. Baweja told reporters.
'Apart from maintaining the airport for our test flights, military operations and VIP flights, we intend to set up an MRO facility to service the growing number of civilian aircraft,' he said.
The passenger and cargo flights operated by domestic and overseas airlines will move to the new airport, scheduled to open in April 2008.
HAL, under whose control the present airport is functioning, will stand to lose about Rs.1-1.5 billion a year in revenues from scheduled airlines towards landing and parking fees.
27/12/06 India eNews.com

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