Club One Air to set up light jet repair centre

New Delhi: Air charter operator Club One Air is in talks with US-based business aircraft manufacturer Eclipse and another American aircraft manufacturer to establish a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services centre for very light jets (VLJs) in India.
"We are in advanced talks with Eclipse Aviation to bring the very first VLJ, the Eclipse 500 to India soon. We plan to tie-up with them to put up an MRO service centre in India. While Eclipse will provide the aircraft and maintenance technology, we will fund the entire project and provide the crew and charter services for the aircraft," said Manav Singh, promoter and managing director, Club One Air.
Singh had held talks with Eclipse and other manufacturers at the Dubai Air Show last week. Eclipse Aviation has Microsoft chairman Bill Gates as one of the key shareholders in the company.
For the MRO centre, which would incur an investment of below Rs 500 crore, Club One Air is in talks with state governments in Punjab, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh for land for the project.
The first VLJ will be inducted into Club One?s charter services by March next year. The carrier plans to add at least 10 aircraft between March 2008 and March 2009.
22/11/07 Anirban Chowdhury/Business Standard

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