Kingfisher, Deccan to set up MRO facility in Bangalore

Mumbai: Air Deccan and Kingfisher would set up a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in Bangalore, Air Deccan Managing Director GR Gopinath said here.
"Besides Air Deccan and Kingfisher aircraft, the MRO facility would take care of third-party maintenance work of the world," Gopinath said on Sunday night at the renaming Air Deccan to Simplifly Deccan here.
In the next 5-10 years, there would be at least 500 aircraft and 1,000 helicopters flying in India, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said. Patel was the chief guest for the function.
"A whole array of aviation work is going to be created in India. Aviation would create 3 million jobs," he said.
UB Group Chairman and promoter of Kingfisher Airlines Vijay Mallya said low-fares of Simplifly Deccan would continue. Vijay Mallya owns 46 per cent in Deccan.
29/10/07 PTI/Economic Times

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