Air India’s Hyderabad MRO eyes EASA certification

Y Srinivasa Rao said the company will have to make some investments in to the MRO facility which is certified by the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to make it EASA compliant.

Air India is in the process of obtaining European Union Air Safety Agency’s certification for its Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility in Hyderabad, a senior official of the state-owned carrier said on Saturday here.

Air India is trying to get EASA certification for its Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility in Hyderabad. (HT File Photo)

“We are now trying to get EASA certification as most of the foreign Airlines look for it in order to send the aircraft to the MRO facility.

If any facility has EASA certification, then the airlines will have an idea about the standards of the MRO facilIity..

Once we get that EASA will be able to do good business from other airlines,” Y Srinivasa Rao, General Manager (Engineering) of Air India Engineering Services Ltd (AIESL), a wholly owned subsidiary company of Air India Limited told reporters.

He said the company will have to make some investments in to the MRO facility which is certified by the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to make it EASA compliant.

Srinivas said the MRO facility is currently offering services to the captive fleet and planning to increase shifts to two from the present one.

Presently, the unit undertakes pre-flight or weekly checks of A321, 320, 319 or ATR aircraft and provide technical assistance to other international carriers as part of comprehensive ground handling service, he said.