Indamer & AAR to double MRO capacity in five years
economictimes.indiatimes.comIndamer Aviation, one of the largest maintenance and repair organisation in the country is planning to double its capacity within five years.
Indamer which has a 60:40 joint venture with US based aviation services and aftermarkets major AAR Corp, will invest around Rs 550 crore for the expansion, Prajay Patel director at Indamer group.
" Currently we have four hangars. In the second phase of expansion we will have 10 hangars.
We will also venture into new areas component repair, aircraft redelivery and getting certification for other types of aircraft like Boeing and ATR, " Patel said.
AAR and Indamer Aviation opened their joint venture MRO in India in 2021 and is currently a critical partner of India's largest airline IndiGo.
Patel said that while Indamer, with said 80-year-old experience in aviation MRO in India, brings the local experience, AAR contributes with its expertise in digital systems, standards and technical knowledge.
The joint venture's rise has been propelled by the growth of IndiGo, India's largest airline which has more than 1000 aircraft on order. IndiGo sends its aircraft to the facility of Indamer-AAR for maintenance which has completed 100 C Checks for the airline in 2 years and 4 months.
The C check is an extensive check performed approximately every 20–24 months, or a specific number of actual flight hours.
SC Gupta, head of engineering at IndiGo that all aircraft of the airline were released on time. " For an airline like us, it is very important that maintenance work on an planes finish on time. AAR-Indamer has been able to do that consistently, " he said adding that due to growth of local MRO facility, the airline no more sends its aircraft out of India.
