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Indigo to open Bangalore Airport’s first MRO facility – Bangalore Aviation

Indigo to open Bangalore Airport’s first MRO facility

January 31, 2019 Comments Off on Indigo to open Bangalore Airport’s first MRO facility 661 Views

InterGlobe Aviation (Indigo) has signed an agreement with Bangalore airport to build a Maintenance Repair & Overhaul (MRO) facility.

The 20-year agreement will see InterGlobe build a 13,000 sqm hangar on five acres of land. The facility will be able to accommodate two narrow-body aircraft and support infrastructure, including an engine QEC shop warehouse and engineering offices.

The MRO will be the airline’s second after Delhi airport and is expected to be operational by March 2020.

Wolfgang Prock-Schauer, Chief Operating Officer, IndiGo
“Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru (KIAB), with its strategic location, will play an even more important role going forward. It is for this reason that IndiGo decided to build a hangar as the core of our maintenance centre in South. This facility will become operational by 2020.”

Indigo Airlines is one of the largest operators at Bangalore Airport with a 158 daily departures.

Hari Marar, MD & CEO, BIAL
“At BIAL, we believe that we must always offer a comprehensive bouquet of services that will facilitate the growth of our airline partners. IndiGo has been one of the fastest growing carriers at the BLR Airport. The outcome of this agreement will create more connectivity and open new markets – further enhancing its growth. We look forward to a fruitful partnership with IndiGo.”

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