Air India Engineering Services Ltd (AIESL) provides maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services for aircraft and was hived from the parent company Air India as part of turnaround plan. The construction work for its Nagpur MRO commenced in March 2011 and in December 2014, the facility was handed over to AIESL, which began its operations on August 27, 2015. The Air India subsidiary has now secured business from various Indian airlines including Jet Airways and SpiceJet. On AIESL's invitation, dna recently visited their MRO hub in Nagpur. AIESL also has MRO facilities in Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram and Kolkata. HR Jagannath, CEO of AIESL, in a freewheeling chat with Shahkar Abidi, spoke about all the facilities offered by AIESL, how he plans to turn it into a self-sustained and profitable firm in next five years, among other things.
Q. You signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with low-cost carrier SpiceJet for its maintenance services. Prior to that, it was Jet Airways. Which other airlines are you planning to rope in as your customer?
A. SpiceJet, at present, has 42 aircraft and another 100 plus are expected to get added in the coming time, which is a very significant number. With SpiceJet, we recently signed a strategic partnership which will be mutually beneficial. Some time back, we did a major check for one of the planes of Jet Airways. We have provided such services in the past to GoAir which included an engine change and repair of landing gear, and we are looking forward to working with them again in future. This work is apart from servicing of planes of our parent company Air India and its other subsidiaries which have a large fleet together and are planning a further addition to it. Apart from Indian airlines, even the foreign carriers are showing a lot of interest in our services; considering the fact that we have a very large setup, best of facilities available in Asia and worldwide, plus at a very competitive cost. For example, recently we did the flap repair work of an airline after it was told by other MROs that it could not be repaired. So all in all, the response has been tremendous so far.
22/08/16 Shahkar Abidi/DNA
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Q. You signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with low-cost carrier SpiceJet for its maintenance services. Prior to that, it was Jet Airways. Which other airlines are you planning to rope in as your customer?
A. SpiceJet, at present, has 42 aircraft and another 100 plus are expected to get added in the coming time, which is a very significant number. With SpiceJet, we recently signed a strategic partnership which will be mutually beneficial. Some time back, we did a major check for one of the planes of Jet Airways. We have provided such services in the past to GoAir which included an engine change and repair of landing gear, and we are looking forward to working with them again in future. This work is apart from servicing of planes of our parent company Air India and its other subsidiaries which have a large fleet together and are planning a further addition to it. Apart from Indian airlines, even the foreign carriers are showing a lot of interest in our services; considering the fact that we have a very large setup, best of facilities available in Asia and worldwide, plus at a very competitive cost. For example, recently we did the flap repair work of an airline after it was told by other MROs that it could not be repaired. So all in all, the response has been tremendous so far.
22/08/16 Shahkar Abidi/DNA
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