The facility is a joint venture between the aerospace major and national carrier Air India, while MADC, a government agency, has provided the land.
“We have finally signed the necessary papers to live up to the promise made in 2006 that Boeing will have its world’s second MRO with Air India as partner in the city,” Boeing senior vice-president Dinesh Keskar said. “Hopefully, the facility would be functional by end of 2010.”
The 99-year lease agreement is for 50 acres of land located adjacent to the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport under the Multi-modal International Passenger and Cargo Hub, Nagpur project, he said.
The facility will have eventually comprise hangars which will accommodate two wide-bodied or four medium-bodied aircraft for maintenance and repairs, Keskar said.
Th e Nagpur MRO will be the Chicago based aerospace giant’s only second such facility after Shanghai, China.
Besides Air India, private airlines like Jet Airways and SpiceJet, who own Boeing aircraft, would also use the MRO, Keskar said.
“Initially, we want India-based airlines to get the benefi t of MRO and later we will open it for airlines outside India.”
The world-class greenfi eld facility will have the capacity to service 250 aircraft a year, the official said.