IndiGo recently inaugurated its second maintenance, repair and, overhaul (MRO) facility at India’s Kempegowda International Airport (Bengaluru). The 13,000-sqm hangar is built on five acres of land and is the second largest maintenance facility at the Bengaluru Airport. IndiGo has signed a 20-year pact with Bengaluru International Airport for the facility.
The facility can accommodate up to two narrowbody aircraft at the same time along with an engine quick exchange change (QEC) shop warehouse and engineering offices for all repair and maintenance work.
According to reports, the facility was supposed to be opened in 2020, however, it was delayed due to the coronavirus outbreak.
IndiGo already has an MRO facility in Delhi, however, given the number of aircraft the airline has, the low-cost carrier has decided to open another one in Bengaluru after Delhi.
The aim behind opening this new facility was to reduce the dependency on overseas maintenance and to cut costs drastically by creating facilities in India, the airline said in a statement.
Besides the MRO facility, IndiGo also started the operations of its first A321 freighter aircraft between Delhi and Mumbai.
