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FARNBOROUGH: In a bid to build a strong platform for aviation services infrastructure in India, Air Works on Tuesday announced plans to launch a commercial maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in Hosur near Bangalore.

With five modern and fully-equipped hangars, Air Works' MRO will offer services like airframe, engine and APU maintenance, aircraft paint shop, engine repair and overhaul, passenger-to-freighter conversion, interior completions, avionic upgrades, aircraft component repairs and spares.

The MRO facility will support a wide variety of commercial aircraft certified to DGCA, FAA and EASA standards. At present, Air Works' MRO at Hosur can accommodate the landing of all narrow and wide body aircrafts.

The company plans to start operations by September 2008 with one existing hangar. Air Works will complete two additional hangers by the year-end, designed to accommodate wide body aircraft, and two more by end of 2009.

Going forward, Air Works India plans to invest 50 million dollars (about Rs 200 crore) for setting up the infrastructure to support the commercial MRO initiative.