Bombardier might set up MRO facility in India; to showcase CRJ900 Nextgen Airliner At India Aviation 2008 In Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Pleased with the growing demand for its regional jets, Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier has said it is mulling the establishment of a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in India.

CRJ900Speaking to the media here, Bombardier Aerospace's Commercial aircraft division's vice president for marketing Trung Ngo said that the company is in the midst of evaluating options for MRO facilities in the Indian-subcontinent. 

Bombardier already offers aircraft maintenance facilities to existing operators in the Asia-Pacific region. 

In India, Air India currently operates three CRJ 700s, while private airline Jet Airways operates seven CRJ 200s. 

Bombardier regional vice president for sales, David Dixon said that Bombardier's comprehensive family of Lear jets, Challengers and Global Business Jets already fly in the region, and the company offers a complete range of travel solutions to meet the ongoing growing business travel requirements. He said Bombardier forecasts a demand of 1,548 aircraft of 20-149 seats capacity between 2008 to 2027 for the whole of the Asia- Pacific region.

Beefing up its sales effort in India, Trung Ngo, vice president sales for Asia-Pacific is spearheading Bombardier Commercial Aircraft's sales efforts in India, with a team of experienced aviation sales executives.