• Three Indian Navy P-8I maritime aircraft simultaneously undergoing heavy maintenance checks at AirWorks, Hosur
• Demonstrates India’s capabilities for MRO on key defence platforms, to help make India Aatmanirbhar (self-reliant) in aerospace and defence
• Enhancing MRO collaboration under the Boeing India Repair Development and Sustainment (BIRDS) Hub

Boeing, the world’s largest aerospace manufacturer, looks to be positioning itself as a market leader in India’s growing aircraft leasing industry. India’s civil aviation market is one of the world’s largest and fastest growing.

The historic American business has already provided India with the C-17 Globe master airlifter, the game-changing P8I maritime surveillance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft, and the renowned Chinook and Apache helicopters.

Boeing has a state-of-the-art facility for heavy aircraft inspections, but when it comes to defence aircraft, it should be done with extreme caution. The Indian Ministry of Defence is in talks with Boeing to open a P8 maritime aircraft MRO centre in India. It was evidently necessary because it has 12 aircraft.

An honor to discuss #TeamBoeing’s commitment to India!

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Boeing chose and Air works for this project, and it also chose a location close to Bangalore, where the Boeing technical team is also working. This enabled Boeing to effectively assist and organize this endeavour. It also has huge intentions to build parts in collaboration with an Indian manufacturer in Bangalore.

It is a significant achievement for Air Works Group, which has a 70-year aviation legacy and it claims a highly responsive, customer-centric culture that prioritises them, allowing it to successfully complete numerous India-first and industry-first projects from its locations in India, France, Dubai, Ireland, and China.

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Boeing and Air Works are currently undertaking heavy maintenance checks on three P-8I long-range maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft operated by the Indian Navy (IN) simultaneously at Air Works, Hosur. This dramatically increases the scope and scale of Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) undertaken in the country and demonstrates both the companies’ commitment in helping make India Aatmanirbhar in aerospace and defence.

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Boeing India and Air Works will commemorate their collaboration at the Boeing India Aatmanirbharta in Defence Conference being organized in New Delhi on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, with participation from dignitaries from the Indian Navy, Air Works Group, and other key supplier-partners.

Surendra Ahuja, Managing Director, Boeing Defence India, said, “We are proud to build on our existing collaboration with Air Works that enables us to generate significant value for our defence customers in India, and contribute towards the Government’s vision of making India an MRO hub for the region. The ongoing satisfactory execution of heavy maintenance checks on three P-8I platforms concurrently by Air Works is a remarkable achievement.”

It carries major work like

• Base Maintenance
• Line Maintenance
• Integrated Maintenance
• Livery & Painting
• Avionics
• CAMO
• Components & Spares
• Asset Management
• Calibration
• Maintenance Training
• Other Services

About Air Works Group
Air Works Group, founded in 1951, is India’s largest and most varied independent MRO, with a network presence in 27 locations across the country. It is the preferred MRO partner of global aviation OEMs, aircraft owners/operators (including Fixed Wing and Rotary Wing), lessors, airlines, and the Indian Defence Services, providing a wide range of services such as MRO and heavy checks, Line maintenance, Cabin and Interior refurbishment, Exterior finishing and painting, Avionics upgrades, integrations and retrofits, End-of-lease/ redelivery checks, Maintenance training (CAR 147), and Asset Management services to domestic and international customers. SA Air Works and Acumen Aviation, two of the Group’s partner firms, provide a specialised set of avionics, component repair, and asset management services.

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Air Works undertakes base maintenance for ATR 42/72, A320 and B737 fleet of aircraft from its EASA and DGCA-certified facilities at Mumbai, Delhi, Hosur and Kochi, supported by duly certified in-house shops for related tasks. The Company also undertakes modification and assembly of rotary-wing aircraft and is an Authorized Service Centre (ASC) for Bell and Leonardo helicopters.

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The Boeing and Air Works collaboration has already been enabling faster turnarounds and enhanced operational capability within the country for the country’s key defence platforms. The partnership began with the first P-8I aircraft Phase 32 checks, and has grown to include Phase 48 checks and MRO on the landing gear of the Indian Air Force’s 737 VVIP aircraft.

About Boeing P8

The Boeing P-8 is a true multi-mission maritime patrol aircraft, capable of anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, as well as search and rescue. The P-8 can fly quicker and reach higher altitudes (up to 41,000 feet) (490 knots). When searching for submarines, surface boats, or search and rescue survivors, shorter transit periods minimize the size of the Area of Probability. P-8 is also intended for low-altitude flights, and it has already demonstrated its worth in humanitarian and search-and-rescue missions.