Indian Navy’s P-8i Fleet host to Boeing and Air Works collaboration

Air Works, an Indian maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) company, is partnering with the Boeing Company to conduct heavy maintenance checks on three Indian Navy P-8I long-range maritime patrol aircraft at Air Works, Hosur, demonstrating the success of the government’s Atmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India) campaign.

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KEY POINTS:

• This significantly expands the scope and size of MRO in India, demonstrating both firms’ commitment to helping India achieve Aatmanirbhar status in aerospace and defence.
• The partnership between Boeing and Air Works has resulted in quicker turnaround times and increased operating capability for important defence platforms in India.
• The relationship began with checks on the P-8I Poseidon aircraft and has since expanded to include checks and MRO on the Indian Air Force’s Boeing 737 VVIP aircraft’s landing gear.

Air Works Group:

Air Works is a global leader in varied aviation services with operations on four continents. Air Works was founded in 1951 and serves the commercial and business aviation communities with engineering, asset management, safety, and technology solutions. They are worldwide aircraft leasing firms and airlines’ service providers, first-line service providers to leading OEMs, one of only seven IATA-certified safety auditors, the global market leader for charter safety ratings, and India’s largest independent MRO provider.

The Boeing Company:

The Boeing Company is a multinational American firm that designs, manufactures, and sells planes, rotor-craft, rockets, satellites, telecommunications equipment, and missiles all over the world. Leasing and product support are also provided by the corporation. Boeing is one of the world’s largest aerospace manufacturers, as well as the world’s third-largest defence contractor by 2020 revenue and the US’s largest exporter by dollar value. The Dow Jones Industrial Average includes Boeing stock. Boeing is a Delaware corporation.

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