MRO of Air India

1. PRODUCTION

2. SUMMARY OF THE FLEET MANUFACTURES
• Wide body aircrafts are all made by BOEING company.
• Narrow body aircrafts are made by AIRBUS company (France).
• Regional aircraft are made by BOMBARDIER AEROSPACE (Canada) & AVIONS DE
TRANSPORT RÉGIONAL (France).
• Companies providing Engines to the above fleet are:
• General Electric Ltd (US).
• Rolls Royce (London, UK).
• Pratt & Whitney (US).
• Japanese Aero Engine Corp (Japan).
• MTU Aero Engines (Germany).

3. AIR INDIA FACTS
• 1st Boeing 707-420 named “Gauri Shankar” & also became the first
Asian airline to induct a jet aircraft in its fleet.
• Apart from the aircraft listed above, Air India operated several other aircraft. Air
India operated the De Havilland Puss Moth, De Havilland Fox Moth, Waco YQC-
6, de Havilland Dragon Rapide, Percival Petrel, Douglas DC-2, DC-3, Vickers
VC.1 Viking, Lockheed L-749 Constellation, Douglas DC-4 and the Lockheed L-
1049 Super Constellation up-to 1960. Thereafter, Air India started operating the
Boeing 707 and the De Havilland Comet.

4. AIRCRAFT TYPE FIRST CLASS BUSINESS CLASS ECONOMY CLASS COST ( Millions) Origin
Wide Body
B777-200LR 8 35 195 $296 BOEING
B777-300ER 4 35 303 $320.2 BOEING
B747-400 12 26 385 $357 BOEING
B787-800 - 18 238 $224.6 BOEING
Narrow Body
A319 - 8 114 AIRBUS
A320 (Twin Class) - 20 120 $88.6 AIRBUS
A320 (Classsic) - - 168 AIRBUS
A321 - 20 152 AIRBUS
Regional Aircraft
CRJ-700 - - 48 $24.39 BOMBARDIER
AEROSPACE
ATR42 - - 70 $19.5 AVIONS DE
TRANSPORT
RÉGIONAL
ATR72 - - 70 $24.7 AVIONS DE
TRANSPORT
RÉGIONAL

5. Aircraft type Owned Sale & Lease Back Dry Lease Total
Operational Fleet
Wide Body
B777-200LR 3 0 0 3
B777-300ER 12 0 0 12
B747-400 3 2 0 5
B787-800 9 12 0 21
Wide Body Total 27 14 0 41
Narrow Body
A319 19 (9+10*) 0 3 22
A320 (Twin Class) 4 0 5 9
A320 (Classsic) 7 8 0 15
A321 20 (8+12*) 0 0 20
Narrow Body Total 50 8 8 66
Regional Aircraft
CRJ-700 0 0 3 3
ATR42 0 0 3 3
ATR72 0 0 5 5
Regional Aircraft Total 0 0 11 11
Total Fleet 77 22 19 118
* Aircraft on finance lease.

6. AIR INDIA MRO FACILITY
• Highly skilled and trained manpower backed by efficient engineering, material & logistic
support.
• Extensive use of specialized tools & equipment.
• MRO with network coverage of 64 Stations.
• As an Airline owned MRO, understanding MRO requirements of customers is far better and
hence can offer Customized solution for every Customer need.
• Offers latest Maintenance and Engineering IT solutions for efficient working, improved
documentation & records at reduced costs.
• Extensive back shops capabilities to support frontline maintenance.
• High Quality at economical Cost.
• Low turnaround time.
• Elaborate In-Coming Parts inspection to ensure use of authentic Spares.
• Use of JIT concepts, proven network of Repair Vendors, etc.

7. AIR INDIA MRO FACILITY
• Specialized Services:
• Non Destructive testing (NDT), Aircraft Weighing, Calibration of Measuring Instruments,
Gauges etc. & Testing laboratories
• Engine Borescopes
• Proof load test of Aircraft jacks and lifting devices
• Hydraulic Tubing/ Hoses
• On wing Engine Cleaning with Eco Wash
• Facility & Equipment Support