Hyderabad: Telangana further cements its position as a leading aerospace destination. In the latest, SAFRAN announced its decision to set up its largest and first Aircraft Engine MRO (Maintenance, repair, and overhaul) facility in Hyderabad.
The facility will be set up with an investment of Rs. 1200 Crore (150 million USD) and is expected to create about 1000 high-skilled jobs in the State.
The MRO will also give a significant boost to Hyderabad International Airport and the Telangana Aviation ecosystem.
Minister KTR welcomed the SAFRAN group’s decision of selecting Hyderabad for its Mega Aero Engine MRO
The MRO facility in Hyderabad will overhaul their market-leading Leap 1A and Leap 1B aero-engines used by Indian and foreign commercial airlines.
The full capacity of a state-of-the-art MRO shop with its engine test cell will be of 250 to 300 Engine shop visit a year. This will place this project as the biggest MRO Shop of the Safran Aircraft Engine MRO network globally.
This world-class Engine MRO facility is expected to have a huge multiplier effect on the local Aerospace manufacturing ecosystem, with a potential to attract further investments and high-value job creation into the State.
SAFRAN has recently established two mega aerospace projects in Hyderabad in close succession. – The Safran Electrical and Power Factory produces Engine wire harnesses and Safran Aircraft Engine Factory, and manufactures critical Aero Engine parts for LEAP engines.
Both these factories located adjoining the GMR International Airport Hyderabad will be inaugurated by Industries Minister K T Rama Rao in presence of Olivier Andries SAFRAN Group Chief Executive Officer, Jean Paul Alary, SAFRAN Aircraft Engine – Chief Executive Officer on the 7th of July 2022.Attracting repeat mega investments from multiple global Aerospace OEMs, Hyderabad has established itself as the most vibrant and happening Aerospace valley of India. (INN)