Aerospace Diary

Singapore Air Show  » February 15, 2012 by Neelam Mathews IndiGo, India’s largest budget carrier with a fleet of 48 Airbus A320 airliners, has awarded SriLankan Engineering its largest contract for maintenance of 26 C-checks through 2012. This is the fourth consecutive year IndiGo has outsourced to SriLankan and it is the largest overseas outsourcing of maintenance, repair and overhaul work by an Indian carrier. The contact has been awarded at a time when onerous taxes appear to be making Indian MRO providers uncompetitive. Fast-growing IndiGo is to add 12 aircraft by next December, taking its fleet to 60 (of 100 ordered in 2005). A further order was placed last year for 150 A320 NEOs and 30 A320s. “The core business of a budget carrier is flying, not MRO,” said an official for the airline, speaking on condition of anonymity. “We don’t need inefficiencies and having to deal with labor issues.” SriLankan Engineering, based in Colombo, just 30 minutes flying time from south...

Posted by- Neelam Mathews Jan26, 2012  SriLankan Engineering has been awarded its largest ever contract for aircraft maintenance by IndiGo.The expertise, experience and efficiency ofthe MRO provider was cited as a reason for the choice, Aerospace Diary learns. IndiGo has awarded SriLankan Engineering 26 C-checks on Airbus A320 aircraft forg the year 2012. This is the fourth consecutive year that IndiGo contracted SriLankan Engineering for the lion’s share of maintenance programs on its fleet. “IndiGo’s annual major maintenance contract for four consecutive years to us is a tribute to the extraordinary performance of our staff during the preceding years. We have achieved an excellent record of on-time completion of maintenance programs, as well as the highest quality of work. This has been the result of the efforts of aircraft engineers, technicians, managers, and all other staff in every department of SriLankan Engineering,” says Priyantha Rose, Head of Engineering. “We are...