MRO Hangar Facility
In 2008, Simplifly Deccan opened a US$2.9-million MRO hangar at Chennai International Airport. The 70,000 sq ft facility can handle one A320 or two ATR aircraft and provides basic- and medium-level maintenance checks and protective storage for Deccan and Kingfisher Airlines aircraft and functions as a repair shop and assembly area. The hangar, which took nearly two years to build, has a total construction area of 3,200 sq m. The maintenance hall spans 46 m wide, 54 m deep and 17 m high. The hangar has space for one Airbus A320 and 2 ATR aircraft at one time. It is equipped with an engineering and training facility and an engineering maintenance conference room.
Airlines that have hangar facilities at Chennai airport:
- Air India
- Jet Airways
- Kingfisher Airlines
- Deccan Airlines (Now part of Kingfisher Airlines)
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