Air India to Open Engineering Base in Dubai

Dubai, Jun 17
Air India is set to open an engineering base in Dubai to help streamline the airline's operations in the Gulf sector, its chairman and managing director Arvind Jadhav has said.

Jadhav said the airline proposes to put five aircraft on standby in Dubai to solve emergency technical snags.

     

The base is likely to be set up either in Dubai or Sharjah depending on the cost factor, he told media persons here yesterday.

The national carrier, Jadhav said, will also lease out five new aircraft besides opening a 24-hour toll free call centre to disseminate information, Jadhav said, adding that there is a potential to add 200 flights in this region.

Speaking to PTI later, Jadhav said Air India airlines has been looking inward during the last two years, which didn't help important markets such as the Gulf.

Source: PTI News