Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) – operator of Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru (KIAB) and InterGlobe Aviation Limited, which operates domestic carrier – IndiGo have entered into a 20-year agreement to sub-lease land atthe airport to build a Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility.

The facility is 13,000-sq meters hangarand will be built on five acres of land in the Bangalore Airport campus. The facility will be able to accommodate two narrow body aircraft. It will also have support infrastructure including an engine QEC shop warehouse as well as engineering offices for all repair and maintenance. InterGlobe Aviation Limited will build the second MRO facility, after Delhi and is expected to be operational by March 2020.

Wolfgang Prock-Schauer, Chief Operating Officer (COO), IndiGo, said, “Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, with its strategic location, will play an even more important role going forward. It is for this reason that IndiGo decided to build a hangar as the core of our maintenance centre in South. This facility will become operational by 2020.”

Hari Marar, Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), BIAL said, “At BIAL, we believe that we must always offer a comprehensive bouquet of services that will facilitate the growth of our airline partners. IndiGo has been one of the fastest growing carriers at the Bangalore Airport. The outcome of this agreement will create more connectivity and open new markets – further enhancing its growth. We look forward to a fruitful partnership with IndiGo.”