Airbus, GMR ink pact for aircraft maintenance training

Aerospace major Airbus has signed a contract with aviation infrastructure developer GMR Group to provide aircraft maintenance training to engineers at the GMR School of Aviation in Hyderabad. In a release, Airbus said GMR will be offering a fully integrated Aircraft Maintenance Engineer licensing programme at the GMR School of Aviation. The four year course will include two years of classroom training and two-year training in maintenance, repair and overhaul at GMR Aero Technic here followed by Aircraft Type Training. “The partnership with GMR represents a significant deepening of MRO capabilities in India that are required to match the tremendous future demand for such services from the domestic aviation industry,” President and MD of Airbus India and South Asia Rémi Maillard said.