Maintenance and Modifications
Indian MRO Business Drowning in Tax Burden
The country’s ailing maintenance industry calls for an even playing field.

High taxes on the Indian domestic maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) industry have led airlines to outsource 75 percent of the country’s $1.4 billion MRO business to international providers, sending local operations into a state of gradual decline even amid increases in fleet sizes and the prospect of large orders in the near future.