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Indian Air Force Looks To Private Sector for MRO
Starting with the An-32, the IAF is to engage local industry for maintenance to focus military efforts on front-line activities.
The IAF is shortly to fly an An-32 on bio-fuel from the mountain airfield at Leh. The service has already trialed the aircraft with a mix containing 10 percent bio-fuel. (photo: Indian Air Force)
The IAF is shortly to fly an An-32 on bio-fuel from the mountain airfield at Leh. The service has already trialed the aircraft with a mix containing 10 percent bio-fuel. (photo: Indian Air Force)

The Indian Air Force (IAF) is moving ahead with a plan to outsource maintenance of its aging twin-engine Antonov An-32 “Cline” transporters to the private sector. “We want to focus on war-centric capabilities and open up the sector to industry. The government has agreed to subsidize maintenance costs for the private sector,” a senior maintenance official of the IAF told AIN at the annual Aero MRO conference held in New Delhi last week.