NACL acquires 50 acres of land at MIHAN for Boeing

Nagpur, June 27 (PTI) The National Aviation Company Limited (NACL), which controls Air India, has acquired 50 acres of land for the proposed maintenance repair overhaul (MRO) project of aircraft major Boeing at the Multimodal International Hub Airport at Nagpur (MIHAN), officials said.

"Boeing, which has proposed to set up an MRO here, was in the process of setting up the much-delayed project and NACL was a partner in the project. Accordingly, part of the land required for Boeing, about 50 acres, was acquired by the NACL two days ago," S V Chahande, Chief Engineer of the Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC), told reporters.

This was disclosed during a media visit to MIHAN in the presence of Maharashtra Social Justice Minister Shivajirao Moghe, also the Guardian Minister, yesterday.

Moghe said that MADC and AAI will construct world-class facilities for accommodating 100 aircraft.