WB Govt going all out for Boeing MRO hub
The West Bengal government has joined the race against Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka in pursuading the US aircraft maker Boeing to set up its Maintainance, Repair and Operations (MRO) hub.
By PTI |
KOLKATA: The West Bengal government has joined the race against Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka in pursuading the US aircraft maker Boeing to set up its Maintainance, Repair and Operations (MRO) hub near here.
"This is our target project. We are very serious about it," West Bengal Industry Minister Sabyasachi Sen told reporters on his return here yesterday after a week-long tour of the US with Chief Secretary Amit Kiran Deb to woo investors.
He indicated that the state government was keeping up its hopes in bagging the project despite Aviation Minister Praful Patel's earlier announcement that it would come up at Nagpur.
"Boeing has not formally announced its decision of having the MRO hub in Nagpur. Besides, Hyderabad and Bangalore are also in the race," Sen said.
In reply to a question, Sen said Boeing has not yet given its reply to the state government's proposal. "Boeing has its headquarters in Seattle. We could not go there. We met its representative Jean Pritchard in Washington. Her brief was only to listen."
Meanwhile, the government was losing no time in presenting its case more forcefully to Boeing. "We will lose no time in ascertaining what Boeing wants. It can have the full or partial MRO activities here. If they want it near the existing NSC Bose International Airport, we can talk to the Airports Authority of India and make arrangements."
"This is our target project. We are very serious about it," West Bengal Industry Minister Sabyasachi Sen told reporters on his return here yesterday after a week-long tour of the US with Chief Secretary Amit Kiran Deb to woo investors.
He indicated that the state government was keeping up its hopes in bagging the project despite Aviation Minister Praful Patel's earlier announcement that it would come up at Nagpur.
"Boeing has not formally announced its decision of having the MRO hub in Nagpur. Besides, Hyderabad and Bangalore are also in the race," Sen said.
In reply to a question, Sen said Boeing has not yet given its reply to the state government's proposal. "Boeing has its headquarters in Seattle. We could not go there. We met its representative Jean Pritchard in Washington. Her brief was only to listen."
Meanwhile, the government was losing no time in presenting its case more forcefully to Boeing. "We will lose no time in ascertaining what Boeing wants. It can have the full or partial MRO activities here. If they want it near the existing NSC Bose International Airport, we can talk to the Airports Authority of India and make arrangements."
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