Air Works bets high on growth in Indian aviation

Will look to double revenue in five years, aim for a public listing in 2020

On 16 May, VT-SLB, a Boeing 737-800 of SpiceJet completed its routine heavy maintenance at the Hosur facility of Air Works. It was the 200th aircraft that the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) firm had completed after it got approval from the regulator in 2008. But MD Vivek Gour aims higher and says that while it took the firm 8 years to reach 200, it will take only 15 months for it get its 300th order. “In 15 months, I am convinced that we will complete 100 more checks, my hands are full and we are expanding facility and recruiting