27 Nov 2025
It is a €200 million investment, expected to create 1,100 jobs.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated French aerospace and defence major Safran’s CFM LEAP engine maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in Hyderabad on Wednesday.
Safran invested €200 million in setting up the 45,000 sqm facility at GMR Aerospace and Industrial Park – SEZ. It will be able to serve 300 CFM LEAP engines for civil aircraft and will have a next-gen test bench, creating 1,100 highly skilled jobs at full capacity.
Safran’s MRO setup will also power the M88 military engine MRO used in Rafale jets. This facility, built for ₹400 crore, will have a capacity of 600 engine modules per year and employ 150 people.
This is the first global OEM deep-level servicing MRO facility, and the largest in the world.
85% of MRO work has always been done outside India, making it expensive and time-consuming and leaving aircraft grounded for prolonged periods.
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