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Indian helicopter sales and support company Indocopters will open its third maintenance, repair and
overhaul facility for Eurocopter rotorcraft in Bangalore in the second quarter of 2010.

The company, which distributes and maintains Eurocopter aircraft in India, also plans to open a fourth MRO facility in Bhubaneshwar in eastern India.

This will "mostly likely come up in Bhubaneshwar by the second half of this year", says Eurocopter chief executive Mike Meyer.

Indocopters, part of Vectra Group, already has MRO facilities in Greater Noida and Mumbai.
It is investing Rp1.5 billion ($33 million) in the first three MRO facilities, it says.

Indocopters has facilitated the sale of around 20 Eurocopter types over the past three years including four
helicopters to private owners and commercial operators at the India Aviation air show in Hyderabad earlier this month.

Meyer says Eurocopter plans to double its India-based fleet in India within the next three to five years - capturing 40-50% of the market, he adds.

The growing market for pre-owned helicopters is also being explored by Eurocopter although India's lack of
infrastructure could be a hindrance to further growth, says Indocopters chief executive Rohit Kapur.