TARMAC Aerosave receives Indian DGCA approval covering the full Airbus A320 family and all engine types

TARMAC Aerosave, Europe’s leading provider of aircraft storage, maintenance and recycling services, announced today at MRO Asia-Pacific 2026 that it has received approval (IND.FAMO.0000000129) from India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). The certification covers the entire Airbus A320 family, including aircraft powered by CFM56, IAE V2500, CFM LEAP-1A and Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engines.

The approval enables TARMAC Aerosave’s headquarters facility in Tarbes, France, to perform maintenance on Indian-registered aircraft and issue Certificates of Release to Service recognized by the Indian Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). The authorization encompasses the full breadth of the company’s expertise, including base maintenance, end-of-lease transitions, aircraft storage and preservation, return-to-service programs, and engine services.

A Strategic Position in a Rapidly Expanding Market

India is the world's fastest-growing aviation market in terms of fleet expansion, with a large and increasingly diverse Airbus A320 fleet. The new DGCA approval aligns with this fleet profile, covering aircraft powered by both current-generation engines, the CFM LEAP-1A and Pratt & Whitney PW1100G, as well as legacy CFM56-5B and IAE V2500 powerplants.

Crucially, because the approval extends across all A320 engine variants, TARMAC Aerosave can accommodate any Airbus A320-family aircraft operated in India without engine-related limitations. This provides significant flexibility for airlines, lessors and asset managers, particularly when managing mixed fleets, lease transitions and aircraft transfers between Indian and international operators.

Max Oldorf, Chief Commercial Officer of ch-viation commented:“The great majority of India's commercial fleet is leased rather than owned. Every fleet decision that follows from that, an induction, a lease extension, a redelivery, is a transition event, and the number of those events scales with the size of the fleet. India's A320 fleet is growing faster than any other, so the transition and end-of-lease workload attached to it will keep building well into the next decade."

Alexandre Brun, CEO of TARMAC Aerosave stated: "This approval is far more than an additional line in our certification portfolio. It gives us access to the world's most dynamic aviation market, on the aircraft type that sits at the heart of what we do. Because it covers every engine variant of the A320 family, we can respond without restriction to the needs of Indian operators and lessors." 

Operating Europe's largest aircraft storage network across three sites, TARMAC Aerosave supports aviation stakeholders throughout every stage of an aircraft's lifecycle. The company offers storage, preservation, maintenance, lease transition and return-to-service solutions, as well as end-of-life dismantling and recycling services that recover more than 92% of an aircraft's weight.

Since 2007, more than 2,100 aircraft have passed through TARMAC Aerosave's facilities, with over 1,600 subsequently returned to service.