Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Safran Aircraft Engine Services India, or SAESI, facility in Hyderabad through videoconferencing on 26 November 2025. SAESI is Safran's dedicated MRO facility for LEAP aircraft engines. MRO means Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul, so the development is important not only as an industrial project but also as a marker of India's aviation service ecosystem, high-technology manufacturing and self-reliance goals.

The facility is located at the GMR Aerospace and Industrial Park-SEZ near Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad. The Prime Minister's Office and PIB describe it as one of the largest global aircraft engine MRO facilities and as the first instance of a global engine OEM setting up an MRO operation in India. It is spread across about 45,000 square metres, has an initial investment of around ₹1,300 crore, and is designed to service up to 300 LEAP engines annually. At full operational capacity by 2035, it will employ more than 1,000 skilled Indian technicians and engineers. LEAP engines power Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.

For exams, the facility works as an example of India's aviation MRO market, industrial investment and airport-linked infrastructure. In prelims, the location, purpose, LEAP engine linkage and meaning of MRO can be asked. In mains, it can be used as an example of India's push to become a global aviation MRO hub, create high-skill jobs, reduce foreign exchange outflows and strengthen supply-chain resilience. For RAS/UPSC and other listed exams, it is a useful example of aviation-industrial development and service-sector capacity building.