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NEW DELHI: Airbus has for the first time indicated it is open to having a final assembly line (FAL) in India for its 50% owned ATR regional aircraft, given the Modi govt’s unprecedented push for enhancing aerial connectivity of small towns and cities. The European aerospace major is learnt to be in talks with stakeholders…
Brazilian aerospace major Embraer has pitched its KC-390 Millennium as the “best solution” for the Indian Air Force’s proposed procurement of around 80 medium transport aircraft, with plans to make India its primary production hub for the Asia-Pacific market if it wins the contract. Talking to PTI, Embraer President and CEO Francisco Gomes Neto described…
New Delhi: Getting “firm orders for 200 plus” aircraft from Indian carriers is the key to Embraer setting up a final assembly line (FAL) in the country for commercial fixed-wing aircraft. And if hitting the double century takes a while, a start could be made with a “completion centre” where ordered aircraft will fly in…
NEW DELHI: Ahead of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s visit to India next week, Embraer — which recently announced setting up a final assembly line here with the Adani Group — has stepped up its engagement with the country. An executive-level visit by the Brazilian aerospace major brass has kicked off work to…
NEW DELHI: India’s first final assembly line (FAL) for commercial fixed-wing aircraft could come up in either Gujarat’s Dholera or Andhra’s Bhogapuram.Adani Group’s upcoming JV (joint venture) FAL with Brazilian regional aircraft major Embraer is being aggressively wooed by both states that are implementing ambitious aerospace plans for these two places. India is looking at…
NEW DELHI: India will soon join a select group of nations that have a final assembly line (FAL) for commercial fixed-wing aircraft. The Adani Group has tied up with Brazil’s Embraer to make in India the latter’s popular regional jets, which are operated on short- to medium-haul routes with seating capacity ranging from 70 to…
