In 2 years, Mahindras to produce their first 8-seat aircraft in India
22 Oct 2013 6:03 AM IST
Mahindra Aerospace, the aircraft and components manufacturing arm of Mahindra group, will start producing the first eight-seater aircraft in India in the next two years.
'You can expect that within a time-frame of two years, we will have a full-fledged eight-seater aircraft being manufactured in India,' said Hemant Luthra, President of Mahindra Systech — of which Mahindra Aerospace is a part, during the inauguration of its new aerostructure manufacturing facility here.
The company presently manufactures eight-seater - GA8 utility- aircraft in its Australia-based companies Aerostaff and GrippsAero which it acquired in 2010 to get into the aviation sector.
It has so far exported from Australia around 250 planes, which are used for tourism, humanitarian aid, adventure sports and other activities in the United States, Canada, Europe and other countries.
Mahindra is also producing 10-seater GA10, which is under certification process and is likely to available for commercial operations by 2014. The company is working on development of 18-seater GA 18.
Mahindra Group CMD Anand Mahindra said he aims to turn India from 'a global consumer in aviation sector to global producer' and the manufacturing facility was an attempt to make India's entry into the global aerospace industry and 'leave a footprint in global aerostructure supply chain'.
'It is the first aerostructure facility (in private sector) in India. Our utility aircraft are capable of landing in rugged terrains where no one has reached. It will be like our Mahindra jeep, which used to tread rugged terrain and where no other vehicle used to go,' Mahindra said.
'You can expect that within a time-frame of two years, we will have a full-fledged eight-seater aircraft being manufactured in India,' said Hemant Luthra, President of Mahindra Systech — of which Mahindra Aerospace is a part, during the inauguration of its new aerostructure manufacturing facility here.
The company presently manufactures eight-seater - GA8 utility- aircraft in its Australia-based companies Aerostaff and GrippsAero which it acquired in 2010 to get into the aviation sector.
It has so far exported from Australia around 250 planes, which are used for tourism, humanitarian aid, adventure sports and other activities in the United States, Canada, Europe and other countries.
Mahindra is also producing 10-seater GA10, which is under certification process and is likely to available for commercial operations by 2014. The company is working on development of 18-seater GA 18.
Mahindra Group CMD Anand Mahindra said he aims to turn India from 'a global consumer in aviation sector to global producer' and the manufacturing facility was an attempt to make India's entry into the global aerospace industry and 'leave a footprint in global aerostructure supply chain'.
'It is the first aerostructure facility (in private sector) in India. Our utility aircraft are capable of landing in rugged terrains where no one has reached. It will be like our Mahindra jeep, which used to tread rugged terrain and where no other vehicle used to go,' Mahindra said.
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