India considering developing civilian aircraft
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India is developing its first civilian aircraft – a 70 to 90-seater plane catering to the regional aviation market, PTI reported.A feasibility study is now being undertaken by a high-powered committee headed by former Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation G Madhavan.According to M R Nayak, advisor and chief scientist at the state-owned National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), the aircraft would be developed through the public-private partnership mode. Some of the private sector companies mentioned in the report are HCL, QUEST, Infosys, Mahindras, L&T and Tata Group.President of Boeing India, Dinesh Keskar, was quoted saying that India would require 1,150 civilian planes, worth US$130 billion, over the next two decades.The report added that the aircraft being developed would have a range of 800 km, making it conducive for travel within India due to the close proximity of Tier-I and Tier-II cities.
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