Order value wasn’t disclosed but Airbus India MD says company sources components & services worth $750 mn from India every year and plans to take it to $1.5 bn over next few years.
Airbus says it will take at least 24 months for final assembly line to be set up & deliveries of ‘1st Made in India H125s’ are expected to commence in 2026
BEIJING (Reuters) - Airbus has unveiled its first global aircraft recycling project in aviation hub Chengdu in southwest China, state-run Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday. The Airbus Lifecycle
At a time when IAF plans to replace even AN-32s, procurement of C295s is likely to come in handy because of load-carrying capacity & its ability to take off on shorter airstrip.
The C295 has a rear ramp for loading and unloading & can carry up to nine tonnes of payload, or as many as 71 troops, at a maximum cruise speed of about 480 km.
The Indian budget carrier placed a record order for 500 narrowbody jets from Airbus recently, while it already has 480 carriers in store from previous orders.
India also in talks with Airbus to set up maintenance, repair & overhaul hub for C-295 aircraft, which are operated by a number of countries, including UAE, Philippines, Thailand.
Airbus officially booked orders for 500 jets from budget carrier IndiGo and 250 from Air India that were announced or finalised at last month's Paris Airshow.
According to government reply in Lok Sabha, the pilot phase of PMIS is being used to test concepts, strategies and systems before a full-scale implementation of the scheme.
Order for 87 MALE drones will be split between 2 Indian firms in 64:36 ratio to ensure there are 2 independent manufacturing lines with at least 60% indigenous components.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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