India wants to design and manufacture aircraft locally and global aerospace giants should play a role in that, civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu said on Thursday.
Simultaneously, he said that the industry should start preparing for availability of training infrastructure to have adequate skilled manpower as Indian aviation has been growing exponentially. The minister said that the country will have 8,000 aircraft in the next 20 years. India currently has around 800 planes including scheduled and non-scheduled operators.
“We want to manufacture aircraft in India that can serve the civil travel needs of India. We feel that Airbus has a very big role to play,” he mentioned speaking at an event of European aerospace major Airbus which has innagurated its new South Asia headquarters.
“They (Airbus) are already doing their bit. They are expanding their footprint when it comes to manufacturing the components of aircraft…We want to design, manufacture, and maintain the aircraft in India. That is a very big change in the mindset,” the minister said.
The Bhartiya Vayuyan Vidheyak Bill 2024, which was passed by the Lok Sabha in August, includes provisions to regulate the design and manufacturing of aircraft, supporting the Atma Nirbhar Bharat initiative.
State-owned HAL is already into manufacturing small civilian planes but on a smaller scale.
While Airbus has formed entities to manufacture C295 military transport planes and H125 civil helicopters in India, it does not plan to set up any facility in the country to manufacture civilian aircraft.
India is one of the world's fastest growing civil aviation markets and Indian carriers have more than 1,200 planes on order.
India is one of the largest market for both Airbus and Boeing with IndiGo, Air India and Akasa Air together ordering more than 1,500 order in the last two years.
When asked if Airbus intends to set up a final assembly line in India, CEO Guillaume Faury early this month had said that assembly line is just the tip of the iceberg and it is not a "limiting factor". He mentioned that the "limiting factor" is the supply of large equipment, which has been affected due to fragile supply chains at the lower end of the pyramid.
Airbus has set up two training simulators for Airbus A320 aircraft at its office and plans to add another two, Remi Maillard, President & MD, Airbus India said. Airbus has also set up a joint venture with Air India under which it will set up 10 more simulators in two years.
“If you look at the next 20 years we might need another 4000 aircrafts also to to the demand of indian aviation sector. And we have to address the issue of availability of workforce from today itself and need to start building up these facilities,” minister Naidu said.
Simultaneously, he said that the industry should start preparing for availability of training infrastructure to have adequate skilled manpower as Indian aviation has been growing exponentially. The minister said that the country will have 8,000 aircraft in the next 20 years. India currently has around 800 planes including scheduled and non-scheduled operators.
“We want to manufacture aircraft in India that can serve the civil travel needs of India. We feel that Airbus has a very big role to play,” he mentioned speaking at an event of European aerospace major Airbus which has innagurated its new South Asia headquarters.
“They (Airbus) are already doing their bit. They are expanding their footprint when it comes to manufacturing the components of aircraft…We want to design, manufacture, and maintain the aircraft in India. That is a very big change in the mindset,” the minister said.
The Bhartiya Vayuyan Vidheyak Bill 2024, which was passed by the Lok Sabha in August, includes provisions to regulate the design and manufacturing of aircraft, supporting the Atma Nirbhar Bharat initiative.
State-owned HAL is already into manufacturing small civilian planes but on a smaller scale.
While Airbus has formed entities to manufacture C295 military transport planes and H125 civil helicopters in India, it does not plan to set up any facility in the country to manufacture civilian aircraft.
India is one of the world's fastest growing civil aviation markets and Indian carriers have more than 1,200 planes on order.
India is one of the largest market for both Airbus and Boeing with IndiGo, Air India and Akasa Air together ordering more than 1,500 order in the last two years.
When asked if Airbus intends to set up a final assembly line in India, CEO Guillaume Faury early this month had said that assembly line is just the tip of the iceberg and it is not a "limiting factor". He mentioned that the "limiting factor" is the supply of large equipment, which has been affected due to fragile supply chains at the lower end of the pyramid.
Airbus has set up two training simulators for Airbus A320 aircraft at its office and plans to add another two, Remi Maillard, President & MD, Airbus India said. Airbus has also set up a joint venture with Air India under which it will set up 10 more simulators in two years.
“If you look at the next 20 years we might need another 4000 aircrafts also to to the demand of indian aviation sector. And we have to address the issue of availability of workforce from today itself and need to start building up these facilities,” minister Naidu said.
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