Adani, Embraer plan to build commercial planes in India
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New Delhi: Adani Group and Brazilian aerospace major Embraer are set to announce next week the plan to set up a final assembly line for civilian aircraft in India, a significant push for the efforts to make planes in the country.
India is one of the world’s fastest growing civil aviation markets and air traffic demand is rising, with airlines expanding their fleets and new airports coming up. A MoU wil be inked by executives of Adani Defence and Aerospace, and Embraer in the presence of Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu on January 27 in Delhi. The plan is for setting up the Final Assembly Line (FAL) for making Embraer jets in the country, according to sources. Embraer makes commercial jets with up to 150 seats. With the FAL, Adani Group, which already has good presence in the Indian aviation space, will be making its foray into building aircraft in India.
One of the sources said that in due course after the operationalisation of the FAL, Adani Group is also likely to start manufacturing the aircraft components. In an invitation sent out jointly by the two companies for a media briefing in the national capital on January 27, they said “a historic development in India’s commercial aviation ‘Make in India’s journey will be announced”.
