Soon you will be flying on regional routes, made-in-India aircraft
Soon you will be flying on regional routes, made-in-India aircraft
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Very soon you will be flying regional way on board a made-in-India aircraft. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has allowed Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL)-manufactured Dornier 228 to be used for civilian flights.The 19-seater aircraft has, till now, been used by defence forces and is the first plane to be made in the country for commercial flights.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has given type certification to this aircraft and also given a certificate of soundness to HAL's Dornier 228. Now, HAL can sell this plane to airlines in India and it can be used by them for regional flights under the Modi's government's ambitious UDAN scheme, a senior aviation official said. "Some special bonus may be given to operators using this plane. Apart from airlines in India," further added by the official

The non-pressurised plane has the maximum travelling speed of 428 kmph and a range of 700 km. It is able of night flying. HAL with success carried out test flights of this plane at Kanpur airport this month after which DGCA gave the needed nod for it to be used on the civil side. HAL has a "transport aircraft division" in Kanpur since 1960. "(It) has core competence in the manufacture, maintenance, modification and upgrade of light transport aircraft and trainer aircraft for both domestic and international markets.

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