ENA Knowledge Resource 2022-11-28 08:34:07 <p><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>New Delhi, Nov 28 (KNN)</strong> The central government is looking for land available near airports to initiate the work for manufacturing passenger aircraft in India, reported Mint.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">The government is looking at various airports. The idea is to have enough land available near an airport so that there is runway access for test flights. The aviation ministry is expected to identify 5-6 airports for this purpose, a senior official told Mint.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px"><strong><a href="https://bit.ly/3B9mZSj"><img alt="FOLLOW US on GOOGLE NEWS" src="https://knnindia.co.in//uploads/gallery/GoogleNews.jpg" style="border-style:solid; border-width:1px; height:95px; margin:1px; width:299px" /></a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">Presently, potential sites with availability of massive land parcels are being identified by the ministry of civil aviation as the facilities for aerospace manufacturing will need large space for assembly lines, aircraft parts, ancillary units and other storage requirements, he added.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">Earlier in October 30, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had laid the foundation stone of C-295 transport aircraft manufacturing facility in Vadodara, Gujarat.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">This marks a significant development for aviation manufacturing as it is Indias first in the private sector.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">The facility will manufacture C-295 aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF) through collaboration between Tata Advanced Systems Limited and Airbus Defence and Space S.A., Spain. <em><strong>(KNN Bureau)</strong></em></span></p> 31355 https://knnindia.co.in/news/newsdetails/knowledge-resource/centre-searches-land-near-airports-for-manufacturing-of-aircraft 2022-11-28 08:34:07 knnindia.co.in