New Delhi: Projecting that the number of civil helicopters in India will increase by nearly three-fold to 800 in next 10-20 years, an aviation think-tank today said the NDA government's ambitious " Make in India" project coupled with strategic initiatives could make this growth happen.
According to Indian arm of the Sydney-based Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA), almost half of this projected requirement would be needed for providing regional connectivity, which is one of the focus areas of the proposed civil aviation policy.
"At present, there are about 276 helicopters registered with the DGCA. We expect this fleet size to go up to 800 in the next 10-20 years period," CAPA India head Kapil Kaul said at an international conference on general aviation organised by the state-owned chopper operator Pawan Hans here today.
Read news in full 16/10/15 PTI/Economic Times
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