Make in India’s new priority: To manufacture aircrafts and aviation equipment

New Delhi, April 27: ‘Make in India’ is something which not only enhances our economy or productivity but also it motivates the nation because it learns all the technologies to produce the things or commodities it uses to import in its own premises itself. Likewise, aircraft and aviation equipment manufacturing in India only will boost the aviation sector of the nation too.

Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu stated that aircraft and aviation equipment manufacturing under the Make in India programme and safety and security in the aviation sector would be one of his top priorities along with creating world-class passenger and cargo hubs in India.

He also stated that air passengers must have a delightful travel experience and private sector must be responsive to customer requirements during a meeting on Thursday of airline industry stakeholders, including CMDs of different airlines, airport directors and others who are involved in airport operations, on wide-ranging issues like passenger service, security, public-private partnership, infrastructure, air connectivity etc. Many dignitaries were also present during the meeting.

Prabhu informed that such meetings would be conducted at regular intervals to ensure that the growth in aviation sector industry is as per world standards. He also stated that PPP should mean private partnership not only with the Government but with the public at large. He also stressed on the need for a demand survey of the air-traffic potential from various cities that needs to be made. The issues discussed in the meeting included transforming India as an air cargo hub and working towards e-national air cargo community system and e-freight cargo.