Mahindra Aerospace is to begin manufacturing smaller civil aircraft for the Indian aviation market.
Mahindra board member Hemant Luthra told the Indo-Asian news service (IANS) that it would manufacture turboprop aircraft in two to 20-seat capacity at the recently acquired Gippsland Aeronautics (GA) facility in Australia and market them in India.
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Manufacturing will be shifted to India within three years, when Mahindra’s plant near Bangalore is set up and certified for production .
Mahindra vice-chairman and managing director Anand Mahindra told IANS that it would explore every opportunity to become a top aircraft manufacturer.