Embraer and Sukhoi held talks for production, far-flung people will be benefited

The government of India will partner with Global Aircraft Company including Embraer and Russia's Sukhoi under Make in India to create better air connectivity to remote areas. Under this, a deal will be done to make small aircraft. Which will be able to reach remote areas fast.
This will give a boost to tourism and the economy will also benefit. According to reports, the 100-seater aircraft will be produced in Gujarat. Preliminary talks have taken place regarding the deal. The Government of India will have a 51 percent stake in the partnership and the foreign company will transfer the technology.
India, which has become the fastest-growing aviation market in the world, wants to increase its fleet of small aircraft. So that they can be operated even from airports with limited capacity and short runways. With this, more and more people will be able to travel by air.
According to government rules, every airline has to operate at least 10% of its capacity on remote routes including Kashmir and the North East border with China. In such a situation, smaller aircraft would be more useful as they would be able to fill most of the seats. According to Airbus SE estimates, India will need 2,210 aircraft by 2040. 80 percent will be small aircraft.
India's preliminary talks with Brazilian company Embraer have been completed. Sukhoi has shown interest in producing the aircraft locally. ATR has also been approached, which is a joint venture between Airbus and Leonardo SpA. ATR's smaller planes make up for the big bucks on regional routes in India. Of these, Indigo operates 39 planes.
ATR's rival SpiceJet uses de Havilland's Dash-8 Q400 turboprops. Their capacity is 78 to 90 seaters. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited is already making the 19-seater Dornier 228 aircraft for the Army Force and Alliance Air.
Embraer says there is a significant opportunity to build smaller aircraft. Every manufacturing company wants to work for India. In such a situation, this step will be a win for both.
PM Modi wants to promote production in India. Where on one hand the economy will benefit from this, on the other hand, the local people will get jobs.
Also, the central government is subsidizing airlines to make air travel more affordable and improve connectivity. Under the Regional Connectivity Program, the government has allocated Rs 45 billion. Through this, along with developing 100 airports, heliports and wardrobes will be built by next year.