Hindustan Aeronautics has signed a memorandum of understanding with Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation for the production of civil commuter aircraft SJ-100. Under the arrangement, HAL will have the right to manufacture SJ-100 aircraft for domestic customers.

This will also be the first time that a complete passenger aircraft will be manufactured in India. The last such project carried out in India was HAL’s production of AVRO HS748, which started in 1961 and ended in 1988.

SJ-100 specification and uses

The Russian origin SJ-100 is a twin-engine, narrow-body aircraft. The aircraft is primarily used for commercial purposes. The United Aircraft Corporation has manufactured over 200 such aircraft. These aircraft are used by 16 commercial airline operators.

HAL stated that the SJ-100 w

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