Adani Group partners with Brazil's Embraer to build regional jets in India for the first time

The Adani Group has partnered with Brazilian aerospace major Embraer to make the latter's popular regional jets in India, which are operated on short-to medium-haul routes with seating capacity ranging from 70 to 146 passengers, as reported by The Times of India.

Adani Group partners with Brazil's Embraer to build regional jets

With the Make in India jets, the country will soon join a select group of nations that have a final assembly line (FAL) for commercial fixed-wing aircraft.

Last month, Adani Aerospace signed an MoU with Embraer in Brazil for the FAL, to boost PM Modi's Make in India programme in the aviation space, said TOI.

Details about the site and investment for the proposed FAL, and when it will get operational, have not yet been announced, but are expected later this month at the Hyderabad air show.

Last December, the Adani group said it plans to foray into engine MRO as well as passenger-aircraft-to-freighter (P2F) conversion.

"We have separated the two (aviation). One is the airport infrastructure and the other one is the aircraft services business. So that can include dual use, defence and civilian use. So, between Indamer and Air Works (MROs), we are now combining the platform into a single giant MRO company," Jeet Adani, Director of Adani Airport Holdings Ltd (AAHL), told PTI during an interaction last week.

“Several things are under consideration, including fiscal incentives for those ordering from this FAL. Like any new programme, the idea is to give incentives on a reducing basis as the orders grow, say, after every 50 orders placed,” an official told TOI.

The Adani Group plans to invest ₹1 lakh crore in its airports business over the next five years.

The group is reportedly planning to invest in new airport privatisations expected in the next round of bidding. It has already invested in maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facilities and flight simulation training centre (FSTC) verticals.

The Adani Group, through its airport arm Adani Airport Holdings Ltd (AAHL), is India’s largest airport infrastructure operator, accounting for about 23% of passenger traffic and nearly 33% of cargo movement across the country.

“We have separated the two aviation verticals. One is the airport infrastructure and the other is the aircraft services business, which can include dual-use defence and civilian operations. Between Indamer and Air Works (MROs), we are now combining the platform into a single large MRO company,” Jeet Adani, Director of AAHL, told PTI during an interaction last week.

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