New Delhi: India’s state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has signed a deal with Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (PJSC-UAC) for the manufacture of SJ-100 civil commuter aircraft in India.

These aircraft will be used for short-haul connectivity under the UDAN scheme that offers affordable air travel to people. The scheme plans to connect places that were not in India’s air map till recently. ADVERTISEMENT

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in Moscow on Monday between Prabhat Ranjan of HAL and Oleg Bogomolov from PJSC-UAC, Russia, in the presence of D K Sunil, CMD, HAL and Vadim Badeka, Director General, PJSC-UAC.

The SJ-100 is a twin-engine, narrow-body aircraft. More than 200 aircraft have been produced and are being operated by more than 16 commercial airli

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