Andhra Pradesh is set to build India’s first “giga-scale” electric air taxi manufacturing cluster in Anantapur, with Karnataka-based Sarla Aviation committing an investment of ₹1,300 crore.

The partnership was announced on Tuesday after Sarla Aviation and the Andhra Pradesh Airport Development Corporation Ltd (APADCL) signed an MoU at the CII Partnership Summit 2025 in Visakhapatnam. The development follows Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s recent announcement that the state aims to begin producing drone taxis within two years. Advertisement

At the centre of the plan is the upcoming “Sky Factory”, which Sarla says will rank among the world’s largest facilities for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft — flying vehicles capable of lifting, hovering and landing verti

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