Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) received the modification document of the HAL Do-228 (Upgraded) civil aircraft from the DGCA at the DefExpo-2020 in Lucknow.
Two Civil Do-228 produced by HAL for launch under UDAN scheme have configuration certification from DGCA for MTOW at 6,200 kg. But in order to meet the prospective operator’s requirement of a transport aircraft flyable under Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL) category, HAL took efforts to reduce the aircraft weight below 5,700 kg.
With this development, HAL can now produce Do-228 (Upgraded) aircraft for UDAN — the regional airport development and Regional Connectivity Schemeinitiated by the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA).
The document was handed over by G Rajsekhar, JDG, DGCA, to Apurba Roy, General Manager at HAL’s Transport Aircraft Division, Kanpur, in the presence of R Madhavan, CMD, HAL, and senior executives from HAL and DGCA.
