NEW DELHI: Hybrid electric flying machines, high payload drones, light utility helicopter (LUH) and high altitude pseudo satellites (HAPS) could soon increase state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s (HAL) presence in civil aviation space.
Its made-in-India Dornier 228, which Alliance Air will use for regional flights in Arunachal Pradesh, is being rechristened as Hindustan 228 and could soon be flying in foreign skies also with that name as queries for the same have come from buyers from Sri Lanka and the Philippines, the aerospace behemoth’s CMD, R Madhavan, told TOI Tuesday.
“We have started the process of getting European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification for our 8-seater (2 pilots, six passengers) LUH.
