Karnataka is evolving into a major aviation hub due to the many aerospace manufacturing and research facilities being built in the state, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday, as he inaugurated the Boeing India Engineering & Technology Centre (BIETC) in Bengaluru.
“It is a big day for the residents of Karnataka,” Modi said, lauding the state. “Last year, Asia’s biggest helicopter manufacturing facility was inaugurated in Karnataka. Now, they are also getting this global technology campus, which shows that Karnataka is evolving into a major aviation hub,” he said.
Boeing has invested Rs 1,600 crore in the 43-acre campus — the company’s largest facility outside the US — located in the city’s Aerospace Park.
