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Apurba Roy, General Manager, HAL said that the design has been transferred from Dornier GmbH. He further said that this particular aircraft is under type certification and have the name of Hindustan 228. He further confirmed that all the testing parameters have been completed. This aircraft can have many utilities.
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They can be used as an ambulance, cargo, parajam or paradrop, etc.
In a first major attempt in India to develop small civil transport aircraft, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) introduced Hindustan 228, a 19-seater aircraft that can be operated even in semi-prepared and unpaved airstrips.
Apurba Roy, General Manager, HAL said, “The design has been transferred to us from Dornier GmbH. This particular aircraft is under type certification and will have it in the name of Hindustan 228.”
“There is a lot of interest shown from the state governments as well as private parties to make it deployable in the Udan scheme.”
— ROY
He went on to say: “There is a huge potential for these kinds of aircraft in the market. There are few aircraft in India and across the world that are designed for short-haul travel and can operate on a semi-prepared runway. This aircraft can have many utilities. They can be used as an ambulance, cargo or paradrop, etc. It is a multi-utility aircraft,” he added.
HAL is making six more such aircraft. The 19-seater aircraft has no toilet. And if the toilet is added then seating capacity will be 17. The engine of the aircraft is not made in India. “There is a lot of interest shown from the state governments as well as private parties to make it deployable in the Udan scheme,” Roy said.
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