Union Minister flags off First Made in India DornierAircraft Flight

What is the News?

The Minister of Civil Aviation has flagged off the first flight of Made in India “Dornier Do-228 Aircraft”.

What is Dornier 228 Aircraft?

It is a multipurpose Made in India Aircraft. The aircraft has also been named as Hindustan aircraft.

Manufactured by: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)

Note: HAL had been manufacturing Dornier aircrafts after the transfer of technology from the German firm that owned it, but the aircraft had not been used for civil aviation so far.

Features: It is a 17-seater non-pressurised aircraft. It is capable of day and night operations, short take-off and landing and can land and take off from semi-prepared runways. 

Route: The aircraft will initially fly from Dibrugarh in Assam to Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh and finally to Lilabari in Assam. Other areas will be connected soon.

The aircraft has been deployed under the Regional Connectivity Scheme(RCS) called UDAN.

Operated by: ​​Alliance Air, a public sector airline company, will operate the Dornier 228 Aircraft.

With this, Alliance Air became the first commercial airline to operate Indian-made aircraft for civil operations.

Source: This post is based on the article “Union Minister flags off First Made in India DornierAircraft Flight” published in PIB on 12th April 2022.