The Tatas are proposing to set up the country’s first defence and civil aerospace hub at Aadibhatla, near Hyderabad. Speaking during the inauguration of the India Aviation-2008 at the Begumpet Airport on Wednesday, Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy said the Tata Group’s Tata Advance Systems would invest Rs 500 crore in the proposed special economic zone to set up the aerospace hub to manufacture radar and satellite systems. The AP Government would provide 50 acres of land to the Tatas at the SEZ near the hardware park to set up the aerospace hub.

The Tata’s aerospace hub is over and above the Lepakshi Aerospace Station and Academy that may also come at Chilamatur in Anantapur district. Besides, the Lepakshi Aerospace Station and Academy will also come up at Chilamattur in Anantapur district for design, manufacture and maintenance of military and civil space vehicles. Besides several small business jets by Dassault, Bombardier and other companies, an Airbus 319 acquired by Air India landed at the airport during the country’s first-ever international aviation exhibition and air show. The Airbus 319 would be inducted into the Air India fleet. Airbus, Boeing, Hindavia, Jeppesen, Bell Helicopter are also participating in the show. The much-awaited Airbus A 380 would land at 12 noon on Thursday.

Inaugurating the exhibition, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said the aviation industry in the country was in the midst of a crisis but the Government was doing all it could to help them out. “It is a tough time for the entire industry worldwide,” he said. “We have set the ball rolling for the development of the Indian aviation sector. We are also committed to making aviation safer and cleaner with the co-operation of other countries like the US,” he said. “Indian aviation is here to stay.” Patel said to develop the sector in the country, about 400 old and unused airports would be made operational in a phased manner.

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