Adani to make aircraft in India with Brazil's Embraer

The deal with world's third-largest plane manufacturer marks Adani's entry into the sector

- Abhishek Law & Swastika Das Sharma

Embraer's FLA will produce smaller aircraft suited for regional connectivity.

(REUTERS)

Gautam Adani-led Adani Group has signed a partnership with Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer S.A. to set up a small-jet manufacturing facility in India.

Adani Defence and Aerospace, an Adani Enterprise Ltd subsidiary, will zero in on the project site to be Embraer's first production facility in Asia “over the next couple of months”, the company's director Jeet Adani said on Tuesday.

"Together, we will establish a regional aircraft manufacturing facility in India and a one-of-a-kind aviation ecosystem, a project that will redefine the future of aviation in our country," Adani said announcing the deal, which marks the group's entry into aircraft manufacturing. “We have some sites in mind and are working on them. In the next couple of months, we will come back with the details, including investment and aircraft type to be manufactured,” Adani said.

Embraer, world's third-largest civilian aircraft manufacturer after The Boeing Co. and Airbus S.E., manufactures the Embraer Regional Jet and E-Jet families of narrow-body, short-to medium-range passenger aircraft.

It also makes private jets, defence aircraft, and agricultural planes.