South African companies set to benefit from IndiGo's Airbus order

IndiGo, India's largest low-cost airline carrier, has agreed to purchase 180 Airbus A320 aircraft which promises to provide substantial business to South Africa's sub-contractor firms. Airbus sub-Saharan Africa spokesman Linden Birns revealed that this was the largest single order for passenger jets in aviation history.
Centurion based Aerosud are Airbus' exclusive supplier of A320 flap-track cans. These components house the mechanisms which drive the wing flaps, responsible for controlling the aircraft during takeoff, approach and landing. They also manufacture the A320 avionics bay racks and sheet metal parts for the wings.
Cape Town based Cobham-Omnipless supply satellite communications antennae for the Airbus fleet which includes their A320 model.
In September 2010, Airbus announced contracts worth R4 billion with Aerosud, Cobham-Omnipless and Denel-Saab Aerostructures (DSA). An estimated R500 would be set aside for work related to the upcoming A350.
16/01/11 Chris Davies/African Business Review

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