Sri Lanka small passenger aircraft targeted by Mahindra Aviation

India's Mahindra group is targeting Sri Lanka with its range of small passenger aircraft which can boost domestic and short range air travel between neighboring destinations including the Maldives, a top executive said.
The group's chief of strategy, Shiprakash Shukla said its small aircraft is ideal to take smaller groups of tourists looking for quick and easy access to destinations.
Mahindra Aerospace, the aircraft manufacturing arm of the Mahindra group has five, eight and ten seat single engine light aircraft already operate in the Middle East and Australia.
"Tourism industries all over the world go for smaller aircraft. Smaller aircraft doesn’t mean small range," Shukla said.
Mahindra Aerospace's GA8 Airvan, made by its Australia based unit GippsAero has already made inroads into Sri Lanka with the island's Deccan Aviation taking delivery of the first aircraft.
03/09/12 Charitha Fernando/Lanka Business Online

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