The public sector operator of helicopter services is looking to connect district headquarters with big airports in Telugu states
Established three decades ago in 1985 as Helicopter Corporation of India Ltd (HCIL), Pawan Hans Limited has pioneered the concept of helicopter services in the country.
The public sector undertaking (PSU) has a fleet of over 44 helicopters under its wings now, providing services through 21 bases across 17 states, majority of them being in North East part of India.
It is now planning to diversify into small fixed-wing aircraft and sea planes, besides expanding its existing fleet to 100 helicopters by 2025 with an outlay of up to Rs 5,000 crore. It also plans to launch its services in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
“Both the states offer huge scope for regional air connectivity between district headquarters and big airports in the respective states. We had discussions with delegations of AP and Telangana. We will meet the officials again in April to discuss in detail. We are confident that we will start our operations in the two states in 2016,” Dr B P Sharma, Chairman & Managing Director, Pawan Hans Limited, tells The Hans India at the India Aviation 2016 show in Hyderabad.
Do you have any plans to extend your services to AP and Telangana?
Pawan Hans Limited is a central government PSU. We are presently doing helicopter flying. We plan to diversify into small fixed-wing aircraft and sea plan services. The new Civil Aviation Policy of the central government, which is to be launched soon, will aggressively promote regional connectivity. On Thursday, I had a chance to meet delegations of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh governments. Both are new states now and there is a huge scope for regional connectivity in the both as they need to connect the district headquarters with the state capitals and other cities. This can only be done with small fixed wing aircrafts and helicopters. We also had discussions with the Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh. We are in touch with Civil Aviation department of Telangana. We will work on providing regional connectivity in the two states and come out with proposals.
20/03/16 P Madhusudhan Reddy/Hans India
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Established three decades ago in 1985 as Helicopter Corporation of India Ltd (HCIL), Pawan Hans Limited has pioneered the concept of helicopter services in the country.
The public sector undertaking (PSU) has a fleet of over 44 helicopters under its wings now, providing services through 21 bases across 17 states, majority of them being in North East part of India.
It is now planning to diversify into small fixed-wing aircraft and sea planes, besides expanding its existing fleet to 100 helicopters by 2025 with an outlay of up to Rs 5,000 crore. It also plans to launch its services in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
“Both the states offer huge scope for regional air connectivity between district headquarters and big airports in the respective states. We had discussions with delegations of AP and Telangana. We will meet the officials again in April to discuss in detail. We are confident that we will start our operations in the two states in 2016,” Dr B P Sharma, Chairman & Managing Director, Pawan Hans Limited, tells The Hans India at the India Aviation 2016 show in Hyderabad.
Do you have any plans to extend your services to AP and Telangana?
Pawan Hans Limited is a central government PSU. We are presently doing helicopter flying. We plan to diversify into small fixed-wing aircraft and sea plan services. The new Civil Aviation Policy of the central government, which is to be launched soon, will aggressively promote regional connectivity. On Thursday, I had a chance to meet delegations of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh governments. Both are new states now and there is a huge scope for regional connectivity in the both as they need to connect the district headquarters with the state capitals and other cities. This can only be done with small fixed wing aircrafts and helicopters. We also had discussions with the Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh. We are in touch with Civil Aviation department of Telangana. We will work on providing regional connectivity in the two states and come out with proposals.
20/03/16 P Madhusudhan Reddy/Hans India
