Nagpur: The Dassault Reliance Aerospace Limited (DRAL), which is set to take up another 30 acres of land in Mihan, has plans to scale up the assembly of Falcon 2000 business jets at the new site.
The company, which is already operating in a 30-acre plot here, plans take up the additional land on sub-lease from Reliance Aerostructure Limited (RAL). A draft MoU is close to be finalized and will be signed within a week, Maharashtra Airport Development Company’s vice-chairman-cum-managing director Deepak Kapoor told TOI.
The MoU will be a tripartite document between MADC, RAL and DRAL. The project is expected to be operational by December 2022. DRAL CEO Arvind Kumar refused to comment on the matter at this juncture.
“The plan is to scale up the number of Falcon 2000 business jets assembled here. The existing unit is already making components of Rafale fighter aircraft which would continue in the new plant. Aircraft maintenance will also be taken up and this include the Falcon 2000 business jet and the Rafael fighter planes,” Kapoor added.
Under the arrangement, RAL which has already sub-leased 31.4 acres to DRAL, plans to let out another plot of 30.85 acres adjacent to it. RAL has 104 acres under its possession in Mihan. DRAL is a joint venture between Anil Ambani promoted-RAL and France’s Dassault Aviation. The Nagpur unit of DRAL is part of investments arising out of the offset agreement on purchase of 36 Rafale jets in the country.
“The expansion by DRAL is expected to not only generate higher revenue for the government, but also create a lot of jobs,” said Kapoor.
The other major units in the aviation sector in Mihan include the maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) by Air India. Indamer-AAR Technics have also started operations in Mihan last week making it the second operational MRO here. Tata Group’s TAAL is already into manufacture of floor beams apart from DRAL already having its first phase operational.
DRAL has provided rigorous training to youths, including many girls, in the technical aspects of Falcon in the existing plant. “Some of those youngsters were also sent to the plant in France to learn the basics. Already many youths from Industrial Training Institutes from Bhandara, Chandrapur and Nagpur are working in the plant,” said Kapoor.
01/08/21 Vaibhav Ganjapure & Shishir Arya/Times of India
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