Civil aviation in India is growing at the fastest rate in the world. From the current 143 million annual domestic passengers, the number is expected to more than double to 300 million by 2030. The number of aircraft is also increasing: from 400 in 2014 to 700 today. There are now 149 airports in operation in India, including 137 standard airports, 2 water airports and 9 heliports. The government plans to increase this number to 200, in line with the UDAN initiative to increase regional connectivity and the Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation's Vision 2040 initiative. With the growing number of flights comes the need to modernise air traffic management, which is the responsibility of the Airports Authority of India (AAI), a customer of Eldis, across India. With significant investments and changes in obligations for carriers, for example, the AAI has enabled the mandatory distance between aircraft to be halved to 5 nautical miles from the start of 2024. This has increased airspace capacity by 40%.

Eldis, a CSG holding company, will supply a total of 11 combined (PSR/MSSR) and nine secondary airport radars (MSSR) to India between 2024 and 2026. Some of these will replace older radars, but most will be used to equip new airports. Winning the tender confirmed Eldis' position in the Indian market and the trust that the company's products and services have built in this market. "This entire contract will be in the upper hundreds of millions of crores. The order is in line with India's Vision 2040 programme, which among other things describes the dramatic growth of civil aviation in the country. The programme was issued by the Ministry of Civil Aviation there. The development of aviation in India is huge compared to Europe or other parts of the world. It is not just a vision, as the name of the programme suggests. They are actually implementing it," says Filip Vogel, commercial director of Eldis Pardubice, who also heads the subsidiary Eldis India.

In addition to the previous contract for AAI, Eldis was also awarded a contract to supply 11 radars to the Navy and Air Force of the Indian Army in the past. Together with the current order for AAI, the total number of radars delivered by the Pardubice company to India after 2026 should exceed five dozen. This year, the company also won a tender for the supply of a new generation precision approach radar for Hindustan Aeronautics Limited under the Ministry of Defence of India.

The Czech aerospace industry provides high quality goods and services that stand up to international competition. With the expansion of air transport and infrastructure, long-term government support to the sector and rising living standards, the industry in India provides a number of opportunities for companies engaged in the manufacture of aircraft, aircraft engines and other components, drones, radar systems, airport infrastructure and security; or services related to aircraft repair and maintenance and aircrew training. 

Source: https://www.export.cz/ 

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