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As India has missed the chance to build on Dornier 228 to build its follow on variants. Plans are afoot to build the ATR 72 aircraft in India. ATR is open to making turboprop aircraft in India if it makes strong business sense, with officials stating it's "nothing off the table," as India's regional aviation market is booming and they already use Indian supply chains, seeing potential for hundreds more planes in the next decade. While currently assembling in France/Italy, ATR (a Airbus-Leonardo JV) is exploring component sourcing and assembly options to meet India's massive demand, viewing India as a key future market for its fuel-efficient, short-route planes. Currently, around 70 ATR aircraft are in service across India. As one of the fastest-growing civil aviation markets, India is seeing a rise in domestic air travel, with more Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities gaining access to air services. ATR thinks their is possibility of developing 300 new routes in India that ...

                          Russia has offered its Superjet SJ-100 to India to manufacture it and boost the number of passenger aircrafts available for regional travel in India. India and Russia have committed to a new aircraft production partnership, with India’s state-backed Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) signing a memorandum of understanding with Russia’s PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) to produce civil commuter SJ-100 aircraft, the companies have announced. The Superjet SJ-100 is a twin-engine, narrow-body Russian regional passenger aircraft already in commercial service, with more than 200 units operating across 16 airlines worldwide. Under the new arrangement, HAL will have the rights to manufacture the aircraft in India for Indian customers. The agreement, signed in Moscow on Tuesday (October 28), marks a significant step in India’s ongoing efforts to manufacture a passenger aircraft for the first time. HA...

Examples of gas turbine: (1) turbojet, (2) turboprop, (3) turboshaft (shown as electric generator), (4) high-bypass turbofan, (5) low-bypass afterburning turbofan Gas Turbine A gas turbine or gas turbine engine is a type of continuous flow internal combustion engine. The main parts common to all gas turbine engines form the power-producing part (known as the gas generator or core) and are, in the direction of flow: •      a rotating gas compressor •      a combustor •      a compressor-driving turbine. Additional components have to be added to the gas generator to suit its application. Common to all is an air inlet but with different configurations to suit the requirements of marine use, land use or flight at speeds varying from stationary to supersonic. A propelling nozzle is added to produce thrust for flight. An extra turbine is added to drive a propeller (turboprop) or ducted fan (turbofan) to reduce fuel con...