Made-in-India civil aircraft to be ready in two years: Rammohan Naidu

Visakhapatnam, Nov 12 (UNI) India will have an indigenously manufactured civilian aircraft within the next two years, union Civil Aviation Minister K. Rammohan Naidu said on Thursday. Addressing a special plenary session on the future of Indian aviation at the 31st CII Partnership Summit here, he said the country had made significant progress in civil aviation, with the number of airports increasing from 74 in 2014 to 166 at present. The annual air passenger traffic had also increased to 25 crore, reflecting the expansion of air connectivity through the UDAN regional connectivity scheme, he said. Under the second phase of…