India can produce small passenger jets by 2020, said former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. For this, India needs to make optimum use of its technology in the aero-space sector.
Kalam, popularly called the father of India's missle programme, was addressing a gathering of students at Amity University in Nodia recently.
"India has to work for 70-seater aircraft. It should be so designed that with only change in fuselage length it could vary the passenger capacity to 50 or 90.
"With the technology available, production of 70-seater passenger aircraft before 2020 is possible. This will lead to a business volume of $15
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