Airbus will mark its presence at India Aviation 2016 being organised in Hyderabad from March 16-20. Visitors will find scale models of the A380, A350 XWB and A320neo on display, besides detailed information on Airbus’ product portfolio. Additionally, a customer A350 XWB aircraft and a customer A380 aircraft will be on static display for a part of the week.
Airbus aircraft have over 70 per cent market share in India. It is at the forefront of the Make in India initiative and is fostering long term partnerships with India’s civil aviation sector.
In 2015, Airbus’ annual procurement from India exceeded US$ 500 million from over 45 suppliers, together employing more than 6,000 people. It has now set its sights on exceeding US$ 2 billion in cumulative sourcing over the next five years up to 2020.
Around 400 engineers are working for Airbus in India in core areas such as structural analysis, digital mock-up, avionics software design and testing, and computational fluid dynamics. Several hundred more are employed at the two dedicated design centres, operated by partners, in Bengaluru.
