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Given the complexities, I will be happy to see the first prototype starts flying around 2022.

As per DProP 2018. India to build 80-100 aircraft within next 7 years which is by 2024-25. So project RTA is very much alive and running. @sayareakd. Plz, include RTA in thread's title. Thank you.

Some Activity on RTA front. @abingdonboy

Without a GOI owned carrier as a launch customer and a major operator of SARAS, neither it nor any following designs like RTA etc would ever be successful commercially. The story of Civil Dhruv and HANSA will repeat. I have little doubt about it. I also believe that even if these designs are...

Air Odisha and Trujet are promising new operators. I guess many more will follow. Air Deccan also in same category but I don't trust the guy. I wish GOI starts an airline just to make this segment popular with SARAS alone. It will be like two birds with one stone.

SARAS forms a firm base for undertaking such a project. Anyway, SARAS's role right now will be to perform feeder role connecting small cities with larger hubs for domestic and international passengers. In places like NE, Andaman & Nicobar, Lakshadweep etc it can be used for providing air travel...

Right now, they will keep RTA-70 as a direct equivalent of ATR-72.At a later stage when they will design a 90-120 seat version. I believe a Turbofan variant will be developed but as an E2 & C-series equivalent. Direct equivalents with less overall cost offer an attractive replacement. Which is...

SARAS-NG. It is said that an aircraft that looks good fly well. Definitely true is the case of SARAS.

Great! Finally, SARAS is coming with Sharklets/WInglets. The cockpit looks modern enough. An overall good improvement over the base model. Besides, SARAS NG is a better sounding name than MK-2. Once TATA starts producing it(hopefully) then it could be renamed as TA-019 or something like that. I...

Going to Germany for 737. It was hard to choose between 320 and 737 but i let my heart win..........Spicejet is really hot anyway. You too sir. Happy Landings.

GAA is what my flight school recommends. It has a Type Rating in compliance with DGCA's guidelines besides having good flying conditions around the year. But I am keeping CTE Hyderabad as an option as well. All for A320 family type rating of course. For 737 its Germany all the way.

Yeah! Let's see what GOI is planning. ------ So far the plan is to go to Bahrain. However i might say what the heck lets go to Germany for 737.

19 seater MK-2 is getting contemporary to advance avionics that is there in the market. It has been confirmed. I hope GOI makes an aggressive sells pitch for SARAS like by selling first 200 SARAS on 25-40% subsidy. Airlines buying in large numbers say 10 plus should get extra freebies like...

Garmin is almost standard. But for Indian market lets promote an Indian manufacturer. Creation of entire ecosystem is important. HALBIT could be given charge. ----- Forget to ask earlier. Which stage you are at and you choice for Type Rating?

See present PT1N model is only an optimised aircraft aimed at rebuilding the confidence of all the stakeholders in the program through 20 odd flights. The following step will see the manufacturing of 2 new SARAS based on a heavily improved design of baseline SARAS circa 2004. This model will...

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C295 will be first fully assembled aircraft from TATA........ Its experience will come handy during development and manufacturing of RTAs.

India’s 19-seater dream will be Saras Mk-2 PT-IN flight data will inspire NAL to prepare the DPR (detail project report) for India’s much-awaited 19-seater passenger plane – Saras Mk2. The Saras Mk2 will have additional five more seats and a toilet as compared to the PT1N. It will also have...

I hope RTA team is considering these two as two different designs not as substitutes like earlier. Developing top one as E-190-2 series / C-series equivalent and bottom one as ATR-72 equivalent. There is a very large market for said categories. If GOI is serious then it should go all hog. Pour...

Considering TATA will take up the challenge. Which i doubt unless order book swells considerably. So to start, HAL Kanpur division is the only option. Tier-1 manufacturing at TATA is very feasible though If PT-2 had not crashed SARAS would have joined IAF at least couple of years ago. Anyway...