HAL to have maintenance base in Ecuador
Upbeat over the encouraging export orders of Advance Light Helicopter -- Dhruv, aerospace major Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has decided to set up a maintenance base for the chopper in Ecuador.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI : Upbeat over the encouraging export orders of Advance Light Helicopter -- Dhruv, aerospace major Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has decided to set up a maintenance base for the chopper in Ecuador.
Officials in the state-run defence behemoth said HAL decided to establish the maintenance base in Ecuador after it received export order of seven Dhruv helicopters from the country.
"The export order from Latin American countries have encouraged us to go for a maintenance base in Ecuador," a top official in the HAL said.
"Winning the bidding to supply the choppers to Ecuador was a great achievement and we want to capitalise on it," he said adding HAL will offer best maintenance and service facilities to Ecuador for the ALH.
He said the Latin American market has huge potential and HAL was aiming to bag many more export orders from other countries of the region.
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"We are eyeing other countries of the region also to sell the Advance Light Helicopter (ALH)," the official said, on the condition of anonymity. The aerospace giant has so far received export orders worth Rs 15,000 crore for the ALH from Peru, Ecuador and Turkey.
HAL has already supplied 76 Dhruv helicopters to the country's defence services.
In June this year, HAL made aviation history by concluding the USD 51 million deal with Ecuador.
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