British Eurofighter aircraft to arrive in India next week

NEW DELHI: Six Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft and two mid-air refuelling aircraft of the Britsih Air Force will be here next week on their way to Singapore and Malaysia to take part in an exercise.

"Six Royal Air Force Typhoons and two A330 Voyager tanker transport aircraft will be staging through Delhi, between September 30 and October 2, en route to long-planned drills in Singapore and Malaysia called Exercise BERSAMA LIMA 2014," a British High Commission release said.

The Typhoons were in race for India's requirement of 126 multi-role combat aircraft deal before the government selected the Rafale of France.

The four-nation Eurofighter consortium recently also made an offer to the Indian government to procure its aircraft.

The A-330 tanker aircraft have also been selected by the IAF for its more than Rs 6,000-crore deal for buying six mid-air refuelling aircraft from European Airbus.