The plant will be capable of producing two aircraft per month once fully operational.At present, the facility, which was showcased to the media for the first time, is assembling the cockpit and fuel tank parts for the popular executive jets. Internal calculations claim that the Make in India project can give a $5 million cost advantage due to lower labour and production costs at Nagpur as compared to the current facility in France.A Falcon 2000LX sells for a little over $35 million and the lower cost for the Made in India jets would give it an edge in the international market over competitors, officials believe. Dassault officials however say that there are no plans to make components for the Rafale jet as part of the offsets obligations.“Depending on further orders, we will decide on the question of making the Rafale jet here in India. As of today, only components for the Falcon aircraft are being planned here,” Dassault’s senior executive vice president Benoit Dussaugey said. “It has no impact here, we are following our path and we don’t want to talk about the politics around it,” Benoit said.

Source: Economic Times February 08, 2019 01:52 UTC