India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is receiving export queries for Indian-built Dornier 228 aircraft from Sri Lanka, Mauritius and the Philippines.
The aircraft is now rechristened as Hindustan 228. In an interview with the Times of India on Tuesday, R Madhavan, HAL’s CMD, said the aircraft could be exported to the two interested countries.
The Dornier 228 is a twin-turboprop STOL utility aircraft, designed and first manufactured by Germany’s Dornier GmbH from 1981 until 1998. In 1983, HAL bought a production licence to produce the aircraft. It has been developed specifically to meet the manifold requirements of utility and commuter transport, third level services and air-taxi operations, coast guard duties and maritime surveillance.