Airbus shortlists 8 sites for its second India assembly line

Airbus has shortlisted eight sites in India to open its second assembly line in partnership with Tata Advanced Systems (TASL), ahead of the inauguration of the first, which is for the C295 transport plane. The second plant will produce the H125, the fourth for the single-engine helicopter after factories in France, Brazil, and the US. Airbus expects the Indian subcontinent excluding Pakistan to be a market for about 500 such helicopters over the next 20 years.