Possible For India To Make Large Aircraft: Boeing

"Today, there are only two companies, Boeing and Airbus, who know how to do this. Others are making smaller planes. So, money, skills and facilities are the three things we need."

The Boeing executive said India has got the money and workforce, but no Indian firm has so far decided to do it.

"Even the smaller airplanes are not being made so far. I think, we should start with 50-seaters or 100-seaters and then look at the bigger ones. That is how it can work," he said.

Rival Airbus India managing director Srinivasan Dwarkanath also said it was possible for India to manufacture large planes over the years.

Giving example of the proposed replacement for the Indian Air Force's Avro aircraft fleet, he said it would be "totally made in India".

"I don't see a reason why it (manufacturing of large aircraft) cannot happen in India," said Dwarkanath, who was also in Paris for the air show.

Indian defence systems firm OIS's chairman and managing director Sanjay Bhandari said, "With the sustained support of the government policies, where the government looks to the private sector for advanced products and technology solutions, it should be able to manufacture, design and develop advanced technology over the foreseeable future."

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