Sakthi Aircraft Industry, a joint venture between Coimbatore-based Sakthi Group and Austria’s Diamond Aircraft Industries, is all set to manufacture 150 trainer aircraft in Hisar, Haryana.

Sakthi Aircraft Industry signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Aero Club of India (ACI) to supply 200 DA40 NG trainer aircraft to Flying Training Organisations (FTOs), in New Delhi. 

ACI will serve as the central aggregator, consolidating demand, managing aircraft allocation, and facilitating handovers to FTOs.

As part of this arrangement, Sakthi will manufacture 200 aircraft exclusively for ACI. Under its joint venture, at least 150 of these will be produced at its facility in Hisar, while the remaining units will be manufactured at Diamond’s facility in Austria.

Diamond was acquired by China’s Wanfeng Aviation Industry in 2017.