The Hindu Business Line : HAL bags Airbus deal to make aircraft doors

PUBLIC sector Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) has bagged a Rs 380-crore export contract from aircraft manufacturer Airbus Industrie for supplying 1,000 doors for its planes.

The contract, the biggest from an international company for HAL, envisages supply of 1,000 ship sets of forward passenger doors for A-319s, A-320s and A-321s of the Airbus aircraft family, an official release said here.

The deal was signed at the company headquarters in the French city of Toulouse recently by the HAL Managing Director, Mr A Saxena; the Airbus Senior Vice-President, Mr Allain Flourens; and the Vice-President, Mr Eric Gillard, the release said.

HAL plans to increase its production volume to meet the required delivery schedules.

The public sector firm has already been exporting work packages for civilian aircraft of Airbus Industrie and Boeing of the US and its performance has been credited with `no rejection' and `no delay' by foreign firms.