[Asia Round-up] Building aircraft from scratch

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The state-controlled PT Dirgantara aerospace company has a plan to develop a prototype of a 19-seater aircraft with a grant of US$50 million from the government. But building such a high-tech product that requires high economies of scale and high-loaded costs is not an appropriate priority for Indonesia now. Dirgantara should instead focus its core business operations on aircraft and helicopter services, and the manufacturing of aircraft parts.
The Jakarta Post, Indonesia