Airbus to deliver first C295 from India final assembly line in H2

Airbus expects to deliver the first C295 tactical transport assembled at its India final assembly line in the second half of this year, the company said. The delivery will be the inaugural C295 handover from Airbus's India FAL, establishing local final assembly for the type.

Discovered 2026-02-04T00:53:27.002423-08:00 | 2026-02-04T00:53:27.002423-08:00

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  • The first handover from Airbus's India FAL advances the companys localisation push and follows New Delhis incentives to attract OEM manufacturing and supply-chain investment (localisation and policy push).
  • An in-country final assembly and imminent delivery of a tactical transport is a tangible step in expanding regional tactical airlift production and sustainment capability, with parallels to other recent tactical-transport delivery programmes (tactical transport deliveries).

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