India urges Pawan Hans to add seaplane and eVTOL services
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Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu told Pawan Hans to move beyond its helicopter fleet and restart seaplane operations while also exploring eVTOL aircraft, noting the carrier’s earlier seaplane work in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands that began in 2010 and that Skyhawk is already active in the sector.
The ministry is backing the plan with domestically built Dhruv helicopters – four have been supplied and six are expected – and is reviewing new routes beyond Lakshadweep and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, consulting state governments for suitable water‑body locations, while the UDAN scheme will fund 200 modern heliports and discussions on fractional ownership and leasing are under way.