31 orders for made-in-Malaysia aircraft<\/p>\n
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): A Malaysian-German joint venture that will
\nbegin local production of an amphibious aircraft early next year
\nhas already secured 31 orders, officials said yesterday.<\/p>\n
"The orders have come from Indonesia, Canada, Brunei, the
\nPacific islands and locally," Ariff Awang, general manager of
\nDornier Seastar (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, was quoted by the Bernama
\nnews agency as saying.<\/p>\n
Germany's Dornier Seastar and Co. holds a 25 percent stake in
\nthe 300 million ringgit (US$120 million) venture, in which the
\nremaining interest is held by locals, led by Aerospace Industries
\nMalaysia, which owns 30 percent.<\/p>\n
Ariff said that construction of the manufacturing plant in the
\nnorthern Malaysian state of Penang would begin soon and was
\nscheduled for completion early next year.<\/p>\n
He said six of the 12-seater aircraft would be produced
\ninitially and annual output could reach 36 by the third year of
\nproduction.<\/p>\n
The Dornier Seastar CD2, used mainly for maritime patrol and
\nrescue, would be the third foreign-designed aircraft to be
\nproduced locally as part of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's
\nplan to turn Malaysia into a regional aerospace industry center.<\/p>\n
The other two ventures are with Australia to produce the Eagle
\nX-TS light aircraft and with Switzerland to manufacture MD3-160
\ntrainers with assistance from British Aerospace. *<\/p>",
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