# Fully indigenous civil aircraft to fly within two years, says Naidu 2026-11-12T16:41:52+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 3 independent outlets Outlets counted: deccanherald.com, fortuneindia.com, thehindubusinessline.com Union Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu said on Thursday, 12 November, at the 31st CII Partnership Summit in Visakhapatnam that a fully indigenously manufactured civil aircraft will take to the skies within two years. He noted that the number of airports has grown from 74 in 2014 to 166 now, and annual passenger numbers have reached 25 crore. Under the second phase of the UDAN scheme, backed by a Rs 30,000-crore budget, another 100 airports and 200 modern heliports will be built by 2036. Naidu praised Andhra Pradesh for completing the Bhogapuram International Airport six months ahead of schedule. He said the state is working on an Aerospace and Defence City near Lepakshi and plans seaplane services between Prakasam Barrage, Srisailam and Hussain Sagar in Hyderabad. The minister called for investment in aircraft component manufacturing, MRO, drones and air taxis. ## Indian Opinion Analysis All four sources, The Hindu Business Line, Business Standard, Deccan Herald, and Fortune India, carried straight wire-style reports of the minister’s speech with no editorial slant. Every source led with the same key fact: a fully indigenous civil aircraft would fly within two years. The Hindu Business Line omitted the praise for Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu that the other three outlets included, while Fortune India appended a separate announcement from the Chief Minister about MoUs worth Rs 9.89 lakh crore, which was not part of Naidu’s aviation remarks. The differences are minor omissions or additions, not conflicting frames. ## Coverage Coverage: 3 sources, 3 neutral - thehindubusinessline.com (neutral report) Straight report of minister's speech without editorial slant - deccanherald.com Straight report of minister's speech without editorial slant - fortuneindia.com (neutral report) Straight report of minister's speech, added CM MoU news separately Background, not counted: business-standard.com This brief was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Update, 12 November 2026: this story now draws on 4 sources. Last updated 2026-11-12T19:56:10+00:00. Tags: Andhra Pradesh, Bhogapuram International Airport, CII, Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu, UDAN Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/fully-indigenous-civil-aircraft-to-fly-in-two-years-naidu/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/fully-indigenous-civil-aircraft-to-fly-in-two-years-naidu/#story-in-brief Gate decision: pass (pass: linked qualifying outlets 3 of 4, relevance 9) Freshness: pass (fresh: newest qualifying source 2026-11-12 15:43Z (feed), 1.4 h old) Image: photograph. Source: member: http://media.assettype.com/deccanherald%2F2024-12-03%2Fgui59bkp%2FKinjarapu_Rammohan_Naidu.jpeg?rect=0%2C0%2C2048%2C1152&w=400&auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=max. How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/