India is waking up to aviation after a long sleep.

印度在沉睡多年后，终于在航空业方面觉醒。

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Praful Patel, India, India's ever-optimistic minister of civil aviation, says the merger will be done "this fiscal year", but few officials or observers believe him.

印度民用航空部长，一直都很乐观的Praful Patel说，合并将会在这个财政年度完成，但是没有多少官员或者观察家相信他。

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Foreign aviation companies say they are ready to raise their level of investment and increase production in India.

外国飞机制造商说，他们准备提高投资规模，并增加在印度的产量。

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India's Civil Aviation Minister has said the weather and visibility were good, and there were no apparent signs of trouble when the flight landed.

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Tata--the former Tata Group chairman who founded India's now-state-run carrier Air India--is considered the father of civil aviation in India.

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India's aviation industry, which has suffered major losses, was opened to foreign investment last year.

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It would be the first foreign company to try to capture the rising demand in India's aviation sector.

BBC: AirAsia and Tata win bid for Indian budget carrier