Rafale will be on time: France.

No delay in supply of Rafale fighter jets

According to latest reports the French ambassador Emmanuel Lenain has said that there will be no delay in the delivery of 36 Rafale fighter jets to India and the timeline for supplying the fighter jets will be strictly respected.
He also said that France is also helping the Indian Airforce to arrange the fairy flight of the first 4 Rafale from France to India and there is no reason to speculate that the schedule will not be maintained.
Out of the 36 Rafale jets 6 will be twin seater trainers with almost all the features.The IAF has already spent around 400cr rupees to create the required infrastructure at the 2 basis that will operate the Rafale fighter jets.

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