Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recently met a delegation of Boeing senior leaders led by Salil Gupte. In reference to the recent bulkorder for aircraft placed by Indiancompanies, the minister highlighted the highgrowthtrajectory of India’s aerospace and civil aviationmarket and underlined the aircraft leasingoperations by banks in Gujarat’s GIFT City . She underlined India’s focus on repositioning itself as a Maintenance and Repair Overhaul hub that can potentially serve the region from Europe to Africa to the FarEast.