A pilot was killed and two others ejected to safety when two aircraft of IAF’s aerobatic team Surya Kiran crashed near the Yelahanka airbase here Tuesday, a day before the opening of the Aero India show, a top police official said. The mishap occurred during a sortie as part of the rehersal for the five-day […]
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Civil Aviation
Airbus CEO tells Germany to reform arms policy for good of Europe
Airbus Chief Executive Tom Enders urged Germany to press ahead with plans to create common European regulations on arms exports, saying the issue posed a litmus test for Berlin’s ambitions to foster a European defence policy. By showing “a kind of moral super elevation” on arms exports, Germany was frustrating Britain, France and Spain, Enders […]
India-Singapore to sign pact for skilling Indians in aviation
India and Singapore will sign an agreement for skilling Indian youths in the aviation sector at the Aero India Show next week. Academies will be set up in Bengaluru and other places in India that will act as regional hubs for the training of Indian youths for domestic and overseas jobs in these sectors. National […]
CJI criticises lawyers for filing defective review petitions in Rafale case
The Supreme Court Friday expressed unhappiness over some lawyers filing defective petitions and seeking wide publicity in the media, while referring to review pleas challenging its verdict in the Rafale case. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said lawyers file petitions in the apex court registry and instead of removing the defects of […]
Dubai Airport grounds all flights due to suspected drone activity
Flights at Dubai International Airport were temporarily grounded on Friday morning due to suspected drone activity, a spokesperson said. The suspension lasted from 1013 local time (0613 GMT) to 1045. Dubai airport, the hub for airlines Emirates and flydubai, is the world’s busiest airport for international travellers, serving 81.4 million passengers in the first 11 […]
Ashwani Lohani takes charge as Air India CMD
Retired technocrat Ashwani Lohani took charge as the chairman and managing director (CMD) of Air India on Friday. He took the charge in presence of recently appointed Civil Aviation Secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola and senior officials of the national carrier. This is Lohani’s second tenure as Air India chief. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet […]
IndiGo, Asia’s biggest low-budget airline may be crippled by pilot shortage
IndiGo, an Indian budget carrier, is cancelling dozens of flights every day over the next two months as it struggles to find enough skilled pilots following an aggressive expansion binge, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter. Pilots at Asia’s biggest low-cost airline by market value have exhausted their annual limit on flying […]
Jet Airways seeks to raise $840 million from share sale
Jet Airways Ltd plans to raise about $840 million from a government fund and a rights issue, Business Television India said, a day after the company’s board approved a deal for some lenders to infuse funds and restructure debt. India’s National Investment and Infrastructure Fund will funnel 15 billion rupees ($210 million) into the debt-laden […]
Privatising small airports not the right approach: GMR official
Privatising small airports would not be the right approach for the government as they need to be viable in terms of passenger size and growth projections, a senior official of GMR Airports said. “If the government wants to look at privatising small airports, in my view that is not the right approach. The right approach […]
Beleaguered Jet Airways may get a Rs 600 crore emergency loan
Jet Airways India Ltd., the beleaguered carrier that’s in the midst of bailout talks with its partner and lenders, is set to get an emergency loan of as much as Rs 600 crore ($85 million) to help it tide over a cash crunch, according to people familiar with the matter. Banks, led by State Bank […]
Airbus to scrap A380 superjumbo production as sales slump
Europe’s Airbus is scrapping production of the A380 superjumbo, with lacklustre sales forcing it to abandon a dream of dominating the skies with a 21st century cruiseliner. The world’s largest airliner, with two decks of spacious cabins and room for 544 people in standard layout, was designed to challenge Boeing’s legendary 747 but failed to […]
Don’t have firms to establish helicopters business in India: Jayant Sinha
Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha on Wednesday said there are not many “sufficient well-capitalised companies that can really take a long-term view” to establish helicopter business in India. “The challenge right now with helicopters is that we don’t have sufficient well capitalised companies that can really take a long-term view on helicopters […]