Category: Civil Aviation

NEW DELHI: National carrier Air India will be flying 12 international flights as well as 40-plus domestic flights with an all-women crew on International Women’s Day, the airline said on Thursday. “Air India is set to fly 12 all-women crew flights on its medium and long-haul international routes and over 40 return domestic and short-haul […]

Bhogapuram: GMR Airports Limited (GAL) has emerged as the highest bidder for development, operations and management of a greenfield international airport at Bhogapuram in Andhra Pradesh on a public-private partnership basis. The initial investment for phase one is estimated at Rs 2,300 crore, GAL’s parent company GMR Infrastructure informed stock exchanges on Wednesday. The initial […]

Thiruvananthapuram: With the Airport Authority of India (AAI) deciding to hand over the operations of the Thiruvananthapuram international airport to Adani, the owners of the 18 acres of land to be acquired for the airport have decided to back out of their offer to surrender the land following apprehensions over leasing the airport to a […]

You might have travelled to some airlines which offer in-flight entertainment systems to help you kill time. But did you observe that many of these systems come with built-in cameras? In-flight entertainment systems with cameras were noticed by passengers of American Airlines and Singapore Airlines, who tweeted about the presence, sparking privacy concerns.

Bengaluru: Singapore Airlines is planning to significantly increase its capacity for India. The airlines is hopeful of doubling its flight services from Bangalore soon by introducing 10 weekly flights. The airline has already increased the capacity from Delhi by 10 per cent while Mumbai, which has been the top 20 route for the airline, will […]

Bengaluru: India’s first self-made fighter jet Light Combat Aircraft Tejas or LCA Tejas is finally ready to be used in operations by the Indian Air Force. LCA Tejas received the final operational clearance for induction into the IAF as a fully-weaponised fighter jet. At a special ceremony at the Aero India 2019 – India’s biennial […]

Bengaluru (Karnataka): Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on Thursday said that it has proposed to the Defence Ministry to procure a new squadron of Sukhoi-30 fighter jets. “We have put up a proposal and we hope to get a new squadron of Sukhois (Sukhoi-30 fighter jets) in the future,” HAL Chairman and Managing Director (MD) R […]

Bengaluru: In a first, Army chief General Bipin Rawat took off in Tejas fighter jet for a sortie during Aero India 2019 show in Bengaluru on Thursday. General Rawat occupied the seat behind the pilot in the two-seater trainer variant of the Tejas. “It’s a wonderful aircraft. If aircrafts like this get added to the […]

Bengaluru: A day after it was declared combat ready, and General Bipin Rawat described it as a “wonderful aircraft” at the end of a 40-minute sortie, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) said it would explore the $multi-billion global market for exporting the military jet as some enquiries have arrived from countries in South-east Asian region and […]

Bengaluru: The first ever Drone Olympics held by the ministry of defence to encourage the UAV industry to connect with potential buyers and business partners in the country, concluded on Thursday with Sagar Defence, Drovengers Quad, Team Daksha, Thanos Technologies and the UAS Delhi Technical University walking away with the awards. The applicants were judged […]

Bengaluru: Opening up new avenues for collaboration , defence public sector unit BEML Ltd on Thursday entered into a partnership with US defence major Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company during the ongoing Aero India 2019. The ‘Certificate of Partnership’ was signed by BEML Chairman and Managing Director Deepak Kumar Hota and Lockheed Martin’s Vice President (Business […]

Bengaluru: Aerospace major Boeing on Thursday announced a public-private partnership with government-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and diversified Indian multinational Mahindra to produce next-generation F/A-18 Super Hornet fighters in a new ‘factory-of-the-future’ in India. Sunil Velagapudi, Acting President of Boeing India, presented company plans for ‘Make in India’ and offered advanced capabilities to Indian armed […]