After Ayodhya, SpiceJet plans to connect more tourist, religious places

New Delhi: After Ayodhya, SpiceJet plans to expand its business over the next two years and increase connectivity between various tourist and religious destinations including Lakshadweep, the airline’s chief Ajay Singh said. The domestic carrier has also plans to operate seaplanes and is awaiting infrastructure development for water ports, the CMD told PTI in an […]

PM Modi inaugurates Boeing’s largest facility outside US in Bengaluru

Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated Boeing’s new global engineering and technology centre campus near here. Built at a cost of Rs 1,600 crore, the 43-acre state-of-the-art Boeing India Engineering and Technology Centre (BIETC) campus is the planemaker’s largest such investment outside the US, the company said. The campus at Hightech Defence and […]

Marikuppam MEMU train to terminate at KR Puram for 3 months

Bengaluru: Train number 01778/01779 Marikuppam-Baiyappanahalli-Marikuppam MEMU will be terminated at KR Puram from January 24 to April 30 due to operational constraints at Baiyappanahalli. The following trains will run on different routes due to engineering work related to the track maintenance between Sitafal Mandi-Kacheguda and Alampur Road-Kurnool City sections of the Hyderabad division: Train number […]

Bengal train services affected as outfit demanding separate state blocks tracks in Jalpaiguri

Jalpaiguri (WB): Train services were affected as members of the All Kamtapur Students’ Union (AKSU) blocked the railway tracks in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district on Friday morning to press for their demand for a separate state. The blockade at the Betgara station in the New Jalpaiguri-New Bongaigaon section of the Northeast Frontier Railway began at […]

Lower price realisation, ‘inspection shutdown’ hit RIL’s oil biz

New Delhi: Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) on Friday reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 17,265 crore for the quarter ended December 31, posting a year-on-year (YoY) growth of 9.3%, but marginally lower than the previous quarter as “inspection shutdown” and lower price realisation on its oil business hit earnings. The company’s revenue from oil-to-chemicals […]

Boeing sees no delays to plane deliveries to India because of MAX 9 issues

Hyderabad: Boeing expects no meaningful delays of plane deliveries to India because of the MAX 9 issues even as it intensifies quality scrutiny of its 737 jets production programme, a top company executive said on Friday. The planemaker will also focus on the quality of aircraft over numbers in India, Darren Hulst, Boeing’s vice president […]

South Asia will need 2,705 new airplanes by 2042: Boeing forecast

Hyderabad: South Asia, including India, will need 2,705 new airplanes by 2042. American aircraft manufacturer Boeing forecasted that the South Asia region will become the fastest-growing commercial aviation market with more than 8 per cent annual traffic growth over the next 20 years. Supported by a strong economy, India’s rapidly expanding middle class will drive […]