An electric helicopter with multiple rotors took its first flight in conventional air traffic near Paris on Thursday as it prepares for commercial flights from 2024. The Volocopter test aircraft, which resembles a large drone with eight rotors, took off with a passenger on board from the Pontoise-Cormeilles airfield outside Paris and briefly circled around […]
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Kalrock Capital says probe into executive isn’t an obstacle for Jet Airways acquisition
The investigations into Florian Fritsch, one of the two executives seeking to get bankrupt Jet Airways India Ltd. back in the air through a bankruptcy process, will not affect the rescue plan for the airline, according to his firm. “These investigations have no impact on the acquisition of Jet Airways,” Kalrock Capital Partners, Fritsch’s investment […]
Can’t fly drone without passport: Rule dampens Gujarat’s dream to be drone hub
Amid the Gujarat government’s push to promote the use of drones in several sectors including forestry, agriculture, geology, mining and disaster management, the state is facing a shortage of certified drone pilots. The reason — a mandate by the Director General of Civil Aviation requiring candidates enrolling for drone pilot training to have a passport. […]
6 killed after vintage aircraft collide at Dallas air show
Six people were killed after two historic military planes collided and crashed to the ground Saturday during a Dallas air show, officials said. “According to our Dallas County Medical Examiner, there are a total of 6 fatalities from yesterday’s Wings over Dallas air show incident,” Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins tweeted Sunday. He said authorities […]
Bengaluru airport’s ‘T2 can handle 25mn flyers a year, will be operational after 30-45 days’
Speaking a day after the inauguration of Kempegowda International Airport’s Terminal 2 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bangalore International Airport Limited chief executive and managing director Hari Marar said Saturday that the terminal was equipped to handle at least 25 million flyers annually and would be operationalised only after one or one and a half […]
Use of drones, flying objects banned in Mumbai till Dec 12, cops cite terror, law and order issues
The Mumbai police recently issued an order banning the use of drones, remote-controlled micro light aircraft, para gliders and other similar flying objects citing they may be used by terrorists or anti-national elements to attack VVIPs, endanger public life at large, destroy public property and law and order in the city. The order was issued […]
Tamil Nadu aims to produce 2,500 drone pilots a year
Tamil Nadu on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding with the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi (IGRUA), De Drone World Solutions aimed at producing 2,500 drone pilots a year. A memorandum of understanding was signed between senior executives of Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO) IGRUA, De Drone World Solutions in the presence of Chief […]
Ground cleared for new Visakhapatnam international airport
Ground is now fully cleared for the much-delayed Visakhapatnam International Airport project to take off. The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister’s Office has written to the Prime Minister’s Office requesting that Narendra Modi lay the foundation stone, possibly virtually, for the new airport construction during his visit to port city Visakhapatnam on November 12. But the […]
Trademark infringement suit | Tata has a stellar reputation: HC allows ‘Fly Higher’ in Vistara ads
The Delhi High Court has allowed Tata Group’s Vistara airline to use the term “fly higher” in its marketing campaigns, lifting the interim restrictions it ordered earlier this year in a trademark infringement suit filed by an aviation institute. A single judge bench of Justice Jyoti Singh was hearing an application seeking vacation of the […]
One booked for flying drone near intelligence wing building
The Sohana police booked a man for allegedly flying a drone near the headquarters of Punjab Police’s Intelligence Wing in Sector 76 on Sunday. He was identified as Shashi, an employee of the Chandigarh-based advertising agency RA and GA Advertisers Private Limited. Shashi was flying the drone in a private hospital located near the Intelligence […]
Tanzania: Small plane crashes into Lake Victoria, 19 dead
A small passenger plane crashed Sunday morning into Lake Victoria on approach to an airport in Tanzania, and the country’s prime minister says 19 people on board were killed. Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa gave the new death toll, up from three. Earlier, local authorities said 26 of those on the Precision Air flight from the […]
Bengaluru airport records 16.3 million passengers this financial year; highest during Deepavali
The Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru recorded a significant growth in passenger traffic in the current financial year. A press release from the airport stated that it welcomed around 16.30 million passengers till the last week of October during the current fiscal year, whereas 6.61 million passengers visited the airport during the same period […]