Category: Civil Aviation

HYDERABAD: About 200 passengers scheduled to fly British Airways to London Heathrow, from RGIA airport here were left stranded for more than 24 hours due to a technical glitch in the engine. Passengers were fuming at the airline officials for not giving proper information about the actual time of the departure of the flight. The […]

BENGALURU: Buoyed by the Final Operational Clearance (FOC) issued to Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd’s Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas-Mk1 by Indian Air Force, HAL officials announced that the development of Mk1A and Mk2 has been taken up. Arup Bannerjee, Director, Engineering Research and Development, said Aeronautical Development Agency has taken up the same and Mk1A version […]

MUMBAI: Even as Jet Airways shareholders voted for the resolutions to increase equity capital of the company and conversion of debt into equity, there was only the promise of fresh equity infusion and no specific plans laid out. In the absence of chairman and promoter Naresh Goyal, the Extraordinary General Meeting was chaired by Gaurang […]

BENGALURU: Aerospace major Boeing on Thursday said it is confident of the capabilities of Indian defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) in building platforms for its aircraft. HAL had come under controversy and its capability questioned after the Rafale deal. Boeing had earlier announced a partnership with HAL and Mahindra Defence Systems for manufacturing the […]

HYDERABAD: A day after Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and French Aerospace company Safran’s CEO Phillippe Petitcolin announced the setting up of a plant to manufacture aircraft engine parts inside GMR Hyderabad Aviation SEZ Limited (GHASL), GMR group said its Hyderabad Airport City is on its way to strengthening its position as an ideal ultramodern […]

BENGALURU: India on Wednesday wooed investors to capitalise on the ecosystem prevailing in the aerospace and other sectors and pitched for joint venture partnerships, saying it offered a big market in Defence manufacturing. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made the pitch for investors seeking to give a big push for the ‘Make in India’ initiative at […]

NEW DELHI: Domestic airlines in the country reported passenger traffic growth of 9 per cent in January this year, the lowest for the month in last five years. The airlines carried a total 1.25 crore passengers in January 2019, according to the data released by the Directorate General of Civic Aviation on Wednesday. In January […]

HYDERABAD: Cash-strapped Jet Airways and its lead lender SBI are frantically piecing together a restructuring, resolution and revival plan, but the airline’s 25 other lenders are still awaiting details. Three public sector banks this newspaper spoke to confirmed that only an outline of the proposed package had been shared with the banking consortium so far, […]

In the world of multibillion-dollar defence contracts, India stands out. Home to one of the biggest armed forces on the planet, the country has an uneasy co-existence with neighbours Pakistan and China. Its rapidly aging fighter jets make it a lucrative potential prize for the likes of Lockheed Martin Corp. and Boeing Co. While India […]

BENGALURU: Political row hit Rafale jet was the cynosure of all eyes as the breathtaking display of manoeuvres by military aircraft and the aerobatic team cast a spell at Aero India, Asia’s premier air show here Wednesday. The city’s skies dazzled with somersaults and stunts by the metal birds, which also paid tributes to the […]

BENGALURU: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday flagged off the 12th edition of Aero India, at Yelahanka Air Force Base, in Bengaluru, on Wednesday. The five-day event will witness the participation of leading international defence and civil aviation firms. The event was started after mourning the death of Wing Commander Sahil Gandhi by observing silence […]

BHUBANESWAR/JHARSUGUDA: Industrial town Jharsuguda may soon find its place in the aviation map of India as flight service from the newly built Veer Surendra Sai Airport here is expected to resume from March 1. Alliance Air, a subsidiary of Air India, may commence its flight services from the airport to Kolkata from March 1. Ahead […]