New Delhi: India’s Flight Simulation Technique Centre (FSTC) has become the first Approved Training Organisation (ATO) in the region to induct a Level-D Full Flight ATR72-600 simulator, with Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) giving certification to its brand new ATR 72-600 simulator. The Full Flight Simulator has […]
New Delhi: India’s cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today approved agreements on security cooperation with Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan respectively to fight terrorism and organised crime. The approvals came ex-post facto for both the agreements that were signed on Oct. 29 and Nov. 20 by India, […]
Indore: Aiming to spur career of women in aviation and related industries and to encourage girls to take up science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) as subjects of study, the Indian chapter of Women in Aviation International and defence major Lockheed Martin India Private Limited, in association with […]
New Delhi: Facing a huge challenge over in-flight shutdowns in its engines fitted on Indian affordable airline IndiGo‘s Airbus A320neo aircraft, American firm Pratt & Whitney today announced the appointment of industry veteran Ashmita Sethi to the leadership role of managing director for the South Asian nation. In […]
Bengaluru: In a first, Indian Air Force‘s (IAF’s) radar controllers have shifted go sit with their Airport Authority of India (AAI) counterparts at the Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru (KIAB), a major initiative to co-locate and facilitate ease of doing their business. The initiative has been taken by the […]
Mumbai: India’s leading industrialist Mukesh Ambani has ventured into the emerging drones market with the Rs 23-crore equity shares acquisition by Reliance Industries Limited in Asteria Aerospace Private Limited. Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) said in a filing with the stock exchanges today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Reliance Strategic […]
Bengaluru: India’s lone aircraft manufacturer, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), today announced the final settlement of its nearly two-month-old workers’ trouble at all its plants across the nation over wage revision. In a statement, HAL said its management and the workforce entered into an agreement to settle the wage […]
Moscow: The Russian Helicopters today said it has got its Mi-171A2 helicopter certified in India and Colombia and this allows the state-owned Russian company to start exporting the latest modification of the multirole civilian helicopter soon. Russian Helicopters JSC, part of Rostec State Corporation, said the Indian Civil […]
New Delhi: European aerospace major Airbus SE won a 20-plane order from Vietnam’s VietJet Aviation JSC for the A320neo narrow-body aircraft valued at $2.8 billion at list price, even as Boeing Co.’s grounded 737 Max deliveries to the South East Asian nation’s airlines are delayed. VietJet said in […]
Munich: European major Airbus Defence and Space has invested in US-based Amprius Inc. in current equity funding to further boost the development of new generation batteries based on Silicon Nanowire Anode technology, a company statement said today. The investment will help drive the development of higher volume production […]
New Delhi: European aircraft manufacturer Airbus SE today landed one of its largest-ever deals with the sale of 300 narrow-bodied planes from its stable to Indian budget carrier IndiGo, an order worth at least $33 billion. The contract for the A320neo Family aircraft includes the latest extended long […]
Bengaluru: India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) will face a major lock-down of operations at all its nine manufacturing locations across the country from tomorrow after the talks between the management and the labour unions broke down following their two-day talks that ended today over wage revision issues. Following […]
Bengaluru: India’s lone plane-maker, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), is facing trouble with its labour unions, as an all-India body of employees issued a notice for an indefinite lock-down over wage revision related issues beginning Oct. 14 at all the nine manufacturing units. The All India HAL Trade Unions […]
Saint-Cloud (France): Dassault Aviation recently took the top position in two of the business aviation industry’s leading gauges of customer satisfaction, the Aviation International News (AIN) and ProPilot product support surveys. The top ranking, after several straight second and third place finishes, follows a multi-year effort to establish […]
New Delhi: Advanced flight bookings to airports around the holy city of Mecca ahead of this year’s Hajj have increased from Asia, Europe and Oceania, according to research by Travelport, a technology company serving the global travel industry. According to an analysis, India (44,611) had the second highest […]
