Snapshot * $2.8-billion contract is for A321XLR aircraft deliveries beginning 2023 * Two more A320/A321 flight simulators for the aviation academy 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 […]
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 […]
New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government is working towards finding solutions to the rogue drones menace, as witnessed in Venezuala a year ago when President Nicolas Maduro was targetted with explosives, in an effort to protect critical national assets. The government has constituted a task force under the […]
New Delhi: The counter-drones technologies business is expected to touch market figure of $100 million in a year’s time by 2020, a research report by trade body FICCI and advisory entity EY India has estimated. As the market accelerates, the instances of misuse of this technology by nefarious […]