Aviation
Jet Airways, Aeromexico sign MoU for codeshare on ...
June 12, 2017
Jet Airways and Aeromexico, the flag carrier airline of Mexico have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for cooperation in the areas of enabling code-share flights and frequent flyer programmes. The MoU was signed by Jet Airways’ Chairman Naresh Goyal and Aeromexico’s ...
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NSDC and Bird Academy aims at skill development in...
June 8, 2017
An MoU was signed between National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and Bird Academy in June 2017 in New Delhi, with regards to skilling of unemployed youth in the aviation and aerospace sector across various states.
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US laptop ban might expand across all internationa...
June 1, 2017
From what is being publicised as a means to ‘raise the bar’ on aviation security, the US Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly declared considering a ban on laptops in airline cabins across all international flights irrespective of the country, as an extension to the present...
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Aeronautical Test Range unveiled in Karnataka
May 31, 2017
Walking down the ‘Make in India’ footprints, the Ministry of Defence recently unveiled an Aeronautical Test Range (ATR) in Karnataka, that will aid the research wing to conduct various flight-tests of indigenous unmanned and manned aircraft.
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Foreign Players owning Indian aircrafts can pose s...
May 30, 2017
The Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA) vehemently protested the government’s plan to allow 100 pc Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in scheduled Indian carriers as it could pose a serious security threat to the country’s national security.
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Revisions in the Regional Connectivity Scheme
May 26, 2017
The Civil Aviation Ministry has notified of a quarterly revision in caps put on air tickets' prices under Regional Connectivity Scheme-UDAN.
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Mumbai now has the world’s busiest single ru...
May 20, 2017
The airport at Mumbai is now the world’s busiest amongst the single-runway facilities with its operations of 837 flights in a day or one every 65 seconds on an average.
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GMR Hyderabad International Airport marches toward...
May 17, 2017
Carbon neutral GMR Hyderabad International Airport is taking steady steps towards becoming 100 pc LED friendly. The airport switched all Taxiway Edge Lights to LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes), thus becoming the first airport in south India and second in the country to do so.
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India’s first ATR simulators inaugurated in Guru...
May 12, 2017
The Flight Simulation Technique Centre (FSTC) in Gurugram inaugurated two flight simulators recently, announcing them as the country’s first ATR simulators. The facility has also added its second Boeing-737 simulator to the existing three simulators, namely a B-737 simulator an...
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Electric Aviation: The future of Air Travel
May 8, 2017
Swiss entrepreneur, pilot and co-founder of Solar Impulse, André Borschberg announced his new project and company, H55, a solar impulse technological spin off, with a motto to make air transport cleaner, quieter, safer and more affordable. Their hashtag #futureisclean defines th...
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