The Russian Defense organisation is planning to produce military equipments in India with the right to export it to other countries. In total there will be three tenders of light highlander choppers, cargo helicopters & assault helicopters.
The US Navy has created history by launching first aircraft from electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) . This launch system was used by F/A – 18 E Super Hornet. This new system will replace steam catapults.This new electromagnetic launch system will increase capability, reduce the weight ,volume and maintenance with increased controllability,availability, reliability, & efficiency.
EUROPEAN BUSINESS AVIATION CONVENTION & EXHIBITION (EBACE) 2011 is going to be held in Geneva. It will be a 3 day event in which aircraft manufactures will showcase their aircrafts. Its a annual event which takes places at Geneva International Airport.
Bombardier Aerospace has introduced two more long range business jets i.e. Global 7000 and Global 8000 aircraft. These new aircrafts will capture the long range market exclusively. Currently Bombardier offers 4 long range aircrafts namely Global 5000, Global Express XRS,Global 7000 & Global 8000.
Due to urgent need to reach Puttaparithi ,in order to have last glympse of Sri Satya Sai Baba lots of devotees came . Due this high demand ,prices of air ticket shooted at the speed of light. The nearest airport from Puttaparithi is Bangalore, so thousands of devotees had to visit. In normal days the
The national carrier, Air India facing a loss of Rs. 21 Crore daily. Despite of steps taken to revive the airline, the loan has raised to Rs 22,000 crore. If calculated , the airline will face a loss of more than Rs 7,500 crore yearly, In this huge amount 70 new boeing aircrafts can be
Due to large no. of fake mark sheets of CPL exams, from July onwards DGCA is going to introduce a new exam pattern. Now a candidate has to give the exams on computer instead of using paper sheets. In this way the chances to do forging the mark sheet will reduce drastically. DGCA will from
The new X-51 by Boeing has successfully flew three and half minutes at a record breaking speed of Mach 5. It is basically a unmanned aerial vehicle.It flew at 70,000 feet above ground level .
One more good news from Jet Airways, the order for B-777 and A 330 has been approved by the Board of Directors. Presently Jet is operating with a fleet of 97 aircraft and slowly & steady they are planning to increase the strength.
In order to revive Air India, the board of directors has approved the order to increase the fleet to 245 planes, which means to add 100 more planes to the loss making airline. Spokeman said that this step is favorable as according to normal terms per aircraft there is need of 100-110 persons ,whereas currently airline has
