Air Safety Ranking Of India : Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has recently said it won’t take decision in a hurry to upgrade the Air Safety Ranking of India.A stand that will disappoint the Indian government, which was expecting a quick resolution of the crisis, and could affect the plans of both existing and new Indian
Google signed a $1 Billion with NASA : Internet Giant,Google has signed a long-term lease of 60 years for utilizing area of a Navy air base. Google has plans to renovate these three huge hangars and use them for projects involving aviation industry, space exploration and robotics. Google will pay $1.16 billion in rent over 60 years for utilizing
VISTARA NEWS : India’s most awaited airline,VISTARA is facing initial turbulence in getting scheduled airline permit from DGCA. VISTARA has postponed the delivery of its 3rd aircraft by over a month. VISTARA AIR is a 51:49 joint venture between TATA SONS and Singapore Airlines. It will be connecting eleven cities within a year viz. Delhi,Goa,Mumbai,Bangalore,Hyderabad,Ahmedabad,Jammu,Srinagar,Patna and Chandigarh.VISTARA
Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha, Chief of the Air Staff, Indian Air Force, and Air Vice-Marshal Andrew Turner, Air Officer Commanding 22 (Training) Group RAF visited the Anglesey base recently to meet personnel from IV(R) Sqn RAF and Ascent Flight Training.
FIR Against GVK, aviation ministry officials : FIRs have been registered against top officials of the aviation ministry, GVK Ltd and police department on a complaint that Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) received undue benefit to the tune of hundreds of crores of rupees from the government. The basis of the FIRs is a report of the Comptroller and Auditor
Pilots Wanted : BEIJING — China’s national civil aviation authority says the country will need to train about half a million civilian pilots by 2035, up from just a few thousand now, as wannabe fliers chase dreams of landing lucrative jobs at new air service operators. The aviation boom comes as China allows private planes
General Aviation Manufacturers Association delivered 538 turboprop aircraft before experiencing a steady decline in those figures in the following years. Last year shipments of turboprops bounced back with vigor to a record 645 aircraft and there is no shortage of new single- and even some new twin-engine models on the horizon.
Assets of India’s Civil Minister( Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju) : Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju is a seven time MLA from Vizianagaram Assembly Constituency and now became Civil Aviation Minister on his 8th won.He is the younger son of the Raja of Vizianagram. Civil Aviation Minister Raju founded the Maharajah Alak Narayan Society of Arts and Science [MANSAS] with
HSTDV is an unmanned aircraft scramjet demonstration aircraft for achieving hypersonic flight which will fly at Mach 6.5 or more. Defence Research and Development Organisation ( DRDO ) of India is running this mission and project.
