ATF prices slashed-New Year Gift for Aviation : ATF prices has been slashed by steep 12.5 per cent, the sixth straight reduction in prices since August, as international oil prices slumped to five-year low levels. The price of aviation turbine fuel at Delhi was cut by Rs 7,520.52 per kilolitre, or 12.5 per cent, to Rs 52,422.92 per
Vistara unveils Brand Music,in-flight meal service, Frequent Flyer Program : Aiming to transform the air travel experience in India, Vistara unveiled its unique product and service elements that will fulfill its core brand promise. The full service carrier will take off on January 9, 2015 with Delhi-Mumbai, Delhi-Ahmedabad and Ahmedabad-Mumbai as its initial routes. The
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
Evolution of Indian Aviation with TATA Airlines : India history was made with the evolution of Indian Aviation. The lines were written in Golden words when India’s first commercial airline—Tata Airlines started in India. It was on 15 October 1932,29-year-old Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata (JRD), landed his de Havilland DH 80A Puss Moth aircraft
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
Etihad Airways : Etihad Airways,UAE’s national airlines is expanding massively.Etihad Airways has announced the recruitment of 40 pilots from Alitalia, the struggling national airline of Italy. Earlier, Etihad had announced a deal to acquire 49% stake in Alitalia. “Etihad Airways will hire hundreds of pilots over the next three years to keep pace with the
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.
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
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.
The MRJ aircraft of Mitsubishi will be flying by 2018. Its a regional jet which will compete against CRJ and ERJ. There will be two variant of MRJ i.e. MRJ70 and MRJ90.
