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TARANIS , UK 's NEW UAV GOT UNLEASHED BY THEM
2010-07-14 08:10
The UK Ministry of Defence's "combat aircraft of the future" -- a state-of-the-art jet capable of deploying weapons and bringing back intelligence without human guidance -- made its long-awaited debut at a ceremony Monday.
Named after the Celtic god of thunder, the Taranis comes equipped...
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Indigo, Jet, Paramount, look to add capacity
2010-05-05 09:04
New Delhi: The budget airline IndiGo is set to make a big splash again. The airline has sought government permission to buy 150 aircraft, an indication that the crisis-hit aviation sector is fast returning to normal. There are others in the queue as well to add to their fleet. Paramount...
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Jet lands on one engine after mid-air scare
2010-05-05 08:59
KOLKATA: A Jet Airways plane, flying on one engine, made an emergency landing in Kolkata on Sunday morning after an indicator started acting up.
According to officials, soon after the Bagdogra-bound flight took off at 9.20am, the indicator of the ‘reversal anti-lock system’ of the...
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Iceland's volcanic ash halts India-UK flight operations
2010-04-17 08:23
Mumbai: A huge cloud of ash from a volcano in Iceland not only turned the skies of northern Europe into a no-fly zone on Thursday, but also left passengers in India hassled.Major airlines like Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines and British Airways cancelled flights, compelling passengers...
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Fleet reduced, Paramount licence comes under review
2010-04-09 09:16
New Delhi: India’s aviation regulator, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), has started reviewing the national airline licence of Coimbatore-based Paramount Airways Pvt. Ltd, which has fallen short of the fleet strength required to keep the licence.The regulator has started what is...
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Fund crunch? Air India willing to pay new COO Rs 3 cr
2010-04-09 09:09
NEW DELHI: Loss-making national carrier Air India may be struggling to pay its 31,000-strong staff salaries, but it has opened its purse strings to fork out about Rs 3 crore to its chief operating officer (COO), Gustav Baldauf. The Austrian national will join Air India next...
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Gustav Baldauf appointed Air India chief operating officer
2010-04-07 07:48
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: In a bid to bring about a turnaround in the ailing national carrier, Gustav Baldauf, Austrian Airlines' executive
vice-president, flight operations, was Tuesday appointed chief operating officer (COO) of Air India.
Baldauf's appointment was decided at a...
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SpiceJet, Religare fly close to deal
2010-04-07 07:47
Bangalore: Even as its talks with media baron Kalanithi Maran were stuck in a limbo due to differences in pricing, promoters of budget airline SpiceJet Ltd — London-based Bhupendra Kansagra and family, Ajay Singh and others — are flying closer to Religare Voyages Ltd (RVL) and may soon...
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Serving alcohol may be allowed aboard pvt jets
2010-04-07 07:45
After a hiatus of nearly 16 years, high spirits may finally make a comeback in the Indian skies. To begin with, the civil aviation ministry is planning to allow all privately-owned jets and chartered aircraft companies to serve liquor on board, ministry sources have revealed. For domestic...
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Indian Aviation growth set to escalate: analysts
2010-04-07 07:42
New reports from industry analysts have predicted that by 2020, the Indian aviation sector will be carrying some 260 million passengers around the world every year.
Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) in conjunction with SITA forecast that the entire Indian aviation sector is looking at...
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