At Farnborough air show airbus announced commitments for 255 aircrafts worth $28 billion. The commitment so far includes firm orders for 133 aircrafts worth more than $13 billion, and a memorandum of understanding (MoU) agreements for a further 122 aircrafts around $15 billion. The orders at the show came from GECAS for 60 A320 aircrafts worth around $4.9 billion; from ...

After talks for merger failed two years ago, United Airlines and Continental Airlines have finally opted to join hands. With the implementation of the decision, the combined entity will be the largest airline in the world with a 21 per cent share of the domestic market and seven per cent share of the global market. The two airlines together would ...

Jean-Paul Herteman, chief executive officer of Safran, inaugurated Sagem's new Francois Hussenot facility, the main research & development centre for the Safran Electronics division, in Massy, near Paris. Vincent Delahaye, Mayor of Massy also attended the ceremony. The inauguration marked a pivotal step in the development of Safran Electronics, by bringing together various teams within this division at a central ...

Vasuki Prasad, BengaluruIn today's world, where every airline has sophisticated airliners in its fleet, hi-fidelity simulator training is the only way to master these marvellous machinesNOT TOO FAR FROM THE international airport, Captain Vimal Roy, DGM, Business Development for Ground School and Simulators, Kingfisher Airlines, strode into a briefing room at CAE's training centre in Bangaluru. Roy is now the ...

ITT Corporation is a global diversified engineering and manufacturing company with business activities ranging from water treatment to defence contracting. In 2007, ITT was awarded a $1.86 billion contract by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of US to develop and deploy the Automatic Dependent Surveillance- Broadcast (ADS-B) system, which is a key component of the FAA's next generation air traffic ...

By April 16, 2010, the Boeing 787 flight-test fleet completed 500 hours of flying. Boeing is undertaking an expanded inspection of the 787 aircraft and the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted Boeing expanded Type Inspection Authorisation (TIA), clearing the way for its personnel to fully participate in future test flights and for the collection of required flight-test data. ...

On June 12, 2010, after protracted negotiations, the board of SpiceJet Ltd approved the proposal by media baron and political heavyweight, Kalanithi Maran to acquire 37.73 per cent stake held by billionaire investor Wilbur Ross and Kansagra promoted Royal Holding Services Ltd in the low fare carrier. Maran and his aviation company KAL Airways have also announced an open market ...

As a volcano erupted in Iceland, Europe shut down most of its airports fearing that volcanic ash spreading downstream with the wind would be ingested by aircraft engines and become a safety hazard. The decision left tens of thousands of passengers stranded across the European continent, as well as the globe, as flights linking other continents to Europe were grounded ...

India's premier international airline Jet Airways and JetLite, its low fare subsidiary, have entered into a $750 million Maintenance- By-the-Hour (MBH) contract with ST Aerospace for the support of CFM56-7B engines that power their fleet of 67 Boeing 737 NG aircraft. Under the agreement, ST Aerospace's wholly-owned subsidiary, ST Aerospace Engines Pvt Ltd, will provide total engine maintenance and engineering ...

Team from MIT presents a green airplane that reduces fuel consumption by 70 per centA TEAM LED BY MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE of Technology (MIT) has designed a green airplane that uses 70 per cent less fuel and reduces noise and emission of nitrogen oxides (NOx). The design was one of two that the team led by faculty from the Department of ...

Dr Mani Sishta, HyderabadThe air we breathe onboard an airliner is a 50-50 mix of re-circulated filtered air and fresh air, the latter bled from the enginesAT A TIME WHEN THE world is looking at issues related to pollution of the environment from a global perspective, it might seem churlish to seem to expound on the quality of air inside ...

Joseph Noronha, GoaPeak oil is the theoretical point in time when the maximum rate of global petroleum extraction is reached, after which production terminally declinesSOME DAY, NOT TOO FAR from now, the world will run out of fossil fuels. As oil producers scramble to tap new sources, prices could surge dramatically. Then will set in the cold realisation that most ...

While an independent investigating agency may be years away, there is at least some light at the end of the tunnelADDRESSING A GATHERING AT THE inaugural ceremony of India Aviation 2010 on March 3, 2010, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said, "India needs 400 airports and 3,000 aircraft in the next 10 years." He was careful not to state whether ...

Our Staff CorrespondentWith the MoUs signed in the recent past, Taneja Aerospace and Aviation Ltd expects to generate new business opportunities and favourably impact the fortunes of the companySPURRED ON BY THE EMERGING opportunities in the aerospace industry not only in India but also the world over, Taneja Aerospace and Aviation Ltd (TAAL), located at Hosur in Tamil Nadu, is ...

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has sought the withdrawal of waiver of landing charges for aircraft with seating capacity of less than 80 passengers and being operated by scheduled domestic operators. The Ministry of Civil Aviation has directed AAI to conduct a study on the various aspects of the proposal to get a clearer picture before the final decision ...

The Aircraft Acquisition Committee of the Ministry of Civil Aviation has accorded in-principle approval to IndiGo to acquire 150 aircraft in addition to the 100 already on order. It has also given similar approval to the Chennai-based Paramount Airways to acquire 10 aircraft which the company proposes to get from the Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier and European ATR. IndiGo currently ...

After Air India received Rs 800 crore equity last year, the government now plans to infuse another Rs 1,200 crore as equity in the next few months as also review its performance to decide future course of action. At present there are no plans to divest government equity in the cashstrapped national carrier. As per Praful Patel, the Civil Aviation ...

Engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro Ltd is planning to bid for the construction of airports in Oman, Abu Dhabi as also at few other places. The bidding process for some of the projects is expected to be completed this year. The company has been involved in building infrastructure projects in West Asia for the past few years. L&T ...

The merger of Air India and Indian meant to cut losses but the effect has been just the opposite. Cumulative losses have increased to over Rs 13,000 crore in three years, which Air India is now attempting to reduce through enforced wage cut. It is reported that in a recent move, an expatriate has been inducted as the Chief Operating ...

Blue Dart Aviation, India's largest and the first dedicated domestic cargo airline operating since 1996, will receive Maintenance Performance Toolbox from Boeing Commercial Aviation Services for the airline's four Boeing 757-200 and three 737-200 fleet of freighters. Toolbox, a key Boeing Lifecycle Solution element, is a softwarebased productivity tool designed to unify an airline's maintenance data, enhancing accessibility and providing ...

Asia's largest carrier, Japan Airlines ( JAL), struggling to cope with financial difficulties and currently involved in a restructuring exercise, will exit air cargo business by the end of October this year in a bid to cut costs. However, the carrier will continue lifting belly cargo as its passenger fleet has three times the cargo capacity of its freighter fleet. ...

Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries (RIL) has forayed into the aviation space as a strategic investor with over 26 per cent stake in the new cargo airline Deccan 360 established by Captain G.R. Gopinath. "We believe that our collaboration with Deccan 360 will see a transformation in the logistics domain in India," the RIL Chairman and Managing Director, Mukesh Ambani said. ...

MAY 22 THIS YEAR WAS indeed a black day for the civil aviation industry in India and particularly for the national carrier when at the crack of dawn, Air India Express flight IX 812 coming into Mangalore International Airport from Dubai, careened off the end of the runway and went hurtling down the hill slope breaking into thousand pieces, its ...

Arun Lohiya, MumbaiThe growth of the helicopter industry needs to be supported by rational and industry-friendly regulations and creation on fast-track of the much needed and dedicated infrastructure that can help the nation realise the true potential of this industryTHE INDIAN CIVIL AVIATION INDUSTRY, in recent times, has registered one of the fastest growth rates in the world with private ...

AirAsia bagged the Air Cargo Industry 'Newcomer of the Year Award 2010' in the Air Cargo Week (ACW) World Air Cargo Awards held in Shanghai. AirAsia is the first low-cost airline to win the award. AirAsia emerged as the winner of the award in a global survey. The award ceremony was held during the Air Cargo China 2010 global exhibition ...