Longest direct passenger flight arrives in Sydney from New York in 17-hour 'ultra-long-haul' journey
Last year, Qantas introduced the first 17-hour, direct flight from Perth to London, one of the longest passenger flights in the world.
Jet fuel and diesel can now be made from plastic bags, water bottles & daily waste
Scientists believe that farmers can use this technique to make diesel, to fuel their tractors, on their farms.
Aero India 2019: India seeks tie-ups to make aircraft locally; to invest $65 bn to construct 100 more airports: Suresh Prabhu
Prabhu said the civil aviation ministry has come out with 'Vision 2040' and to realise it, India would require 2,300 new aircraft.
NGT slaps fine of Rs 50,000 on airlines dumping human waste from airplanes...no, really
Human waste being splattered on houses from airplanes while landing, on Monday led the National Green Tribunal to slap a fine of Rs 50,000 on the airline whose aircraft empties toilet tanks on air.
Harsh Vardhan defends paper which spoke of aeroplanes in ancient India
Defending a paper presented at the Indian Science Congress which claimed existence of aeroplanes in India thousands of years ago, Dr Harsh Vardhan asked the Indian scientific community not to be ashamed of the country's ancient history.
'40-engine' planes, ancient surgery overshadows Indian Science Congress, sparks outrage
Aeroplanes existed in India 7,000 years ago, the Indian Science Congress was told in a controversial lecture that examined ancient aviation technology in the Vedas.
Planes discovered in Vedic age, it could fly between planets, says speaker at Indian Science Congress
Now, adding to that, a prominent professor in Mumbai has said that Hindu epics are all we need to understand the ancient world, rather than relying on modern evidence or research.