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US space agency NASA teams with Boeing to develop lower-emissions next-generation commercial aircraft
Engineers will be seeking to design an aircraft with fuel consumption and emissions reductions of up to 30 per cent relative to today's most efficient single-aisle aircraft
Is opening emergency door in aircraft a crime? Tejasvi Surya's latest controversy explained
BJP's Tejasvi Surya ‘mistakenly’ opened the emergency door of an IndiGo flight from Chennai to Tiruchirapalli, causing a delay of more than two hours. Did the Bengaluru MP break the law?
Watch: Scuffle onboard plane from Bangkok to Kolkata, clip of incident shared widely on social media
In the clip, two passengers were seen arguing before one of them said 'put your hands down', and then started slapping the other person. A few other passengers also got involved in the scuffle
From LCH Prachand to INS Vikrant, how ‘Make in India’ defence is transforming the nation
The ‘Make in India’ programme received a great boost when India inducted the Light Combat Helicopter Prachand. The recent projects, showcasing India’s capabilities in the defence sector, has caught China and Pakistan on the back foot
Lessons from a war: For India, finding aatmanirbhar alternatives to foreign equipment is need of the hour
The ongoing devastating war between Russia and Ukraine, countries which India is dependent on for weapons and spares, will eventually adversely affect the country’s operational readiness
Two IndiGo planes avert mid-air collision over Bengaluru airport; DGCA orders probe
The two planes — 6E455 (Bengaluru to Kolkata) and 6E246 (Bengaluru to Bhubaneswar) — were involved in a 'breach of separation' at Bengaluru airport
Tale of two aircraft companies: While Airbus returns to profit, Boeing still in the red
The world's dominant aerospace companies will seek new business as they attend the five-day Dubai air show on Sunday
Five people killed in France's Loche after two small aircraft collide; probe underway
Two of the dead were in an ultra-light plane and three others in the other small aircraft. There were no reports of survivors
Airline industry braces for prolonged recovery from coronavirus crisis; half the world's airplanes in storage
Carriers including United Airlines Holdings Inc and Air New Zealand Ltd have warned they are likely to emerge from the coronavirus crisis smaller, and there are fears others may not survive.
Coronavirus Outbreak: After IndiGo, GoAir offers its aircraft, crew, airport staff to govt for emergency services
GoAir said on Friday it has offered government its aircraft, crew and airport staff to carry out emergency services and repatriation of citizens, two days after another low-cost carrier IndiGo made a similar offer
Vistara takes delivery of its first B787-9 Dreamliner aircraft with lie-flat business class seats
Vistara took the delivery of its first wide-body Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner plane on Friday, making it the first Indian airline to fly this aircraft
GoAir cancels 18 domestic flights; budget carrier faces non-availability of aircraft, cockpit crew crunch
GoAir has cancelled 18 domestic flights from cities including Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Patna due to non-availability of aircraft and adequate cockpit crew, a source said
NASA hands Boeing extra USD 287 million to avoid 18 month wait time for the human spaceflights
NASA has given Boeing and SpaceX $7 billion since 2014 to build spacecrafts to ferry astronauts to the ISS.
NASA displays its experimental all-electric X-57 Maxwell aircraft for the first time
The aircraft has been under development since 2015 and is still a year away from its first test flight.
IndiGo seeks employees support amid biggest quarterly loss; CEO says will have to deal with weakening revenue environment going forward
Budget carrier IndiGo on Tuesday sought the "support" of its employees following its biggest quarterly loss in the September quarter, saying that it will have to deal with the "weakening" revenue environment going forward
IndiGo gets delivery of first A321neo from CDB Aviation, 8 more to come by January 2020
IndiGo has six A321neos in its fleet of 243 planes, according to a fleet tracking website
DGCA to inspect 23 Boeing 737 planes of SpiceJet for possible cracks in body frame
Aviation watchdog DGCA will inspect 23 Boeing 737 planes, including four freighters, operated by SpiceJet to check for any cracks in the body frame, a senior official said
GoAir rekindles IPO plan, to raise up to Rs 2,074 cr; budget carrier plans to add one aircraft per month
GoAir plans to raise up to Rs 2,074 crore through the maiden offer, though the airline is yet to take a decision on the size of the issue
