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N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday launched a seaplane demo flight operation from Prakasam Barrage in Vijayawada to Srisailam in Nandyal district. Addressing a meeting after the launch of the demo flight at Punnami Ghat on the Krishna river in Vijayawada, he said, «This is a new experiment (seaplane demo flight). I am very happy. If anything new happens in the country, it should happen in Amaravati. We are going ahead with that motto.»

A new study says private jet carbon pollution soared 46% from 2019 to 2023

Indian diaspora at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. The EAM attributed this progress to a series of interconnected efforts aimed at enhancing business conditions, improving the quality of life, and radically transforming the nation's infrastructure. Jaishankar elaborated on the initiatives that have contributed to this transformation, including the ambitious Gati Shakti program, which focuses on comprehensive infrastructure development.

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California is partnering with a major airline trade group to increase the availability of sustainable aviation fuels in the state

Saudi startup airline Riyadh Air has ordered 60 Airbus aircraft

Maharashtra, has been adjudged the best army aviation squadron in the country, an official said on Wednesday. The 257 Aviation Squadron, led by Colonel Vikas Magar (41), who hails from Ahilyanagr district, won the top honours. Col Magar is an alumnus of Sainik School Satara in Maharashtra.

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Opponents of Myanmar’s military government have welcomed the latest sanctions imposed by the European Union, the U.K. and Canada on individuals and entities supplying aviation fuel and equipment to the army

civil aviation security and intelligence agencies have been issued by the Bureau of Civil Aviation (BCAS) in view of the «evolving security challenges», especially the «emerging trend» of issuing hoax bomb threats through various social media platforms. In the past two weeks, more than 510 domestic and international flights have received bomb threats that later turned out to be hoaxes. The threats were issued mostly through anonymous handles on social media platform X. This has caused «major» operational and financial distress for the airlines. As per the current practice, a Bomb Threat Assessment Committee (BTAC) is convened at a designated airport to analyse a bomb or security threat issued against an airline, airport or any part of the aviation ecosystem that decides to declare it «specific» or serious or «non-specific» or hoax.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Tensions between SpaceX and its federal regulators have spilled into public view. The Federal Aviation Administration is seeking $633,009 in civil fines, alleging that the company neglected necessary paperwork for two 2023 launches.

Sandip Sabharwal, asksandipsabharwal.com, says while there is nothing safe in the market, IDFC First Bank stocks can be the relatively safe sparklers. For those willing to take higher risks, Ahluwalia Contracts can be the high-risk rockets while InterGlobe Aviation or IndiGo can be the perfect value bomb. This Dhanteras, which safe sparkler or safe bets should one look at? Sandip Sabharwal: Now, there is nothing safe in the stock market as such. It is all about relative safeness. I think IDFC First Bank is pretty well placed at the current prices. The results which came out over the weekend reflected that there is resilience in the business model. The core business is doing well. When you look at every bank, the key to look at is the asset quality of the bank and the deposit growth quality of the deposit and then the credit growth and the reported profitability. So, in all these parameters, it is doing very well. Its net NPAs are very similar to that of ICICI Bank or HDFC Bank.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. InterGlobe Aviation Ltd’s shares lost about 7% on Monday after higher costs marred the airline's September quarter (Q2FY25) results, leading to a worse-than-estimated net loss of ₹990 crore. Naturally, the poor show has triggered a cut in earnings estimates for FY25 and FY26.

Narendra Modi made a significant observation. «All of you have witnessed unprecedented growth and transformation in India's aviation sector in the last decade,» he said. «We are already working to make India an aviation hub. This ecosystem will pave the way for Made-in-India civil aircraft in the future… This factory is going to play a major role in the design and manufacturing of civil aircraft to meet the future needs of India and the world.» The TATA advanced systems limited (TASL) Campus in Vadodara will manufacture C-295 defence transport aircraft, the first private sector final assembly line for military aircraft in India. Under the C-295 programme, 16 aircraft will be delivered directly by Airbus from Spain and remaining 40 will be made in India. TASL is responsible for making these 40 aircrafts in India in partnership with Airbus. Also Read: PM Modi and Spain’s Pedro Sanchez inaugurate Tata Aircraft Complex in Vadodara for C-295 manufacturing

advisory to social media companies such as X (formerly Twitter) and Meta, in the face of increasing hoax bomb threats to Indian airlines, reported TOI. The advisory calls for these platforms to make «reasonable efforts to disallow such malicious acts including hoax bomb threats from being disseminated on their platforms.» «The scale of spread of such hoax bomb threats has been observed to be dangerously unrestrained due to the availability of the option of 'forwarding/re-sharing/re-posting/re-tweeting' on the social media platforms,» the Ministry of Electronics and IT highlighted on Friday. These hoax threats primarily consist of misinformation that significantly disrupts public order, airline operations, and the security of travellers. According to the TOI report, social media intermediaries are required to «observe their due diligence obligations that include the prompt removal or disabling access to such unlawful information specified under the IT Rules, 2021, including hoax bomb threats, well within the strict timelines as prescribed under the IT Rules, 2021.»

Spirit Airlines is cutting jobs and selling off some jets worth millions of dollars as the budget carrier aims to cut costs amid looming financial struggles and an uncertain future

Russian pilots into participating in a fake calendar project. This initiative aimed to reveal the identities of the pilots involved in a deadly airstrike on a theatre in Mariupol, where civilians sought shelter. Members of the volunteer-based international intelligence community, InformNapalm, successfully persuaded multiple wives to pose in front of a Russian fighter jet, wearing their husbands’ medals.

K Rammohan Naidu on Thursday said the government aims to set up 50 more airports in the next five years and pitched for further developing the country's airport ecosystem that will also help in boosting job creation. In the last 10 years, the number of airports has doubled to 157. Naidu said that 50 more airports are expected to be developed in the next five years and 200 more in the next 20 years. The minister was speaking after inaugurating the Airbus India and South Asia Headquarters — Training Centre in the national capital.

Falgu Aviation Leasing Ltd, an aircraft lessor, has approached the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) against SpiceJet Ltd over an unpaid debt of Rs 67 crore. The lessor has said that the debt arose from rental dues for a Boeing 737 that it had leased to the budget carrier. SpiceJet has been entangled in a cycle of settlements and fresh insolvency pleas with the airline being taken to insolvency court by different lessors frequently even as it settles pending insolvency cases.

Qatar Airways achieved a milestone in aviation by becoming the first airline to equip its Boeing 777 aircraft with SpaceX's Starlink technology. This groundbreaking integration allows passengers on board to connect to high-speed, low-latency internet, transforming the in-flight experience. Travelers can now stream videos, play games, and work seamlessly while cruising at 35,000 feet, addressing the growing demand for reliable connectivity in the skies.

Federal regulators is giving a strong push to electric-powered air taxis by issuing a final rule for operating the aircraft and how pilots will be trained to fly them