Features

  • February 2, 2015
    SP's Exclusive
    National Civil Aircraft programme targets 2020
    By SP's Special Correspondent

    At Aero India this year, the NAL-HAL National Civil Aircraft programme could have fresh contours, with officialy likely to scout fresh partnerships...

  • October 15, 2014
    Exclusive Air Costa status to change from a regional airline to national airline soon
    By R. Chandrakanth

    The only regional airline in India Air Costa is planning to become a scheduled airline soon with pan-India connectivity and it has applied...

  • June 2, 2014
    SP's Exclusive
    NAL-IMD deal to joint-produce Dhrishti runway aid
    By SP's Special Correspondent

    The National Aerospace Laboratories (CSIR-NAL) and Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) have entered into deal to joint produce...

  • January 8, 2014
    SP's Exclusive
    Indian civil aircraft project scouts engines
    By SP's Special Correspondent

    The Indian national civil aircraft (NCAD) development programme, looking to field an Indian designed and built airliner by the end of this decade...

  • October 30, 2013
    Dreamliner is a safe airplane: Boeing
    By Sucheta Das Mohapatra

    Amidst reports of technical glitches found in the 787 Dreamliners, Air India has received its 10th aircraft recently and is planning to deploy the aircraft in more international routes.

  • September 4, 2013
    India to develop 50 new low-cost airports
    By Sucheta Das Mohapatra

    At the Sixth ASSOCHAM International Conference on Civil Aviation and Tourism held in New Delhi on August 30, K.N. Srivastava, Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) informed that the government...

  • July 6, 2013
    SP's Exclusive
    India's National Civil Aircraft nears pull-back
    By SP's Special Correspondent

    India's ambitious national civil aircraft (NCAD) is making steady strides forward. Top sources say that the government will shortly...

  • July 3, 2013
    AirAsia spirits high, says the perfect time to enter Indian market
    By Sucheta Das Mohapatra

    In a little more than a decade of existence, the Malaysian low-cost AirAsia has become the 'airline of choice' for the commoners.

  • March 7, 2013
    General Aviation: The Next Step
    By Sucheta Das Mohapatra

    A day-long seminar was organised by Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (IACC) in collaboration with US-India Aviation Cooperation Programme (ACP) on efforts to boost general aviation in India

  • March 4, 2013
    SP's Exclusive National Civil Aircraft programme targets 2020
    By SP's Special Correspondent

    In the next six-seven years, the ambitious National Civil Aircraft Development (NCAD) programme hopes to ready its first platform—a 100-seat civil passenger jet for Indian service and exports.

  • January 13, 2013
    Aerospace Component Manufacturing in India: Opportunities & Challenges
    By Sucheta Das Mohapatra

    The Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (IACC) organised a seminar to deliberate on the manufacturing opportunities for aviation and aerospace...

  • September 24, 2012
    Fifth ASSOCHAM seminar on Civil Aviation
    By Sucheta Das Mohapatra

    Demands to declare air turbine fuel (ATF) a 'notified product' soared at the fifth Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry (ASSOCHAM) International Conference on Civil Aviation.

  • September 20, 2011
    Indian Civil Aviation – Soaring Higher
    By Prakash Chandra

    A day-long seminar, "Indian Civil Aviation – Long Term Perspective", was held at Hotel Le Meridien in New Delhi, on September 19, 2011. Organized by the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (IACC), with SP Guide Publications as media...

  • May 7, 2011
    Indian civil aviation needs US $30 billion investment: Secretary Zaidi
    By R. Chandrakanth

    The exponential growth of the Indian civil aviation sector needs investments worth over US $30 billion in the next 15 years and the civil aviation ministry has worked out a road-map to facilitate this, announced the Secretary of Civil Aviation...