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India has world's fourth largest jet-engine powered passenger plane fleet

As of Feb 20, a total of 717 passenger aircraft have been registered with DGCA. Apart from jet-engine planes from Airbus and Boeing, the list also includes turboprop aircraft and some smaller planes

Updated On: 22 Feb 2023 | 11:13 PM IST

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TMS Ep299: Banking sector, Passenger aircraft, India Inc in Q2FY23, COP27

What's behind the optimism in India's banking sector? Can India build passenger planes like Boeing and Airbus? How did India Inc fare in Q2FY23? What is COP27? All answers here

Updated On: 09 Nov 2022 | 11:30 AM IST

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Can India build passenger planes like Boeing and Airbus?

PM Modi recently said India will soon manufacture large passenger aircrafts. The country's aerospace industry is set for a paradigm shift. Will the dream of a made-in-India passenger plane take off?

Updated On: 09 Nov 2022 | 10:48 AM IST

Embraer says talks for manufacturing aircraft in India progressing well

Says it's looking at various partnering options for next-gen turboprop aircraft

Updated On: 08 Nov 2022 | 4:28 PM IST

Top headlines: Morbi death toll at 132; India Inc eyes Dubai for investment

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said he could foresee that India would soon be manufacturing big passenger aircraft that would proudly bear the words 'Made in India'.

Updated On: 31 Oct 2022 | 9:01 AM IST

Time for Made-in-India passenger aircraft, says PM Narendra Modi

The PM stressed that India would need more than 2,000 aircraft in the next 15 years

Updated On: 30 Oct 2022 | 11:34 PM IST

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TMS Ep283: Wheat stocks, asset allocation, Andrew Holland, aircraft lease

Will India become an importer of wheat? Where should you park money, as deposit rates rise? What's Andrew Holland's take on markets in Samvat 2079? What is wet and dry lease of aircrafts? Answers here

Updated On: 18 Oct 2022 | 8:00 AM IST

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What is wet and dry lease of aircrafts?

Through the Gift City special zone in Ahmedabad, India is trying to become a global hub for aircraft leasing. But why do most airlines prefer leasing aircraft rather than buying them? Let's find out

Updated On: 18 Oct 2022 | 7:00 AM IST

Explained: What is PNR data, why will Indian airlines have to share it?

This information will be used by the Customs department for surveillance and risk assessment of international passengers

Updated On: 18 Aug 2022 | 8:16 PM IST

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Dornier 228: India's first indigenous commercial flight

The indigenously built Dornier 228 aircraft was, for the first time, used to carry passengers in Assam's Dibrugarh last month. Take a peek into the aircraft built by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd

Updated On: 24 May 2022 | 7:00 AM IST

Over 40 injured after passenger plane catches fire on runway in China

The passenger plane operated by Tibet Airlines was carrying 113 passengers and nine crew members were on board

Updated On: 13 May 2022 | 2:01 AM IST

GE nears deal with AerCap to create behemoth aircraft lessor

Merger of two leasing giants may be unveiled as soon as Monday

Updated On: 08 Mar 2021 | 3:21 PM IST

Alliance Air to induct Made-in-India Dornier planes for North East routes

First Indian airlines to operate these planes, signs MoU Hindustan Aeronautics to dry lease the 19-seater aircraft

Updated On: 05 Feb 2021 | 6:18 PM IST

DGCA issues guidelines for carrying vaccine in passenger aircraft

Dry ice, which is used to pack the vaccine, transforms into carbon dioxide gas at temperatures higher than -78 degrees Celsius and is therefore classified as "dangerous goods" by ICAO

Updated On: 08 Jan 2021 | 8:31 PM IST

Vistara runs its first Dreamliner commercial flight from Delhi to Kolkata

The airline said its flight UK705, operated using Dreamliner plane, departed from Delhi at 7.05 am on Thursday and arrived at Kolkata at 8.55 am

Updated On: 28 May 2020 | 1:40 PM IST

India will require 1,880 passenger, cargo aircraft by 2038: Airbus

Airbus has assumed the Indian middle-class population will grow to 1 billion or 68% of the total population by 2038, as compared to the present 540 million

Updated On: 12 Mar 2020 | 9:19 PM IST

India's passenger aircraft fleet to double to 1,100 planes by 2027: Avolon

India is currently the fastest growing aviation market in the world, registering a double-digit growth in air passenger traffic for the 44th month in May

Updated On: 16 Jul 2018 | 9:55 PM IST