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Jet Airways near deal to buy 50 Airbus A220 jets: Report

The airline's board was expected to meet on Monday to finalise the deal

VietJet to launch 13 new Vietnam-India routes, add Airbus planes in 2022

Vietnam's budget airline VietJet Aviation will launch 13 new routes between the Southeast Asian country and India later this year. It also planned to add more Airbus A330 planes

IndiGo's 75 new Airbus aircraft to be outfitted with Recaro's seats

IndiGo's 75 new Airbus aircraft will be outfitted with "comfortable" seats of German company Recaro from January 2023 onwards to upgrade passenger experience, a statement said on Monday. IndiGo's current fleet of over 280 Airbus aircraft are equipped with 'Dragonfly' seats of French company Safran. Recaro's 'BL3710' economy class seat will be installed on 75 Airbus aircraft -- A320neo and A321neo aircraft -- starting from January 2023, stated the joint statement of IndiGo and Recaro on Monday. India's largest carrier IndiGo will be the first airline in the Indian sub-continent to feature the BL3710 seat of Recaro, it mentioned. "The combination of the ergonomic design and weight of less than 10 kg per passenger has made the BL3710 economy class seat a bestseller since it first entered the market in 2019," it noted. Sanjay Kumar, Chief Strategy and Revenue Officer, IndiGo, said, As we expand our network, domestically and internationally to cater to the travel demand, the comfortabl

How the Ukraine war may give wings to Jet airways' international plans

Jet Airways plans to lease 20 Airbus A320s by 2024

Airbus close to winning $5.5-bn order from Jet Airways: Report

Discussions are for A320neo jets and A220 planes, say sources

Indigo flies ahead of rivals in May, has almost 58% of domestic market

Tata-led Air India has seen its market share continuously decline since March as around 30 of its 113 aircraft have been grounded for varying periods

Air India prepares one of the largest aircraft deals in aviation history

Air India is looking to buy as many as 300 jets, which may be Airbus SE's A320neo family jets or Boeing Co.'s 737 Max models, or a mix of both

Qantas Airways, Airbus to make $200 million sustainable fuels investment

The planemaker and airline plan to invest as much as $200 million to accelerate the adoption of SAF in the country, they said Sunday

AI considering procuring over 200 new planes; 70% to be narrow-bodied jets

While Air India has zeroed in on Airbus's A350 wide-bodied aircraft for the procurement, the talks with Airbus and Boeing for narrow-bodied aircraft is still on, say aviation industry sources

France's Airbus close to clinching Air India deal for 50 A350 aircraft

The first aircraft is likely to be inducted by first half of 2023

Air India to restore grounded planes for capacity ramp up amid competition

Capacity expansion would be crucial in wake of increase in competition in domestic market, revival in international traffic

Airbus registers 1.2 billion euro profit; will build more A320s

The ramp-up in A320 production builds on a current Airbus goal to build 65 A320s a month by the middle of 2023.

Airbus inks pact with Tata Strive. AASSC to give training for aviation jobs

European aviation major Airbus on Wednesday signed a pact with Tata STRIVE and the Aerospace and Aviation Sector Skill Council to train youths for aviation and aerospace jobs. Under the agreement, Airbus, Tata STRIVE and AASSC, with the support of NSDC and the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), will work together to build a pipeline of talent in the aerospace sector, focusing on providing opportunities to the youth, a release said. The Aerospace and Aviation Sector Skill Council (AASSC) is an apex body working towards skill development in aerospace and aviation sector under the aegis of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), while Tata STRIVE is a skill development initiative of Tata Trust. The pact was signed by Rmi Maillard, President and Managing Director, Airbus India & South Asia; Anita Rajan, CEO Tata STRIVE; and Rachit Bhatnagar, CEO, AASSC, the release said. "India is looking at exponential growth in every facet of the aerospace and ...

Airbus details output plans as first quarter deliveries climb 13%

Airbus is in the midst of planned production increases of single-aisle jets, but faces growing concern over manufacturing supply chains

GMR Airports, Airbus collaborate to study on sustainable aviation fuel

Airport operators Groupe ADP and GMR Airports together with Airbus, Axens and Safran have signed a MoU to conduct a joint study on Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF)

Boeing and Airbus Helicopters sign MoU to partner on H-47 Chinook

Boeing and Airbus Helicopters have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to partner on the H-47 Chinook in support of Germany's heavy-lift helicopter requirements.

Air India may buy large jets worth $10 bn, says enginemaker

'I think they (Tata Group) are looking at something up to 30 aircraft, could be as big as that, which is a big order,' says an executive of Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc

Big birds from Airbus, Embraer steal the show at Wings India 2022

Various stakeholders from India and abroad are showcasing their products and services at the four-day show which kicked off on Thursday

Airbus expects Indian aviation mkt to grow in single digits for next 20 yrs

However,according to Airbus the Indian aviation market will grow faster than the global market

Airbus expects demand for 2,210 planes in India over next 20 years

Domestic air travel in India is recovering from the pandemic