Archive For April, 2014

“Advance in Manufacturing Technologies and Offset Opportunities in Aerospace”

Aeronautical Society of India, Bangalore Branch is conducting a Seminar on “Advance in Manufacturing Technologies and Offset Opportunities in Aerospace” Date: 10th May 2014 Venue: HAL Convention centre Old Airport Road, Marathahalli Post Bangalore – 560 017 Further Details: Shri C Kalaivanan, Scientist ‘F’ (Rets) Hon. Secretary, (Convener) Aeronautical Society of India, Suranjandas Road New […]

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Bangalore’s Dynamatic adds a feather to Airbus 330 wings

Dynamatic Technologies, a Rs 1,600-crore Bangalore-based precision equipment manufacturer, has been selected by the European aircraft maker Airbus to be the sole supplier of critical wing parts for the A330 series of aircraft.  The deal elevates Dynamatic to being a tier-I supplier to the 60-billion-euro Airbus Group, making it the first aerospace player from India’s […]

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Upbeat Boeing and Airbus revise 20-year market outlook for India

Two of the world’s largest aircraft manufacturers – Boeing and Airbus – have both revised their 20-year market outlook for India stating that the country will see more aircraft sales till 2032 than what they had estimated in 2012. The upward revision in the outlook comes a day after SpiceJet placed a $4.4-billion aircraft order […]

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200 low-cost airports on cards in 20 years

The Government is planning to build around 200 low-cost airports, with infrastructure a little bigger than a railway station, in smaller cities in the next 20 years. In addition to these, fifteen low-cost airports would be taken up in the next few years under the Greenfield Airport Policy. The government says small cities hold the […]

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Transport aircraft design soon, says Ministry official

The design for indigenous Regional Transport Aircraft is likely to be finalised within the next two to three months, said a senior official of Civil Aviation Ministry. Apart from the design of the passenger aircraft, its size and the number of seat options 70-80 or 100 seats, as also the possibility of finalising the type […]

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World’s largest charter company eyes India entry

The huge spurt in demand for hiring business jets in India has now prompted the world’s largest charter company to have a subsidiary here. Zurich-based VistaJet is in talks with some Indian charter firms and is aiming to have a JV functional within a year.  It is going to bring the world’s most luxurious mid-size […]

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India could be top aviation market by 2030

India is scoring self goals in the aviation sector and driving away business, according to industry chamber FICCI and consultancy KPMG. The industry is over-taxed, and this is clearly reflected in the industry’s lack of competitiveness at the global level, they said in a report released at the Indian Aviation 2014 air show.  KPMG’s India […]

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JNCASR to have fastest supercomputer in materials science

The Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore, will have the fastest supercomputer in the field of materials science in the country. Working at a speed of 80 teraflops, the new supercomputer will be eight times faster and more advanced than the present one at the Centre. The supercomputer will have the capacity to […]

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Britain unveils the world’s largest aircraft

Britain has unveiled the world’s largest aircraft—a 300 feet long monster which is part plane, airship and helicopter, capable of flying non-stop for three weeks without refuelling.  This £60 million new airship is about 60 feet longer than the biggest airliners, the Airbus A380 and Boeing 747-8.  Plans are to include two hovercraft type vehicles […]

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French experts to teach aerospace, aviation management at IIMB

French aerospace and aviation experts will teach aerospace and aviation management to students of the Executive General Management Programme which Airbus and IIMB have agreed to introduce at IIMB from this year.  The French experts would be academicians and researchers as well as top management professionals in aerospace and aviation from France’s Toulouse region, the […]

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