At least one man on the plane, carrying 62 people, is believed to be armed, and explosives have been found onboard, Cypriot officials said.
At present, six A320 Neo of IndiGo & GoAir are grounded waiting for engine replacement
SpiceJet, India's second-largest private airline, kicked off the process of hiving off its logistics business to its subsidiary SpiceXpress as it looks to raise much-needed capital. On Tuesday, the company sought its shareholders' approval to complete the process and to raise up to Rs 2,500 crore via a qualified institutions placement (QIP). It is in talks with multiple private equity investors as it tries to sell shares in the logistics arm to raise money.
The plane crashed in the suburbs of Mora Kalu village, killing 12 civilians and five crew members and destroying five to six houses, the Pakistan army said.
IndiGo confirmed the incident but said the aircraft did not face any technical issue in the past.
"The PM defended his personal RAFALE bypass deal on 2 counts: 1. Better Price 2. Faster Delivery. Both have been demolished by the revelations in the Hindu today," he tweeted.
Dispute arose as Indian carriers objected to Emirates flying passengers beyond Dubai, and Dubai authorities complained that Indian airlines have been flying more flights than allocated to its carriers.
Improvement in load factors, coupled with an increase in seat capacity after Jet's slots were allotted to low-cost airlines, has resulted in an increase in daily passenger traffic.
The Mahindra Group struck up a series of high- profile deals with international aerospace players at the Air Show in Paris.
The Beluga carries complete sections of Airbus aircraft from different production sites to the final assembly lines in Toulouse or Hamburg.
AirAsia India launched service in June and has two Airbus A320 planes.
Vistara will operate from its base Delhi and fly to Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Goa, Chandigarh, Srinagar, Jammu and Patna in the first year as per its plan submitted to DGCA while applying for the AOP.
The team from Chennai's SRM University, comprising of Anita Mohil, Balakrishnan Solaraju Murali and Michael Thomas along with their academic mentor Sakhtivel Kasinath, is among the five finalists of a global competition organised by aircraft manufacturer Airbus and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.
All the items identified for procurement from domestic defence manufacturers are used in shipbuilding. So far, the defence ministry has notified 127 items where purchase preference is given to local suppliers.
Saturday's mid-air engine failure on Indigo flight prompts scrutiny.
However, while the capacity void in the domestic market has been filled, a vacuum still remains in international connectivity, especially on the India-Europe and onwards route, which was well connected by Jet Airways via the Boeing 777, Airbus A330 aircraft and its hubs in Paris and Amsterdam.
European aircraft maker Airbus expects the Asia-Pacific region to overtake the United States and Europe as the world's largest air transport market in the next 20 years.
India's second largest private carrier Kingfisher Airlines plans to more than double its fleet strength by adding 67 more aircraft by 2016, according to an investors' presentation made by the company.
In January last year, the US signed the first phase of the trade deal with China, which former President Donald Trump described as historic, concluding more than a year of tough negotiations including several months of suspension of talks between the two largest economies of the world.
Jet has already confirmed an order for 50 737-MAX planes together with up to 10 777-300ERS from Boeing.
Air India's home market share has fallen from 19.8% in January to 18% in July.
There are several first officers who have flown 5,000 hours
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Jet Airways plans to increase capacity on international routes by reconfiguring existing aircraft and adding new ones.
Chirac is on the second day of a four-day visit dominated by promotion of French business in China.
However, according to some social media reports, the Civil Aviation Administration of China has allowed IndiGo to operate seven flights a week to Chengdu and Guangzhou from New Delhi and Kolkata, respectively
The airlines' CEO expects it have 50 Boeing-737s and 30 Bomardier aircraft by 2016
Some 30-odd co-pilots were being "forced to work overtime" without any remuneration.
111 light helicopters have to be built indigenously through joint ventures between Indian and foreign firms.
While Nifty 50 reflects changes in 40 years, it also shows what is missing: Low-cost manufacturers at one end, and deep-value players at the other. Also missing are technology players, observes T N Ninan.
The C919 - a twin-engine, narrow-body aircraft seating up to 174 people - is similar in size to the Airbus 320.
J R D Tata's flight carrying mail between the two cities was the first by an Indian company and it opened the air link to peninsular India.
Air India plans to induct all these 19 aircraft between this fiscal to March 2018.
The two hijackers had hand grenades and had threatened to explode them.
Plans to remove onboard bar to create space.
Vistara has accelerated fleet expansion plan from June 2018 to earlier, open to talks with Boeing as well.
The government-owned airline has 63 narrow body planes from Airbus, including the A319 and A321.
In one of the largest aircraft purchase deals, Qatar Airways on Tuesday decided to place orders worth $15.2 billion with both Airbus and Boeing.
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