Boeing, the US-based global aircraft manufacturer, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with government-owned Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) to develop an analysis and experimentation centre.
The discovery of debris may not solve the mystery of what happened to the plane, warn aviation experts
US aircraft manufacturer Boeing said on Friday that it would concentrate on clinching the Air-India deal of 17 aircraft and was willing to have a dialogue with the government on the Indian Airlines' proposal to acquire 43 aircraft.
The Boeing Company's proposed MRO base in Nagpur for maintenance and repair of aircraft may have another partner in addition to state-owned carrier Air India.
Air India is keen to raise working capital by selling aircraft.
Indigo has zero competition on 61.2 per cent of its 838 domestic routes.
Boeing India president says with the rising prices of aviation fuel, the airlines do not have any option but to increase the fares.
The ongoing fourth quarter earnings season, global factors and macroeconomic data would guide the trends in the equity markets this week, analysts said. Markets would also take cues from trading activity of foreign investors, rupee-dollar trend and movement of global oil benchmark Brent crude. "Domestically, the next batch of Q4 earnings reports will drive stock-specific movements, Hero MotoCorp, Larsen & Toubro, BPCL, State Bank of India, Eicher Motors and Tata Motors are some of the big names in the list and the next phase of voting," said Pravesh Gour, senior technical analyst, Swastika Investmart Ltd.
The Spanish Government mistakenly honoured celebrity Ivana Icardi, sister of Argentinian footballer Mauro Icardi, instead of Women's World Cup winning captain Ivana Andres, with the country's Royal Order of Sports Merit, Spain's National Sports Council (CSD) confirmed on Wednesday.
Despite the global meltdown, Boeing, the world's largest manufacturer of commercial and defence aircraft, on Tuesday said there is no cancellation in its orders from India and assured to deliver aircraft on schedule to its buyers including Air India, the official national carrier.
The battle for the skies is moving to a new orbit - fuel-efficient narrow body planes. While Airbus has cashed in on the first mover advantage in this space with its A320 Neo, Boeing, which launched its plane in August last year, is catching up fast.
One of world's largest aircraft in terms of seating capacity, will make its solo debut in India next week.
'The funds were arranged from multiple banks at a very competitive rate and converted into dollars at the best rates.'
The seats would be on board its CST-100 spacecraft, which it is developing under NASAs push for commercial crew spacecraft. The CST-100 could carry seven people and fly on multiple launch vehicles.
Nacil was formed after the merger of erstwhile Indian Airlines and Air India in 2007. In 2004, they ordered for 111 aircraft -- 68 from Boeing and 43 from Airbus. The Boeing order included 27 B787-800 Dreamliners.
"By the time this fiscal year ends and then next one starts and unless someone does a harakiri in lowering their fare, we see a good scenario beginning April onwards," Boeing India president Dinesh Keskar told PTI in an interview.
'Airlines are aware that during peak times like Diwali, demand will be high, so prices remain steep even for tickets purchased 90 days ahead.'
All eyes will be on the Boeing 787 as it will land in the city on Wednesday morning marking its debut on the Indian soil.
Airbus stands ready to increase output after winning an industry peak of 1,619 new airplane orders in 2013, as it seeks to turn a record backlog of almost nine years of plane production into hard profit.
Air Sahara is believed to be in the process of signing a deal with Boeing for acquiring new aircraft, even as negotiations are on by mediators to resolve the Jet-Sahara dispute
Don't do any strange things in preparation ahead of Olympics, Gopichand's advise to shuttlers
India's IPR framework and enforcement were comparable to those in developed countries
To take delivery of 50 from 2017 and in talks to lease five Airbus planes to Kuwait Airways.
In December 2005, AI had ordered 111 aircraft worth Rs 46,000 crore.
Facing disruptions due to non-availability of crew, Vistara on Sunday announced reducing 10 per cent of its capacity or 25-30 flights daily and most of the cancellations are in the domestic network as the Tata Group airline strives to stabilise operations. The full-service carrier is to operate over 300 flights daily in the ongoing summer schedule and witnessed significant disruptions earlier this week as many pilots reported sick, resulting in cancellations of flights. "We are carefully scaling back our operations by around 25-30 flights per day, i.e. roughly 10 per cent of the capacity we were operating.
Within days of deciding to sell and leaseback the first seven Boeing 787 Dreamliners it will receive till this June, Air India has offered to lease five of its eight Boeing 777-200 planes for 8-10 years, officials said.
'We have informed the government multiple times that the situation in the US and India are different.' 'Here, there will be a 500 MHz gap in the frequencies which will safely allow aviation without interference.'
Boeing on Tuesday sought to calm concerns over its 787 programme by insisting it would deliver the first jet by the end of next year, although it left the door open for further delays by warning that the timetable was "aggressive" and far from "risk-free".
It seems that the West is sending a signal to India that it can return to old hostilities unless India toes their line on Russia. It is no surprise that India is being compared with Putin's Russia in terms of targeting 'dissidents' as the West calls these Khalistani terrorists, asserts Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
The aircraft are scheduled to be delivered between October 2012 and December 2014 subject to regulatory approvals, the company said in a filing to Bombay Stock Exchange.
Low cost airline SpiceJet, on Saturday said it has placed orders for 10 more Boeing 737-800 aircraft with Boeing, and the first one would join the existing fleet of five aircraft, by February 2006.
The airline has said it isn't worried about competition in the domestic market, thanks to its spread across three passenger segments
US aircraft maker Boeing Corp on Wednesday signed an agreement to sell ten 737-800 passenger jets, with an option to sell 10 more, to SpiceJet low-cost carrier in a deal worth $1.26 billion at list prices.\n\n
The Indian badminton team returned empty-handed from the Olympics for the first time in over a decade.
