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Airlines

India Adopts Long-Awaited National Aviation Policy

Highlights include regional connectivity scheme, liberalization of foreign investment
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Aircraft

India’s New Basic Trainer Is Flying

The HTT-40 is due to enter service in 2018.
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Airlines

Air Astana Looks Beyond Kazakhstan for Growth In Tough Times

Air Astana is facing a dilemma as to whether it can still afford the Boeing 787s it plans to add to its fleet.
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Aircraft

India Eyes the Jet-powered Predator

Maker is touting strategic ISR capability with new multispectral sensor.
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People Over Profit Seeks Crowdfunding for New Indian Services

Start-up carrier People Over Profit intends to donate at least 51 percent of its profits to charities in the UK and India.
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Airlines

Asia-Pacific Budget Carriers Form Alliance

ASEAN Open Skies seen as impetus for group’s formation
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Charter & Fractional

Indian Charter Group JetSmart Launches Online Booking

JetSmart has an agreement with 15 Indian operators to provide charter capacity.
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Aircraft

India Seeks New Radar-Carrying Aerostats

Despite a previous accident, the country is again considering lighter-than-air surveillance solutions.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Indian Industry Group Presses for UAS Operating Rules

India's Ministry of Civil Aviation is expected to issue operating policy for unmanned aerial systems by year-end.
Rotorcraft

Helo EMS Set To Take Off In India with New Policy

Rule will elimination of the requirement for HEMS operators to file a flight plan and allow helicopters to fly point-to-point below 5,000 feet.
Aircraft

India's HAL Seeks Partners for New Regional Aircraft

Request for information calls for responses by April 11
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Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Indian Operators Push For Aircraft Interest Rate Breaks

India's business aviation sector says high interest rates are a deterrent to aircraft purchases.
Aircraft

India To Attempt Local Overhaul of Troubled An-32 Fleet

Ukraine-Russia split prevents finish of Antonov upgrade; MTA project to replace An-32s also founders.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

India Struggles with Drone Issues

The Indian government is looking at regulating drone use after high-profile incidents.
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Training and Workforce

Lockheed Martin Encourages Singapore Girls into Aerospace Careers

The U.S. company held a seminar recently in Singapore called “Girls Take Flight.”
Security

Changi to Make Improvements in Indian Airports

Jaipr and Ahmedabad look set to be the first Indian airports to benefit from management expertise from Singapore Changi.
Regulations and Government

Indian Aviation Set To Get Boost

India’s aviation policy still has issues
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Rotorcraft

Boeing Gives More Work to India

Boeing further participates in Make In India
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FBOs

India Bizav Group Decries Delhi Airport FBO Decision

Bird Worldwide Flight Services-ExecuJet and Indamer-MJets named concessionaires at Delhi Airport as 20 operators and agencies and companies are evicted.
Airlines

India To Get New Aviation Policy After 20 Years of Talks

Promised changes include new investment in regional connectivity
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Aircraft

French and Indian Leaders Advance Fighter, Helicopter Pacts

But contract for 36 Rafales remains to be signed, and most details of the helicopter deal remain undefined.
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Airlines

Star Alliance Embraces Tech Challenges

Plans to apply ‘lessons learned’ from new common processes at Heathrow’s Terminal 2
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Aircraft

Indonesia Could Trump India as Japan’s US-2 Partner

Plans to co-produce the ShinMaywa amphibian in India have stalled.
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Aircraft

Russia and India Confirm Ka-226 Helo Production Deal

No agreement meeting India’s desire to acquire the S-400 air defense system was signed.
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Airlines

United Pushes China Expansion After Hitting Roadblocks in India

United Airlines is expanding services to secondary Chinese cities while seeking to grow Indian service in alliance with Air India.
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Airlines

Star Alliance Welcomes Friends of the Family

South African low-fare carrier Mango joins network under ‘Connecting Partner Model’
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Airports

ACI and ICAO Call for Asia Pacific Airport Growth

Airport expansion in the Asia Pacific region is still being constrained by ill-considered regulatory hurdles, according to Airports Council International.
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Aircraft

Mallya's ACJ319 Up for Auction To Cover Tax Liens

The jet was seized three years ago by India’s tax authority after Kingfisher failed to remit $28 million in service taxes collected from passengers.
Airlines

Asia Pacific Carriers Speak Out Against Safety Blacklists

The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines recently met to push for an end to what they regard as heavy-handed treatment by international safety bodies.
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Airports

Bizav Group Worries About Ground Handling Monopoly at Delhi Airport

Number of general aviation handlers at India's Delhi Airport will go from 15 to two under new contract award.