Aviation
Merger of Air India and Vistara
Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines (SIA) have agreed to merge Air India and Vistara to create India’s second-biggest carrier. Why is this merger significant? The Singapore Airlines (SIA) will get 25.1 per cent stake in the merged entity at an ..
Tags: Air India • Air India Express • Aviation • Aviation Industry • Aviation Sector
Month: Current Affairs – November, 2022
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022
AVGAS 100 LL
Indigenously developed special aviation fuel AVGAS 100 LL was launched by the Indian Government. Key facts AVGAS 100 LL was indigenously developed by the Indian Oil Corporation for the piston engine aircrafts and unmanned aerial vehicles. It is used to ..
Tags: Aviation • Aviation fuels • Aviation Industry • Aviation Sector • Indian Oil Corp
Month: Current affairs - September, 2022
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022
Regulations of Drones in India hastened
On January 13, 2020, the Indian Aviation Ministry announced that registration of all drones in the country is mandatory. The Ministry has given January 31, 2020 as deadline for the users to register their drones. Highlights Every drone is to ..
Tags: Aircraft • Airport • Airport security • Aviation • Drones
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
4th round of UDAN scheme launched
The centre has launched the 4th leg of the UDAN scheme in the first week of December, 2019. The UDAN or Ude Desh ka Aam Nagarik scheme is a regional connectivity scheme introduced in 2016. It is a component under ..
Tags: Aviation • Deccan Charters • Government of India • National Civil Aviation Policy • Transport in India
Ex-Eastern Bridge-V started between India & Oman
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has started its bilateral joint exercise “Ex-Eastern Bridge-V “ with Royal Air Force Oman (RAFO) at Air Force Base Masirah in Oman on October 17 & will continue till Oct 26. For the first time, ..
Tags: Asia • Aviation • Masirah Island • Mikoyan MiG-29 • RAFO Thumrait
Air Indi becomes world’s first airline to use Taxibot on A-320 aircraft
Air India has become the first airline in the world to use a Taxibot on a A-320 aircraft with passengers on board. Taxibot is a robot-used aircraft tractor for taxiing an aircraft from parking bay to runway and vice-versa. Air ..
Tags: Air India • Aircraft ground handling • Airport • Aviation • Human activities