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Piyush Goyal actively pursuing Airbus to begin manufacturing aeroplanes in India

Union Minister Piyush Goyal was addressing the CEOs session at the country's first Toy Fair 2021. He said that "we are looking at world domination in the toy sector and anything short of that would be a terrible disappointment".

Feb 28, 2021, 00:57 AM IST

Row over undelivered jets as Airbus threatens to sue airlines

Stand-off over undelivered passenger jets is intensifying after Airbus signaled it would sue airlines refusing to honour contracts in the face of the coronavirus crisis. The warning by Chief Executive Guillaume Faury in a news interview came as Airbus announced May deliveries well below normal, despite a partial recovery to 24 jets.

Jun 08, 2020, 09:16 AM IST

India needs 1,900 aircraft in 20 years, predicts Airbus

Backed by buoyancy in the increase of air travellers, India will require about 1,900 new passenger and cargo aircraft before 2038, president and managing director of Airbus India (South Asia) Anand Stanley said on Thursday (March 12, 2020).

Mar 12, 2020, 20:47 PM IST

Tech Mahindra inks deal with Airbus for cabin, cargo design engineering

Karthikeyan Natarajan, global head of engineering and IoT at Tech Mahindra, said the partnership will strengthen the company's aerospace engineering portfolio, especially in areas like cabin engineering and customer services.

Jun 21, 2019, 11:45 AM IST

Indigo Partners to acquire 50 A321XLR jets from Airbus

Twenty of the planes will be allocated to Hungary`s Wizz Air, 18 to US carrier Frontier Airlines and 12 to Chile`s Jetsmart, the companies announced at a joint news conference at the Paris Airshow.

Jun 19, 2019, 16:08 PM IST

New blow to Boeing from engine delay, Airbus long-range rival takes off

The aerospace industry`s biggest annual event is traditionally a slugging match between Airbus and Boeing in the $150 billion a year commercial aircraft market. 

Jun 17, 2019, 23:49 PM IST

Airbus, OneWeb aim to kick off new satellite era with first launch

The launch may presage a boom in demand for launch services, with a handful of venture-backed rocket companies developing smaller boosters to deploy the smaller satellites at lower cost.

Feb 27, 2019, 14:00 PM IST

Vistara orders 6 Boeing, 13 Airbus jets worth $3.1 billion in growth plan

Vistara joins rival Jet Airways and low-cost carriers IndiGo and SpiceJet that have plans to grow their international operations to offset a highly competitive, price-sensitive domestic market. 

Jul 11, 2018, 15:43 PM IST

In air war vs Boeing, Airbus pins hope on China and India

Having lost a series of contests in the US for sales of the 250-300-seat A330neo, Airbus is seeing Chinese and Indian skies for a breath of fresh air.

Jun 04, 2018, 11:54 AM IST

Jet Airways agrees to buy 75 Boeing 737 MAX jets worth $8.8 billion

Jet Airways Ltd said late on Tuesday that it had entered into an agreement with Boeing Co for the purchase of 75 Boeing 737 MAX narrowbody jets.

Apr 04, 2018, 08:24 AM IST

Airbus to sell 430 planes to Indigo for $49.5 billion

The announcement came at the Dubai Air Show and the deal includes 273 A320neos and 157 A321neos.

Nov 15, 2017, 13:33 PM IST

IndiGo to look at GE engines for A320 neo planes: Ghosh

IndiGo will also look at GE engines for its planned 280 A320 neo planes, its President Aditya Ghosh said on Monday amid the airline grounding some of its neo fleet due to the Pratt & Whitney engine issues.

Aug 28, 2017, 15:39 PM IST

No fresh plane order till clarity on privatisation: Air India

National carrier Air India on Friday said it will not place any order for new aircraft till there is clarity on its future course, including possible privatisation.

Jun 09, 2017, 20:31 PM IST

Air India puts new Airbus A320 Neo into operation

Government-run Air India has put into operations its newly leased Airbus A320 Neo with its maiden flight arriving here from New Delhi.

Feb 24, 2017, 20:40 PM IST

NASA teams up with ESA to send humans to Moon by 2021

The European Space Agency (ESA) and aerospace company Airbus have agreed with NASA to build a module for a second, manned mission that will fly around the moon as early as 2021, which will be launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA.

 

Feb 10, 2017, 14:16 PM IST

AirAsia India offers low fares one way

Budget carrier AirAsia India on Saturday announced special low fares one way to select destinations across its network in the country.
 

Jan 14, 2017, 23:34 PM IST

US-EU economic relations in for stormy weather

With spats over Apple and Deutsche Bank and squabbles about Airbus and Boeing, approaching elections on both sides of the Atlantic are exacerbating strains in US-European economic relations.

Sep 25, 2016, 11:56 AM IST

US grants Airbus, Boeing a chance to sell airplanes to Iran

European airplane manufacturer Airbus announced the license from the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control early Monday. Chicago-based Boeing followed with its own announcement later in the day.

Sep 22, 2016, 06:45 AM IST

Smoke detected on AI aircraft with 130 on board

Over 130 persons onboard an Imphal-bound Air India aircraft had a narrow escape after the pilot detected smoke. 

Jul 16, 2016, 15:10 PM IST

AirAsia orders 100 Airbus A321neos worth $12.5 billion

Malaysia`s low-cost airline AirAsia on Tuesday placed a blockbuster order for 100 single-aisle fuel-efficient A321neo jets worth a vast $12.5 billion in the biggest deal so far at the Farnborough airshow.

Jul 12, 2016, 20:33 PM IST