Civil Aviation

Toulouse, France. STARLUX Airlines of Taiwan has placed a firm order with Airbus for five more A350F freighters. This doubles an initial order from the airline last year for five of the all-new cargo...

New Delhi: Defence Electronics Applications Laboratory (DEAL), Dehradun, has conducted successful trials of C-Band LOS Datalink under the DLAP Project on HS125-800 HAWKER aircraft at the Centre for Airborne Systems (CABS), Bangalore, along with...

New Delhi: A total of 64.5 million (mn) passengers travelled on international routes via scheduled Indian and foreign operators during January-November 2024, reflecting an 11.4 per cent increase compared to 58 mn passengers in...

New Delhi: Electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, commonly known as air taxis, represent the next significant advancement in air mobility. Across the globe, prototypes are being tested while regulatory frameworks are still...

New Delhi: The government revealed that 102 aircraft are currently grounded due to supply chain disruptions. Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Murlidhar Mohol, informed the Lok Sabha about the challenges faced by airlines,...

New Delhi: Chandigarh MP Manish Tewari asked Parliament whether the government has any plans to make the old airport terminal operational again. Since the old terminal building at Chandigarh Airport has been repurposed for various...

Tel Aviv: Elbit Systems Deutschland has received an order from Lufthansa Technik to equip the German government's Airbus A350 aircraft with Elbit's advanced J-MUSIC Directed Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) self-protection systems. This order follows the...

Mirabel, Canada. Air Canada, the national carrier of Canada, has signed a firm order with Airbus for five more latest generation single-aisle A220-300s on the fifth anniversary since taking delivery of its first A220...

Wiener Neustadt. Diamond Aircraft on December 19 announced a deal with Air India for the acquisition of three new twin-engine DA42-VI aircraft – with an option for six more – for Air India’s new...

New Delhi. Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG), the parent company of national carrier Malaysia Airlines, commemorated the arrival of its first A330-900 (A330neo) aircraft on December 19, 2024 with a launch ceremony held at Hangar...

Hamburg, Germany. Ireland’s national carrier Aer Lingus has taken delivery of its first of six A321XLR aircraft. The airline becomes the second in the world to operate the A321XLR as well as the second...

Dublin: GD Helicopter Finance (GDHF) announced December 17 that it has delivered the first of two Airbus H160 Helicopters on lease to Chipsan Aviation (Chipsan). These will be the first H160s to operate in...

Zurich: Zurich Airport Ltd. has signed a long-term offtake agreement for renewable diesel with Synhelion, a Swiss cleantech company producing solar fuels. From 2027, Zurich Airport Ltd. will purchase 30’000 litres of solar diesel...