~ Starting from 15th April to 21st April, customers will be able to avail millions of Economy tickets starting from just ₹5,555(*)~  Mumbai, April 15, 2024: Vietjet, Vietnam’s leading new-age carrier, has announced a three-day promotion from April 15 to April 21, 2024, exclusively for Indian travellers. The promotion includes millions of Economy tickets starting from just ₹5,555(*) and up to a 50% discount on Business tickets for all domestic and international routes.  Passengers can avail this offer at www.vietjetair.com and Vietjet ..read more

New Delhi, April 13, 2024: Noida International Airport has entered into a concession agreement with Bird Group to provide ground- handling resources and services at the airport. This strategic partnership will ensure efficient and seamless ground-handling activities at the airport, enhancing the overall passenger experience. Bird Group, an Indian company known for its world-class ground-handling capabilities, brings over 50 years of experience and a footprint of aviation services spanning 21 airports in India. Under the agreement, Bird Group will take on an extensive set of responsibiliti ..read more

Continues to celebrate success on existing Delhi-Paris Route  Mumbai, April 01, 2024: Vistara, India’s finest full-service carrier and a joint venture of the Tata group and Singapore Airlines,inaugurated non-stop,5x weekly flights between Mumbai and Paris. The inaugural flight, operated on Vistara’s787-9 Dreamliner, commenced from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai, at 13:50Hours (IST)on 28 March 2024 and arrived at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airportat 18:55 Hours (CET).With the addition of this new route, Vistara now connects Paris to two Indian airports – Delhi and M ..read more

 New Delhi, March 27, 2024: In the year 2023, Vietnam achieved a remarkable milestone by welcoming 12.6 million international visitors, surpassing the initial target of 8 million set for the year. According to the “Year in Search 2023” report from Google, Vietnam ranked as the top destination searched by Indian tourists, especially in the months of February and April. India has now become one of the top 10 countries contributing to Vietnam’s inbound tourism. Vietnam has been actively inviting Indians to visit through bilateral conferences and events, diverting attention from the more comm ..read more

Mumbai, March 20, 2024: Vietjet, Vietnam’s leading new-age carrier, has opened new direct routes connecting the capital city of Hanoi with the beautiful port city of Sydney, bringing the total number of routes connecting Vietnam and Australia to 7 within a span of one year. The route connecting Hanoi to Sydney will start operations from June 8, 2024, with 2 return flights per week, with a flight time of around 10 hours per leg. Travel between the two cities, between the two countries, and throughout the region will be made easier by Vietjet’s direct flights. The flights from Hanoi to ..read more

Tianjin, March18,  2024: ExecuJet Haite has completed its first engine change on a Falcon aircraft. The aircraft was a Falcon 7X, a trijet powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PW307A turbofans. The work was done at ExecuJet Haite’s state-of-the-art Tianjin MRO centre, which has a built-in overhead crane for engine changes and other complex work. The MRO facility has experience doing Rolls-Royce and GE engine changes for other aircraft types, such as Embraer Legacy and Embraer Lineage aircraft. “Chinese Falcon operators previously had to send aircraft to Shanghai or more often it went ove ..read more

German-headquartered startup Lyte Aviation has announced plans to develop a 19-seat variant of its Skybus large hybrid electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicle, which the company says will be targeted at business, corporate and private aviation. The new LA-44 X PRIME is a derivative of the 40-seat LA-44 Skybus, the 12.5-ton gross weight aircraft powered by a hybrid-hydrogen electric propulsion system that includes four conventional turbine engines and a hydrogen fuel cell system that drives eight propellers attached to tandem tilting wings. Similar to the Skytruck cargo variant, t ..read more

Domestic airlines are anticipated to report a decreased net loss of Rs 3,000 to 4,000 crore in the current and next financial years, boosted by robust passenger traffic growth and pricing discipline, according to a report released on Monday (March 11). Credit rating agency Icra’s report indicated that domestic air passenger traffic for February stood at approximately 127.5 lakh. However, the aviation sector continues to grapple with supply chain challenges and issues associated with Pratt & Whitney (P&W) engines, resulting in the grounding of over 70 planes by IndiG ..read more

Stratolaunch successfully flew the first powered flight of its Talon TA-1 test vehicle on March 9, marking a key step towards the company’s goal of supporting regular and reusable hypersonic test capability. Stratolaunch says data from the flight is still being analyzed, though initial indications are the TA-1 achieved around 200 seconds of powered flight and accelerated to a high supersonic speed. Although hypersonic speed is traditionally Mach 5 or above, high supersonic usually denotes Mach 3-plus with the Talon widely thought to have achieved well in excess of Mach 4 on this run. Powered b ..read more

There is a four-way tie for first place in the most recent edition of the AAM Reality Index, as a slight decline by Volocopter leaves it tied with EHang, Joby and Beta Technologies, with Archer a hair behind in second place. The March edition of the AAM Reality Index, published by SMG Consulting, shows Volocopter’s score sliding from 8.3/10 to 8/10, reflecting a belief that the startup’s start to production at its facility in Bruchsal, Germany, will be lower rate than previously anticipated, according to Sergio Cecutta, founder and partner at SMG. “It’s a reflection of a better understanding o ..read more