Vistara to fly int'l within 6 months of 5/20 rule rejig

Edit The Times of India 09 Jun 2016
Kolkata. Vistara , the Tata-Singapore Airlines joint venture, is ready to unveil international flights within six months of getting the Centre's nod ... "The only constraint that we may face is the type of aircraft that we have. The current fleet of narrow-body Airbus A-320s have four-and-a-half hour flight time ... Vistara will be five years old only in January 2020 but will have a fleet of 20 aircraft two years earlier in 2018 ... RELATED....

Govt extends credit to build Pokhara airport

Edit The Himalayan 07 Jun 2016
Kathmandu, June 6 ... An agreement to this extent was signed yesterday between the two bodies. As per the agreement, the CAAN has to start repaying the credit — extended at annual interest of five per cent — after seven years of obtaining the loan ... Once the new airport is built, it will have a runway of around 2,500 metres long and 45 metres wide, and can handle big aircraft, such as Boeing 757s and Airbus 320s ...   ... ....

Lisbon in the Croatia Airlines' network of destinations for the first time (Croatia Airlines dd)

Edit Public Technologies 03 Jun 2016
(Source. Croatia Airlines dd). By the end of October this year, passengers will be able to choose one of three flights per week between the Croatian capital and the westernmost capital in continental Europe - on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Lisbon, 23 May 2016 ... Croatia Airlines' fleet comprises twelve aircraft - two Airbus 320s, four Airbus 319s and six turboprop aircraft Dash 8 - Q400 ... (noodl. 33939062) ....

EgyptAir MS804 crash: A history of crashes involving the Airbus model A320

Edit Atlanta Journal 19 May 2016
The missing EgyptAir flight that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea Thursday is an Airbus 320. While the plane is thought to be one of the safest now flying, it has been involved in 14 fatal accidents since entering service in 1988 ... 1. Feb ... 2. Oct. 31, 2015; Metrojet A321-200; near Hasna, Egypt ... There are 6,200 Airbus 320s in use around the world, and according to the company, one lands or takes off every 2.5 seconds somewhere in the world....

AI Group to add 100 planes to fleet in 4 years: Chief

Edit The Times of India 12 May 2016
New Delhi. Switching into expansion mode, the Air India Group has decided to add 100 planes to its current fleet of 132 in the next four years. All airlines within the group — parent AI, AI Express and Alliance Air — will get more aircraft under the plan ... "By March 31, 2020, AI group will have 232 planes ... AI will take on lease 40 more Airbus A-320s for the erstwhile Indian Airlines that serves domestic and nearby international routes ... ....

Zarco: “Every year we go faster” (MotoGP)

Edit Public Technologies 06 May 2016
(Source. MotoGP). The 2016 French GP sees Johann Zarco race in front of his home fans for the first time as Champion, beginning the weekend on top. Reigning Moto2™ World Champion Johann Zarco made an almost perfect start to his home Grand Prix, the Monster Energy Grand Prix de France. The Frenchman ended Free Practice 1 in sixth but only 0.320s off first ... Johann Zarco ... (noodl. 33438364) ....

After marked turnaround, SpiceJet talks growth

Edit Yahoo Daily News 24 Apr 2016
"Things are going well for us. We had a 92-percent-plus load factor for the last 10 months -- the highest in the country ... The 50-year-old alumnus of IIT-Delhi said he was well aware that in the current fleet of 26 Boeing 737s, three A-320s/A-319 and 14 Bombardier Q400s, there are some aircraft the leases of which are due to expire soon. The aircraft were leased to minimise cancellations ... "The wet-lease expires in May and June ... --IANS....

Singapore Airlines spreads wings in India with budget Scoot

Edit The Times of India 22 Apr 2016
New Delhi. The Singapore Airlines (SIA) group is now the biggest foreign airline in India in terms of number of subsidiaries operating as well as the cities it flies to ... SIA and Scoot have wide body planes that can fly long distances, while Silk Air and Tiger operate the narrow body Airbus A-320s that can fly non-stop up to five hours ... The load factors were good at about 70% ... The A-320s of Tiger did not have the range for this route ... ....

Scoot enters Indian market, Singapore Airlines spreads wings here

Edit The Times of India 22 Apr 2016
NEW DELHI. The Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group is now the biggest foreign airline in India in terms of number of subsidiaries operating here as well as the cities it flies to in the country ... SIA and Scoot have wide body planes that can fly long distances while Silk Air and Tiger operate the narrow body Airbus A-320s that can fly nonstop up to five hours ... The A-320s of Tiger did not have the range for this route ... ....

'Unhappy AI-IA merger legacy biggest hurdle in turnaround'

Edit The Times of India 01 Apr 2016
NEW DELHI. Air India CMD Ashwini Lohani faces the biggest challenge of his career. The Modi administration has entrusted him with the unenviable task of reversing the fortunes of this debt-laden and loss-ridden airline ... Excerpts.. You took over as AI CMD almost seven months back ... That did not happen in this case ... The old A-320s will be phased out ... About 30 Airbus A-320s will be inducted and the 14 old A-320s will be phased out ... ....

Air India to expand fleet with wide-body aircraft

Edit Yahoo Daily News 21 Mar 2016
Air India is considering to expand its Boeing wide-body aircraft fleet to implement its plans of adding a host of new destinations on its international network in a couple of years. The airline is expected to draw up a firm plan in this regard early next fiscal, highly-placed airline sources revealed ... Meanwhile, it will induct another around 30 A-320s, includng A-320 neos ... (PTI) ....

AI to buy more wide-body planes to expand global network

Edit The Times of India 20 Mar 2016
Hyderabad, Mar 21 () Air India is mulling expanding its Boeing wide-body aircraft feet to implement its plans of adding a host of new destinations in its overseas network in a couple of years ... At the same time, it will induct another around 30 A-320s, includng A-320 neos, during the same period ... (more) IAS ARC ....

Air India to buy more wide-body planes to expand global network

Edit The Times of India 20 Mar 2016
HYDERABAD. Air India is mulling expanding its Boeing wide-body aircraft feet to implement its plans of adding a host of new destinations in its overseas network in a couple of years. The airline is expected to draw up a firm plan in this regard early next fiscal, highly-placed airline sources said ... At the same time, it will induct another around 30 A-320s, includng A-320 neos, during the same period ... ....
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