Dr A R Upadhya, director, National Aerospace Laboratories, today said at Zephyr 2007 that the Bangalore-based NAL is making rapid strides on its regional jet
They're small, sleek, sexy and so-o-o-o much cheaper. Industry experts predict that the Indian market will opt for VLJs rather than corporate jets. Ashwin Tombat reports
The new 98-seater regional passenger plane will be rolled out later this week, take its first flight by the end of this year, and start commercial operations by end-2008. By Ashwin Tombat
It comes from a proud pedigree, but hit hard times and is just recovering. Can the Mig-35 stand up to the powerful Americans and Europeans to bag the MRCA deal? Ashwin Tombat reports
The Americans like to say that everything’s big in Texas. But as they’re quickly finding out, in China it’s even bigger! Just take a look at Beijing airport’s new terminal. By Ashwin Tombat
Though the civil aviation industry has created large numbers of high salary jobs, stakeholders within the industry are not doing enough to address their problems of human resources requirements, say experts.
It’s worked in Alaska, and the FAA thinks it will solve the USA’s flight delay problem. But it will cost $20 billion, and no one wants to foot the bill. By Ashwin Tombat
