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PM Modi hails Tata-Airbus deal, says India will become 3rd biggest market in aviation sector in near future

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hailed the deal between Air India and Airbus under which the Tata-owned carrier will acquire 250 aircraft and said India's growing aviation sector would need over 2,000 aircraft in the next 15 years.

The Times of India

Airbus in North Wales in huge Air India new aircraft deal

The wingmaking facility at Broughton on Rolls-Royce's engine plant in Derbyshire are key suppliers in a multi-billion-pound contract

Birmingham Post

British Airways gives fascinating peek at superjumbo jet's week flying 56,600 miles

The Mirror has teamed with British Airways to compile a fascinating diary of G-XLEG’s flying schedule of around 56,500 miles and 108 hours and 16 minutes in the skies in one week in December

Daily Mirror

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Air India to purchase 250 planes from Airbus; PM Modi says deal reflects deepening ties between India and France

NEW DELHI: Air India has signed one of its biggest ever aircraft deals with Airbus to acquire 250 planes, Tata Sons chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran said on Tuesday.

The Times of India

Pilots reveal at least seven close encounters with ‘objects’ amid spy balloon concern

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has vowed to do whatever it takes to keep the UK safe

Evening Standard

Pilots reveal close encounters amid spy balloon concern

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has vowed to do whatever it takes to keep the UK safe.

The Independent UK

Maharaja's record order: Tata's Air India set to buy 500 aircraft

NEW DELHI: In one of the biggest ever aircraft orders, Air India is all set to order almost 500 aircraft. These include 400 single aisles — 210 Airbus A320 neo family and 190 Boeing 737 Max.

The Times of India

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Air India nears largest plane deal in history

Air India has signed agreements with Airbus and Boeing for what could become the largest purchase of jetliners in commercial aviation history, as the carrier seeks to reinvent itself with a fuel-efficient fleet that can take on local low-cost rivals and powerful Gulf airlines like Emirates.

Bangkok Post

National Apprenticeship Week - Airbus launches new Filton academy

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer visited the new facility in South Gloucestershire, which the aerospace giant hopes will inspire more students to consider a career in the industry

Birmingham Post

Qatar Airways, Airbus reach settlement in A350 legal case

Qatar Airways and Airbus have reached a settlement in a longstanding legal dispute over the A350 jetliner and billions of orders for other planes

The Independent UK

Ukrainian authorities search house of ex-interior minister - report

Former Ukrainian interior minister Arsen Avakov said his home was searched by security officials on Wednesday as part of an investigation into a purchase of Airbus helicopters, the Ukrainska Pravda media outlet reported.

Reuters

The final Boeing 747: Farewell, Queen of the Skies

The first and final 747 jumbo jet models both started with a handshake deal.

Tribune News Service

Boeing to set up a new 737 MAX assembly line in Everett

Boeing announced internally Monday morning that it will set up a fourth 737 MAX assembly line inside its increasingly empty widebody jet plant in Everett.

Tribune News Service

Military jet developer Aeralis to explore AirTanker collaboration

The Bristol-based start-up manufacturer has reached an agreement with the Royal Air Force aircraft maintenance firm, which is owned by Airbus, Rolls-Royce, Cobham, Babcock and Thales

Birmingham Post

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Tribune News Service

Boeing added 15,000 jobs in 2022, with more hiring ahead

Boeing’s trajectory as it strives to dig out of a deep hole is strangely the inverse of the giant tech companies.

Birmingham Post

Airbus to hire 13,000 staff as it ramps up production in 2023

There will be a focus on technical and manufacturing jobs, according to the aerospace company

Birmingham Post

From electric planes to unmanned drones, what does the future hold for air travel?

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has accelerated developments in the aerospace sector, which is ramping up investment in new technologies as it recovers from the impact of the pandemic

Tribune News Service

Delta orders 12 more Airbus A220 planes

Delta Air Lines has ordered 12 more Airbus A220 jets, as it continues to replace smaller aircraft with larger planes.

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Al Jazeera

Australia to spend $2bn on fleet of US Black Hawk helicopters

The Black Hawks replace Australia’s fleet of European-designed Taipan helicopters which are being retired early.

The Guardian - AU

Sting in the tail: why Australia’s Taipan helicopter purchase was a debacle from the start

Labor government confirms it will buy Black Hawks from the US at a likely cost of about $3bn

Birmingham Post

Work getting underway on £15.4m Air and Space Institute in Newark to train pilots, engineers and ground crew

Three-storey building will provide world class training and include a full-sized Airbus A318

France 24

Scores killed in Nepal's worst air crash in nearly five years

Authorities in Nepal said 68 people have been confirmed dead after a regional passenger plane with 72 aboard crashed into a gorge while landing at a newly opened airport in the resort town of Pokhara. It's the country's deadliest airplane accident in three decades.

Evening Standard

Airbus to begin test landing a passenger plane autonomously

The Dragonfly system uses computer vision and multiple cameras for automated landings during an emergency

Birmingham Post

Airbus beats Boeing to retain position as world's largest plane maker

The aerospace giant has said it is planning to 'ramp up' production in 2023

Tribune News Service

Year-end surge boosts Boeing, but Airbus still No. 1 in 2022

Following three miserable years of contraction in Boeing’s commercial airplane business, the company in 2022 took substantial steps toward a recovery, reflected in Tuesday’s release of its final jet order and delivery figures.

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