Trainer aircraft with pilot, trainee onboard goes missing in Jharkhand

A two-seater trainer aircraft went missing after it took off from an aerodrome in Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district on Tuesday, following which a massive search was started, officials said.......

Cessna aircraft crash lands in Mizoram, 9 injured

A Cessna Caravan aircraft, belonging to the North East Shuttle Service, crash landed at Lengpui airport in Aizwal Wednesday morning after overshooting the runway, injuring nine persons who were on......

LS polls: Private jets, helicopter demand to see 40% jump

As political parties prepare to fight it out in the Lok Sabha polls, the demand for chartered planes and helicopters is expected to jump by up to 40 percent as compared to the previous general......

Trainer aircraft crashes in MP, pilot killed

The pilot of a Cessna trainer aircraft was killed after it crashed into a temple in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa district, 400 km from state capital Bhopal, officials said on Friday. The trainee pilot......

Now, get a loan to buy an aircraft

It is not just bikes and cars that are bought through loans in India, even aircraft are! With the high net worth individual (HNIs) base growing rapidly in the country, banking institutions and......

Textron eyes $1 bn from India

US aviation and defence major Textron, which is looking at India as a major market in the coming years, on Tuesday named former HAL chief N R Mohanty as head of its operations in the country.......

Ageing small planes may be grounded

The government is likely to direct private unscheduled operators to ground aircraft that have been in operation for more than 20 years. The measure comes close on the heels of the crash of the......

DGCA grounds SpanAir and Business Jet India's planes

Barely a week after grounding a Cessna 525A owned by Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal-promoted Orbit Aviation, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in its safety audit......