5 killed, 3 injured as plane crashes in Mumbai's Ghatkopar

The King Air C90 12-seater aircraft had taken off from the Juhu airstrip on a test flight. A 12-seater aircraft crashed in to Mumbai’s suburb of Ghatkopar on Thursday, killing both the......

NGT blocks odd-even rollout, says AAP govt treats it like a picnic

  Uncertainty prevailed over the implementation of the odd-even car rationing scheme as the National Green Tribunal on Friday questioned the rationale behind Delhi government's decision to......

'Make in India' challenge for Kamov helicopter

The Kamov-226T indigenisation has been complicated by an unusually detailed Inter-Governmental Agreement. Ajai Shukla reports After Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Moscow last month......

MHA's plan to hire choppers for anti-Naxal ops on hold

With aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation suspending the operating permit of Global Vectra, the Ministry of Home Affairs ambitious plan to hire nearly a dozen helicopters from......

Air India likely to get Rs 2,000 crore

The Civil Aviation Ministry has recommended an equity infusion of Rs 2,000 crore (Rs 20 billion) in Air India in the next financial year after the beleaguered national carrier gets Rs 1,200 crore......

ONGC hikes Pawan Hans stake to 49 pc

State-run oil firm ONGC is hiking its stake in Pawan Hans Helicopters Limited (PHHL) from 21 to 49 per cent, even as another top public sector company firms up plans to invest Rs 55 crore in the......

Diktat on helipads to hit industry

The recent diktat of the Ministry of Environment and Forestsnot to allow private helipads on rooftops and in the city would prove detrimental for the Indian helicopter industry, which depends on......

Air travel to become costlier

Air travel on all classes in both domestic and international sectors is likely to become costlier with the government expanding the scope of air transport services to attract service tax. "The......