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What are the military application of Saras apart from transport of troops or carrying VIP's?

Navy and for military VIPs. It can play the role of Dornier in Navy.

 

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Soon, a Made-in-India aircraft will be ferrying passengers

Tried and trusted The civilian version of the Dornier 228 will have the same body structure as the military aircraft, with some changes.

A Made-in-India civilian aircraft could take to the skies as early as June 2017. The Dornier 228, a 19-seater, short take-off and landing aircraft, is undergoing modifications at the Kanpur unit of State-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).

The development comes as a boost for the Centre’s Make in India programme and its Regional Connectivity Scheme.

HAL already supplies Dornier 228 aircraft to the armed forces. The civilian version, which will have the same body structure as the military aircraft, will entail some modifications.

“The civil Dornier 228 produced by HAL will have an increase in maximum take-off weight due to an increase in fuel to be carried, a more powerful engine, propeller blades made with composite material that will make them quieter, and a glass cockpit,” a senior government official told BusinessLine.

These modifications will have to be certified by the Directorate-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), whose officials are monitoring the progress.

The Dornier 228 was also used by Vayudoot, the now-defunct state-owned regional airline that connected more than 100 small airports in the country between 1980 and 1990.

Air India has indicated that it could initially acquire at least 10 such aircraft to operate regional routes. Pawan Hans, the state-owned helicopter company, which plans to diversify into fixed-wing aircraft operations, is also said to be keen on acquiring the Dornier aircraft.

The Regional Connectivity Scheme is a key component of the National Civil Aviation Policy, which was unveiled in June. The scheme, which will run for 10 years, envisages providing connectivity to un-served and under-served airports through revival of existing airstrips and airports.

This will be achieved through a financial stimulus in the form of Central and State government concessions as well as Viability Gap Funding for airlines to operate from such airports so that fares are affordable.

The fare for a one-hour flight of approximately 500 km on a fixed wing aircraft or for a 30-minute journey on a helicopter is to be capped at ₹2,500, with proportionate pricing for routes of different duration.

 

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The government is working on ways to boost regional air connectivity in the country. In new civil aviation policy, the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) has been mooted that provides for various concessions to airlines.

Under the scheme, air ticket prices would be capped at Rs 2,500 for one-hour flights on unserved and under-served routes.

There are 394 unserved and 16 under-served airports in the country.

As part of the RCS, the government plans to provide a Viability Gap Funding, which would be financed through the Regional Connectivity Fund (RCF).

http://m.economictimes.com/news/def...uble-up-as-airstrips/articleshow/54878370.cms

 

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Domestic air traffic records 26% growth

Air Passenger Forecast: India to replace UK for 3rd position by 2026; China to beat US around 2029

 

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Russia, India to start joint production of aircraft

"We can offer the Russian experience in building this plane, and we can consider the possibility of participating in the project as a whole, and at its individual stages (from design to sales service)," said Manturov.

The Minister said Russia was ready to participate in the project to build an Indian civilian aircraft. He said the Indian company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has sent a formal request to Moscow to study the possibility of production of an Indian civil aircraft.

Russia has offered to establish a joint venture for production of the IL-114-300 regional passenger aircraft, he said. India and Russia could also cooperate in production on the ground for the new generation MS-21 passenger aircraft.

MS-21 new generation passenger aircraft. Source:Irkut Corporation

https://m.lenta.ru/news/2016/10/12/ka226t/
http://in.rbth.com/economics/cooper...-to-start-joint-production-of-aircraft_638487

 

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Russia, India to start joint production of aircraft

MS-21 new generation passenger aircraft. Source:Irkut Corporation

https://m.lenta.ru/news/2016/10/12/ka226t/
http://in.rbth.com/economics/cooper...-to-start-joint-production-of-aircraft_638487

They have offered us SSJ 100, MS21 and Il 114 if we can get certain no of order , cannot we give our private company tax break for ordering these types........................

 

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They have offered us SSJ 100, MS21 and Il 114 if we can get certain no of order , cannot we give our private company tax break for ordering these types........................

Read the whole thread from start go.get the answer.

 

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Read the whole thread from start go.get the answer.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...e-parts-for-superjet/articleshow/51025202.cms
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Russia, India discuss Superjet-100 deal, production of Il-114
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The absence of a firm contract with India is the main obstacle to validation.
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Sukhoi Superjet 100. Source:Anton Bannikov/wikipedia.org

Russia and India are in talks over future purchases of Russia’s Sukhoi Superjet-100 airliner, Deputy Industry and Trade Minister Aleksandr Potapov told Russian media in New Delhi in the wake of last week’s session of the Russian-Indian working group for modernization and industrial cooperation.

"Russia and India are conducting proactive negotiations with a number of Indian air carriers over marketing Russia’s Sukhoi Superjet-100 airliner. Also in progress are consultations with India’s aviation authorities regarding the validation of SSJ 100 certificates," he said.

The absence of a firm contract with India is the main obstacle to validation, he added.

"At the same time we believe that this is a very promising area of cooperation and we agreed with the Indian partner to push ahead with the work in the same direction," Potapov said.

Production of India’s own regional plane may become an important joint project in civil aircraft building, he added.


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"At India’s request we’ve sent our proposals for launching a joint venture with India’s government-run aircraft-building corporation Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to produce Ilyushin-114-300," Potapov said.

The KPMG consultancy in the middle of last April published a report saying that India by 2020 will not only rise to the position of the world’s third largest aircraft market after the United States and India but also get ahead of them to rise to first place by 2030. Experts attribute the potential for such considerable increase to population growth prospects, air traffic’s growing popularity (at the moment no more than 0.5% of India’s population use air carriers’ services) and lower jet fuel prices.

Common interests
As he looked back on the August 18 meeting of the Russian-Indian working group for modernization and industrial cooperation, Potapov said new cooperation guidelines were identified that failed to enjoy proper attention before.

"First and foremost this applies to civil shipbuilding, water purification, light industry and production of composite materials," Potapov said.

Il-114. Source: Vladimir Astapkovich/RIA Novosti

He believes that India is a very promising market for Russia’s export-oriented projects to sell mining and metallurgical equipment. The Indian side expressed interest in establishing cooperation with Russian metallurgical companies for the implementation of new projects.

"Lower import duties on products brought in for such projects might prove very helpful. The joint group for research into the conclusion of a free trade agreement within the Eurasian Economic Commission is in the process of considering the possibility of lifting tariff barriers. Russia’s Industry and Trade Ministry is involved in the commission’s work," Potapov said.

India says it would like to cooperate with Russian research and educational establishments in advancing technologies for the exploration of deep mineral deposits, such as iron ore and coal.

"We see good prospects for joint work with the Geological Survey of India in the field of knowledge exchange, development of joint projects and technologies and joint geological exploration. Russian partners for joint work along these lines are being identified," Potapov said.

The working group also discussed the outlook for Indian companies' participation in ore mining in Russia’s Republic of Buryatia.

 

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India's 1st regional flight at Rs 2,500 per hour fare may take off next year
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Rs 2,500 flight for aam aadmi may take off next year

NEW DELHI: India is likely to see first regional flight at Rs 2,500 per hour fare from January next year, said the government.

"We are likely to see the first regional flights to take off during the month of January next year," said aviation minister Ashok Gajapati Raju.

He added that the government is cautiously optimistic about the scheme.

He announced this at an event to officially announce the regional connectivity scheme that has been named UDAN, acronym for Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik means common man should fly.

The scheme, cleared by the Modi government in June this year, aims at operating regional flights by capping fares at Rs 2,500 for per hour of flight.

The scheme is to be funded by a small levy on flight landings at key airports in the country. "The levy will be a nominal levy and will formally be announced by October 31, 2016," said aviation secretary R N Chaubey.

 

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Realizing India's Aviation Potential

Delhi -The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called for a renewed look at the results of Indian public-private partnership in airport privatization, a reduction in taxation and for India to join international efforts on sustainability for air transport. These will be key enablers of a vitally important industry to India to be an even bigger catalyst for social and economic development.

“Air transport contributes enormous value to India, stimulating growth and development with increasingly accessible air connectivity. India’s air transport industry has been through tough times. While many Indian airlines are now posting profits, the sector is still in loss territory with many challenges. These include a massive debt burden, onerous regulations, expensive airport infrastructure and high taxes. Addressing these will bring huge social and economic benefits to India,” said Alexandre de Juniac, IATA’s Director General and CEO, who is in India for a visit.

India’s air transport sector already supports 8 million jobs and contributes $72 billion in GDP. In IATA’s recently released 20-year air passenger forecast, India will displace the UK to be the third largest aviation market with 278 million passengers in 2026. In 2035, the horizon of IATA’s just-published 20-Year Passenger Forecast, IATA expects the Indian market to serve 442 million passengers. “Realizing that growth means that we will need to accommodate the potential of 322 million new passengers in just two decades. That will be a real challenge. Without significant change, the economic and social development potential gains that come with a healthy and growing air transport sector are put at risk,” said de Juniac.

Policy Framework: De Juniac congratulated India on publishing its first-ever Civil Aviation Policy which contains some encouraging elements, such as developments on open-skies, code-sharing and foreign direct investment (FDI). In fact, allowing FDI of 100% in an Indian airline places India among the most progressive states in this respect. But, de Juniac also noted concerns including the mandating of hybrid till for the regulation of airport charges, and the plans for a levy to cross subsidize regional flights.

“I look forward to engaging in a comprehensive dialogue with the government on what needs to change once the policy has had time to ‘mature’,” said de Juniac.

Airport Privatization: The awarding of airport concessions has contributed to the development of India’s airport infrastructure. While the passenger experience has improved, the impact for airlines has been far less positive.

“IATA does not support the privatization of airports. Nor are we officially opposed to it. But looking at the experience of airport privatization – in India and elsewhere – I am hard pressed to find an example where the results, overall, have been positive. A private sector mindset can add value to airport projects with efficiency, cost effectiveness, entrepreneurial spirit, and so on. But we need a stronger regulatory framework than exists today to ensure that there is a balance struck between commercial and national interests,” said de Juniac.

Airlines operating in India have faced huge costs increases. This is in part due to the up to 46% concession fee that the private airport operators have to pay to the government. At the same time, the Airport Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) has been unable to preserve its independence sufficiently and has not been able to implement its own tariff orders, such as the one to reduce Delhi’s charges by 96%.

“There is no turning back the public-private partnership in Indian airports. But what can be done is to strengthen the regulatory structure for the airports already privatized in order to defend the public interest,” said de Juniac.

Taxation: Airlines face an onerous tax burden in India, including the imposition of service tax to services rendered outside of India, including those for overflight charges, global distribution systems, and international tickets. This is in contravention of international principles established by governments through ICAO.

IATA has been working closely with the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Secretariat in India to address some of the issues that are of concern to airlines. “The GST regime needs to adhere to international standards and principles. We have called for a zero-rating for international flights when the GST comes into effect next April. This seems unlikely. To limit its damage to the sector’s competitiveness, we would at least hope for an abatement in the rate,” said de Juniac.

Sustainability: For India to achieve its aviation potential, the industry needs to be able to grow in a sustainable manner. Earlier this month, governments reached a global agreement to establish a Carbon Offset and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). This was a history making achievement that has some 65 states committed to participate in the voluntary period.

“It was a huge disappointment not to have India among the initial 65 states. As India had ratified the Paris Agreement in the same week, we were hopeful that the spirit of climate leadership would extend to aviation emissions. We continue to urge the Indian government to come on board with CORSIA and join the voluntary period,” said de Juniac.

CORSIA is a mechanism to facilitate growth sustainably. It applies to international operation and the costs of CORSIA will be manageable even for a low-margin industry.

 

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India to become 3rd largest aviation market by 2026: IATA

The prediction is based on a 3.7% annual Compound Average Growth Rate (CAGR) noted in the release of the latest update to the association’s 20-Year Air Passenger Forecast.

NEW DELHI: India will become the third largest aviation market in the world by displacing the UK in 2026, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said in a passenger forecast issued today.

The 20-year forecast also says that China will displace the US as the world’s largest aviation market (defined by traffic to, from and within the country) around 2029.

“… the biggest driver of demand will be the Asia-Pacific region, which is expected to be the source of more than half the new passengers over the next 20 years. China will displace the US as the world’s largest aviation market (defined by traffic to, from and within the country) around 2029. India will displace the UK for third place in 2026, while Indonesia enters the top ten at the expense of Italy,” said the IATA forecast.

India is currently the ninth largest aviation market in the world in terms of passengers.

Growth will also increasingly be driven within developing markets. Over the past decade the developing world’s share of total passenger traffic has risen from 24% to nearly 40%, and this trend is set to continue, it further said.

The aviation body also expects air passengers to double in 2035 to 7.2 billion from 3.8 billion air travelers in 2016.

The prediction is based on a 3.7% annual Compound Average Growth Rate (CAGR) noted in the release of the latest update to the association’s 20-Year Air Passenger Forecast, IATA said.

“People want to fly. Demand for air travel over the next two decades is set to double. Enabling people and nations to trade, explore, and share the benefits of innovation and economic prosperity makes our world a better place,” Alexandre de Juniac, IATA’s Director General and CEO was quoted in the release.

 

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SpiceJet to operate eight new flights from November 15

SpiceJet operates 316 daily flights to 44 destinations, including 38 domestic and six international. It has a fleet of 29 Boeing 737NG and 14 Bombardier Q-400s.

NEW DELHI: Budget passenger carrier SpiceJet on Tuesday said that it will operate eight new domestic flights during the upcoming winter schedule effective from November 15, 2016.

"Our new winter schedule strikes the right balance with equal emphasis on metro and non-metro connectivity," said Shilpa Bhatia, Senior Vice President, Commercial, SpiceJet.

The airline will operate new flights such as Ahmedabad-Goa and Guwahati-Chennai amongat others. The airline has also inducted three Boeing 737-800s.

"The induction of three new aircraft will cater to the enhanced seasonal demand whilst offering flexibility to customers with more flight options to choose from," Bhatia said.

Currently, SpiceJet operates 316 daily flights to 44 destinations, including 38 domestic and six international. It has a fleet of 29 Boeing 737NG and 14 Bombardier Q-400s.

 

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Air India flies Delhi-San Francisco nonstop over Pacific, and into record books

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NEW DELHI: Flying Delhi to San Francisco (SFO) over the Pacific Ocean instead of the Atlantic, as it had done till last week, has earned Air India the record of operating the world's longest nonstop flight.

The Pacific route is almost 1,400km longer than the Atlantic one, and the flight covered 15,300 kilometres in 14.5 hours. Despite the route being longer, the flight took almost two hours less thanks to tailwinds — winds that blow in the same direction as an aircraft and thus make it go faster.

"The Earth rotates from west to east, and winds flow in that direction too. Flying west means facing strong headwinds (that decreases an aircraft's actual ground speed), and flying east means getting strong tailwinds, which does the opposite," said a senior AI official. "While taking the (western) Atlantic route to SFO, we usually face headwinds of 24kmph. This means that if our aircraft is doing 800kmph, its actual ground speed is 776kmph. Taking the (eastern) Pacific route will mean getting tailwinds of 138kmph, which make the aircraft have an actual ground speed of 938kmph," the official added.

At 13,900km, the Atlantic route of AI's Delhi-SFO nonstop flight made it the world's second-longest after Emirates' Dubai-Auckland (14,120km). Now, AI's Pacific route will remain the world's longest nonstop for two years, till Singapore Airlines launches the mother of all direct flights — Singapore-New York — that will cover 16,500km in 19 hours (see box).

The four pilots, captains Rajneesh Sharma, Gautam Verma, MA Khan and SM Palekar, and the 10 cabin crew members who operated the first Delhi-SFO flight over the Pacific are ecstatic at setting this record.

"The aircraft took off from Delhi at 4am on Sunday (October 16) morning. We were in that date till Japan. After that, we crossed the international date line and were in October 15. By the time we landed in San Francisco, it was 6.30am on October 16 (local time in SFO)," said one of the pilots.

The AI Delhi-SFO-Delhi flight now does a round trip of the world as it flies back to India over the Atlantic to get tailwinds on both the outbound and inbound flights.

The Boeing-777 200 long range used by AI on this route, on an average, burns 9,600 litres of fuel for each hour of flying. A shorter flying time on the Delhi-SFO route — from an hour in summer to three hours (in winter) — would mean huge fuel savings for the airline.

 

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Air India flew 1,400 kilometres extra to shave hours off its Delhi-San Francisco flight

Raring to go. (AP Photo/ Mustafa Quraishi)

India’s national carrier just raised the stakes in the long-haul flights game.

Last week, Air India reportedly set a record with its flight from Delhi to San Francisco. Instead of traveling West over the Atlantic, it flew East over the Pacific on an over 15,000-kilometre, 14-and-a-half-hour journey. In March, the record for the world’s longest non-stop flight was held by Emirates with its Dubai-Auckland route that covered 14,200 km in around 16-and-a-half hours.

Air India’s unconventional flight traveled 1,400 km more than usual, but it took two hours less to complete, thanks to helpful tailwinds. By flying over China and the North Pacific Ocean, instead of the Atlantic, flight AI173 was able to take advantage of jet streams flowing in that direction, boosting its ground speed and allowing it to travel a longer distance in a shorter time, according to flight tracking service Flightradar24. Flying westwards would have meant facing these winds head-on, slowing down the speed and adding to the time taken for the journey.

In a video posted by Air India’s Twitter account, Captain Rajneesh Sharma, who flew the Boeing 777-200 long range plane, said this route saved around 13 tons of fuel.

Air India currently runs flights on the Delhi-San Francisco route three times a week but its growing popularity has prompted the airline to double this from November, flying east each time for the next six months. The success of the route is great news for the beleaguered airline which has struggled with losses and bad press for nearly a decade.

Air India’s record comes as airlines around the world try to one-up each other to cover longer distances. Qatar Airways had plans to top Emirates’ earlier record with its own ultra long-haul flights from Doha to Auckland and to Santiago. And Singapore Airlines has said it plans to re-launch its Singapore-New York route in 2018, which would cover around 15,300 km.

But it looks like Air India got there first.

 

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Sea plane service soon from Nagpur to Shirdi: Nitin Gadkari

 

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Government panel clears three new airports in Andhra Pradesh

 

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I just came to know about this system in Indian International Trade Fair.​

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20-July-2015 12:21 IST​

Indigenous Visibility Measuring System - Drishti Installed at Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi for Supporting Safe Airport Operations.​

Sophisticated instruments, indigenously designed and developed by CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories (CSIR-NAL), Bengaluru called as - DRISHTI, have now been made fully operational at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi. They are used for reporting the runway visual range, which is a critical parameter for safe landing and take-off of aircraft in poor visibility conditions (<25 to >2000 meters). Drishti Transmissometers have been installed at this airport recently, as a part of the first phase installation of 20 such systems in 10 airports across the country.

The CAT III B IGI Airport, New Delhi, is now the first Airport in the country to have 10 indigenous systems operating in all its three runways.

Earlier, a milestone was achieved in the field of aviation safety, when CSIR-NAL and India Meteorological Department (IMD) signed a partnership agreement to jointly execute a mega project for installation of nearly 70 Drishti systems, at various Airports of the country.

The Drishti field site system is completely designed and fabricated at CSIR-NAL. IMD has established the dual mode “Landline” and “Wi-Fi” communication along with multiple displays at Air Traffic Control Room and Approach Radar Room. The development of ‘Drishti Integrated Visibility Software’ by CSIR-NAL, wherein the data from all the Drishti systems of all the runways of IGI Airport can be viewed on a single screen at ATC has eased out computer and instruments congestion at ATC and would aid the MET officer to easily report visibility data to pilots.

The Drishti system is very cost-effective and is a mandatory system required at all airports as per International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). The complete system is engineered in such a way to enable easy installation and maintenance.

Another advantage of this indigenous system is that CSIR-NAL can do the health monitoring of the system through web enabling from Bengaluru itself. This drastically reduces the cost of maintenance, which is exorbitant in case of imported systems.

 

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India said to mull foray into plane leasing to support Modi plan

Having smaller planes will help the carriers fill up most seats and help the government objective of connectivity, the people said.
By Anurag Kotoky

India is considering buying and leasing small planes to local carriers as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plan to connect remote towns and villages by air, people familiar with the proposal said.

To succeed, Modi’s plans would need small, 20-seat aircraft, which are usually not leased out by traditional aircraft-renting companies, the people said, declining to be identified because the proposal hasn’t been made public. The government would either use an existing state-run company or set up a new entity for this, one of the people said.

Only 75 out of India’s 450 airfields have scheduled commercial operations as carriers shy away from flying to remote areas. Modi wants to revive them by offering subsidies to airlines plying those routes. Having smaller planes will help the carriers fill up most seats and help the government objective of connectivity, the people said.

The Indian market is currently dominated by jets manufactured by Boeing Co. and Airbus Group SE -- which seat as many as 180 people. Some carriers like Air India Ltd. and SpiceJet Ltd. also fly smaller aircraft with fewer than 100 seats. Filling even those could be difficult on remote routes, the people said.

“There are several proposals in the ministry all the time," Aviation Secretary R.N. Choubey said Friday. "This is not something we are focusing on right now.”

The proposal for leasing aircraft would allow carriers to lease small planes for three years -- the duration of the so-called Regional Connectivity Scheme -- instead of longer tenures that aircraft-leasing companies usually prefer, one person said.

 

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India said to mull foray into plane leasing to support Modi plan

Having smaller planes will help the carriers fill up most seats and help the government objective of connectivity, the people said.
By Anurag Kotoky

Its time for SARAS project to be completed to its logical end. We need small aircrafts to fly from small towns as feeder to large airports. Hope we see it flying with airlines soon.