New Delhi: Jet Airways is expected to order more than 100 planes from Boeing Co and Airbus at the Paris Airshow in June, a leading aviation consultancy said.
The Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) said in a report it understood Jet has already confirmed an order for 50 737-MAX planes together with up to 10 777-300ERS from Boeing.
CAPA said it expected a further order of 50 Airbus A320neo planes to be used by Jet's low-cost unit. A spokeswoman for Jet Airways, which recently agreed to sell a 24 per cent stake to Abu Dhabi's Etihad in a $380 million deal, was not immediately available for a comment.
There has been speculation for months of a 100-plane order by Jet, but so far the deal, which would be worth some $10 billion at list prices, remains unconfirmed....
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09:55 PM, May 09, 2013
The party girl who claimed she was Prince Harry's Vegas lover is writing a 'tell all' book about her escapades with the British Royal and other celebrities like Tiger Woods, Jack Nicholson and Mick Jagger. Beautician Carrie Reichert, 40, has written over 500 pages about her nights out and even vacations with a raft of American superstars. ...
03:59 AM, Feb 04, 2013
Pakistan on Wednesday test fired Hatf V nuclear-capable missile (Ghauri). The launch was conducted by a Strategic Missile Group of the Pakistani Army Strategic Force Command on the culmination of a field training exercise that was aimed at testing the operational readiness of the Army Strategic Force Command. ...
01:40 PM, Nov 28, 2012
Balasore: Two days after the successful trial of the long-range Agni-IV missile, India on Friday test-fired its nuclear-capable Agni-III ballistic missile with a strike range of 3000 km from an island off the Odisha coast. The indigenously developed surface-to-air missile, which can carry a warhead of 1.5 tonne protected by a carbon all composite heat shield, took off at 1315 hours from a mobile launcher at launch complex-4 of Integrated...
02:13 PM, Sep 21, 2012
Balasore: India on Wednesday test-fired its nuclear-capable strategic missile Agni-IV with a strike range of about 4000 km from a test range off Odisha coast. It was test launched with the help of a mobile launcher from launch complex-4 of ITR at Wheeler Island, about 100 km from Balasore, at about 1145 hours, defence sources said. A high performance on-board computer with distributed avionics architecture and high speed reliable communication...
01:23 PM, Sep 19, 2012
Beijing: China on Tuesday announced that it has successfully test-fired a new 14,000 km range inter-continental ballistic missile which can carry multiple warheads, providing it with a "first strike capability" to attack targets deep inside the US and round the world. The Dongfeng-41 with strike distance of 14,000 km was test-fired by People's Liberation Army's (PLA) Second Artillery Corp last month, state-run CCTV reported, showing a rare lengthy footage of...
07:55 PM, Aug 28, 2012
New Delhi: Kinghfisher Airlines may have to shut down operations if $600 million cash is not infused in the next two months, the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) said on Friday. "Kingfisher is able to continue as a result of daily infusions of funding by the promoter. However, with mounting losses the situation is unsustainable. In Q1 (first quarter, 2012-13) the promoters invested $133.9 million, but this barely allows...
08:21 PM, Aug 24, 2012
Thane: The western region of the country has the maximum of 32.51 per cent of the total installed capacity of 2,05,340.26 MW, according to a Power Ministry report. On an RTI query by activist Om Prakash Sharma, the Ministry stated in its reply that the maximum of installed capacity of power in the country relates to the thermal power, which accounts for 1,36,436.18 MW (or 66.44 per cent) of the...
01:39 PM, Jul 18, 2012
Balasore (Odisha): India on Friday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear-capable Agni-I ballistic missile, with a strike range of 700 km, as part of the Army's user trial from a test range at Wheeler Island off Odisha coast. The surface-to-surface, single-stage missile, powered by solid propellants, was test-fired from a mobile launcher at about 1010 hrs from launch pad-4 of the Integrated Test Range at Wheeler Island, about 100 km...
10:57 AM, Jul 13, 2012
New Delhi: Jet Airways is expected to order more than 100 narrow-body aircraft for up to $3.75 billion in 2012-13 as the largest Indian carrier grabs market share from its troubled rivals, a leading consultancy said. The airline is understood to be actively evaluating Airbus's narrow-body A320 aircraft, and is likely to lease up to 10 A330s to support expansion of its European network, the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation...
12:48 PM, May 23, 2012
Islamabad: In an apparent reply to the test firing of Inter Continental Ballistic Missile Agni-V by India, Pakistan on Wednesday test fired a nuclear capable ballistic missile, Shaheen-1A. Shaheen-1A, an upgraded intermediate-range ballistic missile, can target all the major cities of North and West India. According to the Pakistani military the missile is an improved version of the Shaheen 1 with a longer range. Shaheen 1 has a range of...
11:13 AM, Apr 25, 2012
Beijing: India may have missiles that can reach most parts of China but stands "no chance in an overall arms race" with the country, a Chinese daily said on Thursday, when India test-fired its 5,000 km range nuclear capable missile, and added that New Delhi would gain nothing by stirring "further hostility". The article, "India being swept up by missile delusion", that appeared in the op-ed section of the state-run...
02:43 PM, Apr 19, 2012
Balasore: India on Thursday successfully test-fired the 5000-km range surface-to-surface Agni-V Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) capable of covering entire China and reaching deep into Europe. Agni-V has helped India gatecrash into a small and exclusive club of nations with intercontinental ballistic missile capability. Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh congratulated scientists of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the successful launch of Agni-V. "DRDO and other organisations have worked...
08:23 AM, Apr 19, 2012
Balasore: India will enter an exclusive league of nations with a nuclear-capable weapon system with a range of over 5,000-km in its arsenal with first test of the Agni V missile planned on Wednesday. The DRDO will be test firing the Agni V missile from Wheeler Island in Odisha. The missile has a range of 5,000 kilometres, a marked improvement over India's current missiles which can hit potential enemy targets...
06:06 AM, Apr 18, 2012
New Delhi: LG Electronics unveiled its first LTE-capable tablet - the Optimus Pad LTE. Initially launching in Korea, the tablet is touted to be equipped with both LTE technology and True HD IPS display. The LG Optimus Pad LTE tablet is boast of having a 1280 x 720 True HD IPS display and an 8 megapixel camera for shooting high definition videos. It is also claimed to be the the...
01:46 PM, Jan 18, 2012
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Friday said the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) has learnt lessons from the Netai incident and added that this kind of incident should not have happened. Nine people, including four women, were killed and 28 others were injured in clashes in January triggered by assailants allegedly backed by the ruling Marxists in Netai near Lalgarh in West Midnapore district. "We have learnt...
05:31 PM, May 06, 2011
Mumbai: Meeting between environment minister Jairam Ramesh and civil aviation minister Praful Patel to discuss the Navi Mumbai Airport is finally over. The final decision on the controversial international airport in Navi Mumbai will be taken at the meeting of an expert group on November 9-10, with substantial progress on addressing environmental concerns, two federal ministers said on Tuesday. The comments came after a meeting between Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh...
04:58 PM, Oct 26, 2010
Mumbai: Anil Ambani-owned Reliance Communications (RCOM) on Tuesday became the first private operator to unveil its 3G network capabilities to the public. A private news channel broadcast was streamed live on a mobile phone and shown to shareholders on a big screen at the company's annual general meeting (AGM) here. "We are the first private operator to show our 3G network to the world," RCOM's President-Wireless, Syed Safawi, told shareholders...
11:40 PM, Sep 28, 2010
Admittedly, R. Raj Rao’s
Hostel Room 131 marks my first tryst with queer literature. I succumb to its intriguing tale of lust and love, like any first-timer would. Very curious, a wee bit appalled and just a little enthralled. The story of Bombay-born Siddharth and Belgaum small-towner Sudhir: young boys who turn yaars in a Pune hostel room,
Hostel Room 131, is as delectable as it’s disgusting. While the hostel...
07:59 AM, Aug 25, 2010
