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Exiting 2023 with a fleet size of 22 aircraft, including 21 Boeing 737 MAX 8 and one Boeing 737 MAX 8 200, the first of its kind in Asia, Akasa Air is ready for its next phase of growth. It further fuelled its international flying ambitions when in ...

BOC Aviation has signed a finance lease transaction with IndiGo for four Airbus A320NEO aircraft. The deal supports IndiGo's expansion strategy and fleet modernization efforts. The A320NEO aircraft are powered by CFM LEAP-1A engines, with all four s...

Indian low fare carrier Akasa has purchased over 300 engines from CFM International for its Boeing aircraft order. The deal includes a comprehensive maintenance agreement and a spare engine contract. Akasa CEO Vinay Dube confirmed that the airline i...

India's civil aviation market has the potential to add 130-150 more wide-body planes as airlines expand and consider deploying them in dense domestic routes, according to GE Aerospace South Asia CEO Vikram Rai. Currently, there are only about 50 wid...

Singapore BOC Aviation Limited and India's largest airline IndiGo have entered into a finance lease transaction involving 10 Airbus A320NEO aircraft to further expand its fleet, officials said on Wednesday. All 10 aircraft powered by CFM LEAP-1A eng...

Air India is planning to equip a third of its wide-body fleet with modern seats and inflight entertainment systems by March 2024, as part of its ongoing transformation plan. CEO and MD Campbell Wilson announced the updates in his weekly message to s...

Air India has confirmed its order for 800 CFM International Leap-series engines to power its fleet of 210 Airbus A320neo/A321neos and 190 Boeing 737 MAX family aircraft. The aircraft engine manufacturer added that the Indian airline had signed a mul...

Sources said while Go First has sought compensation for the loss in business, the aerospace company has refused to pay for it resulting in violation of contractual agreement.

Remi Maillard, President and Managing Director of Airbus India and South Asia, said the company was very proud that the Tata Group has chosen A350 and A320 planes for Air India, adding that the magnitude of the order shows the appetite for growth in...

After months of closely-guarded, tough negotiations, Air India is set to place an order for 190 Boeing 737 MAX narrowbody planes as well as some 20 Boeing 787s and 10 Boeing 777X on a day marking one year since Tata Group took control of the former ...

Jetliner and engine makers are battling supply chain and labour problems, but so too are the worldwide repair shops needed to help airlines meet a sharper than expected recovery in demand by keeping their existing aircraft in service. The logjam in ...

A global shortage of aircraft engines and spares is threatening the expansion plans of several Indian airlines which were preparing for an expected robust recovery in air travel in the upcoming festival season, according to industry executives.

The airline, which is considering an initial public offering, has grounded about a dozen of its 57 planes for weeks as it awaits delivery of the upgraded versions of the PW1100G geared turbofan engines which power the A320neo aircraft. Go First, pre...

All three incidents, the people said, involved engines made by CFM International Inc., the GE-Safran joint venture. All the planes landed safely. The incidents involved two Airbus SE A320neo jets, operated by Air India Ltd., and a Boeing Co. 737 Max...

All the 122 people aboard the Tibet Airlines flight TV9833 from Chongqing to Nyingchi in the Tibet Autonomous Region have been safely evacuated, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said. The Airbus A319-100 had been in service with the...

The planemaker has scheduled a news conference with "key engine partners" for 1400 GMT on Tuesday on the latest milestone in its plans to develop a zero-emission aircraft.

Akasa is an initiative of Dube and his colleagues Praveen Iyer, chief commercial officer and head of technology Anand Srinivasan and counts former IndiGo president Aditya Ghosh as a co-founder. It received a no-objection certificate, the first gover...

Vistara has nine A320ceo, 27 A320neo, two Boeing B787-9 and six Boeing 737-800NG aircraft in its fleet.

IndiGo is now opting for CFM engines after P&W’s Gear Turbofan (GTF) engine reported troubles impacting the airline’s operational efficiency.