China replaces airport fee with civil aviation fund
April 17th, 2012 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 17 (IANS) Passengers need to pay for a civil aviation development fund when taking flights in China instead of the airport construction fee, the country's finance ministry announced ... Read more...
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New Zealand keen to partner India in aviation development
March 20th, 2012 - 12:16 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 20 (IANS) New Zealand, which claims to have the highest per capita ratio of aircraft, is ready to help India in airport development and pilot training to achieve ... Read more...
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Russia to rent pilot training facilities in Ukraine
October 20th, 2011 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
Kiev, Oct 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia is ready to rent facilities on Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula for naval pilot training, Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said.In line with a 1997 bilateral ... Read more...
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IndiGo, Canada’s CAE to set up pilot training centre
July 9th, 2011 - 12:33 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, July 9 (IANS) Montreal-based CAE, a world leader in providing simulators for training pilots, and InterGlobe Enterprises Limited of India have announced to form a joint venture training centre ... Read more...
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India to soon have its first aviation museum
January 17th, 2011 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) India will soon have a national aviation museum to commemorate the 100th year of the first domestic flight in the country in 1911, Civil Aviation Minister Praful ... Read more...
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Let your party take off - in a plane
July 25th, 2010 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
By Anindya Rai Verman
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) You can party on terra firma and still fly high - in a stationary aircraft! And you can do so right here in Delhi ... Read more...
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Pilots safe after aircraft’s emergency landing in Gujarat
May 14th, 2010 - 10:33 pm ICT by ANI
Ahmedabad (Gujarat), May 14 (ANI): A trainer aircraft with two persons on board made an emergency landing in a field on the outskirts of Gujarat's Ahmedabad city on Friday following a technical ... Read more...
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Diamond Jets setting up avionics plant in Madhya Pradesh
March 5th, 2010 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 5 (IANS) Diamond Jets is setting up a composite facility in Madhya Pradesh to manufacture avionic parts, a top company official said Friday.
"We see India as a potential market for ... Read more...
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AAI gets Rs.99 crore for developing airports
July 6th, 2009 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Out of a total plan outlay of Rs.12,165 crore for the civil aviation ministry, a sum of Rs.190 crore will be provided as budgetary support to ... Read more...
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New Zealand minister reprimanded over India trip
March 30th, 2009 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
Wellington, March 30 (DPA) New Zealand Prime Minister John Key reprimanded one of his ministers Monday and forced him to abandon his ties with a company over a perceived conflict ... Read more...
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New Zealand’s Waitakere, Amritsar declared ’sister cities’
February 27th, 2009 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 27 (IANS) Waitakere in New Zealand and Amritsar have been declared "sister cities".
In an agreement signed here Friday, Punjab and New Zealand decided to promote "cultural and knowledge exchange between ... Read more...
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Retrenchments a minor hiccup, say aviation institutes
October 16th, 2008 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) Drop in recruitments in the aviation sector is a "minor hiccup" and “the industry will bounce back” in a few months, say leading aviation training institutes here. ... Read more...
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Avalon to start aviation training in Ranchi
July 12th, 2008 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, July 12 (IANS) Avalon Aviation Academy, the aviation training wing of global learning solutions company Aptech Ltd, Saturday announced that it would start training programmes in Ranchi from Monday. "We have ... Read more...
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CAE wins contracts for five full-flight simulators worth 56 million Canadian dollars
June 2nd, 2008 - 9:22 pm ICT by ANI
Montreal, June 2 (ANI): CAE has been awarded contracts to design and manufacture five full-flight simulators (FFSs) valued at more than 56 million Canadian dollars at list prices.
The contracts are ... Read more...
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Aptech launches aviation academy in Kolkata
April 6th, 2008 - 12:12 am ICT by admin
Kolkata, April 5 (IANS) Aptech Ltd, a global learning solutions company, launched a new centre of its aviation training wing, Avalon Aviation Academy, in Kolkata Saturday. The centre, opened at Salt Lake ... Read more...
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Aptech bags four Indian franchising awards
February 27th, 2008 - 4:16 pm ICT by admin
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) Global learning solutions firm Aptech has garnered four awards for franchising at the prestigious Indian Franchising Awards 2008 in New Delhi, the company said here Wednesday. Bagging four ... Read more...
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Aptech bags four awards at the Indian Franchising Awards 2008
February 27th, 2008 - 3:09 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Feb.27 (ANI): Repeating its feat of 2007, Aptech garnered the maximum awards for franchising at the celebrated Indian Franchising Awards 2008 held in New Delhi.
Bagging four awards at the ... Read more...
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US supporting expansion of Pak elite commando force
February 8th, 2008 - 5:45 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Feb 8 (ANI): US Assistant Defence Secretary Mike Vickers has said that American military advisers are helping Pakistan Army to expand its elite commando force.
Vickers said that 100 US military ... Read more...
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Less than 100 American soldiers in Pakistan: US official
February 7th, 2008 - 11:58 am ICT by admin
Washington, Feb 7 (ANI): US Assistant Secretary of Defence for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict Mike Vickers has said that the American military presence in Pakistan is less than 100 personnel.
US military ... Read more...
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Cabinet gives nod to IGRUI, CAE management contract agreement
November 14th, 2007 - 10:17 am ICT by admin
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