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'Inability to build commercial aircraft one of India's biggest failings'

Civil Aviation Secretary Rajiv Bansal called India's inability to manufacture commercial aircraft a "huge pain point"

Aircraft bird hit incidents jump by 52% in 2022, shows DGCA data

Not only bird hits, but animal strike incidents at airports also rose from 23 in 2021 to 36 in 2022, as per data reviewed by Business Standard from the DGCA

Mercedes-Benz plans to launch 4 electric vehicles in India in 8-12 months

Mercedes-Benz is the market leader in the luxury car market of India with about 44 per cent share

Maruti to hike prices from April amid continued rise in input costs

This is Maruti's second price increase this year

Long-term aim to reduce costs of operation by 30-50%: Adani Airports CEO

India overall lacks aviation capability, he said

CAPA summit 2023: Air India pushes for data exchange in aviation sector

In the last 14 months, the airline has taken various measures to bring grounded aircraft back to service, refurbish aircraft interiors, and improve on-time performance

'Very vexing': Emirates president on bilateral rights being frozen

At the CAPA India Aviation Summit 2023, Clark stated that the Indian market will grow, and there will be pressure on airlines that operate international flights from India

No plans to give more bilateral rights to W Asian carriers: Rajiv Bansal

All West Asian carriers have been asking for additional seats for several years, but India hasn't acquiesced, Bansal said

CAPA Summit 2023: At 12 million, fliers in Feb up 56.82%, says DGCA

However, since that month, the domestic traffic has been falling

737 Max's grounding was bigger disaster for us than Covid: SpiceJet CMD

Ajay Singh said that after the Covid outbreak, SpiceJet was relatively weaker than other Indian carriers

Akasa's focus to remain on connecting metros to non-metros, says CEO

The airline is already considering placing another aircraft order

A labour hurdle to South Korean auto major Hyundai's expansion in India

Hyundai's aim to boost production by buying General Motors' Talegaon plant runs up against a two-year-old labour dispute

Pvt aviation soaring, JetSetGo to raise $50 mn to expand fleet: CEO

Compared to FY22, the number of business jet movements in India rose by 29.2 per cent to 306,388 in FY23, with each arrival or departure of a business jet being counted as a single "movement."

Hyundai inks pact to acquire General Motors India's Talegaon factory

General Motors stopped production at the Talegaon plant in 2020. The plant, established in 2008, has the capacity to produce 130,000 cars and 160,000 engines per year

Domestic flights seen at 22,907 a week this summer, up 4.4% from winters

Carriers will fly from 110 airports including new ones such as Jeypore, CoochBehar, Hollongi, Jamshedpur, Pakyong and Mopa (Goa)

Hero Electric eyeing 1.7-2.5x volume growth in 2023, says MD Naveen Munjal

Asserts that the company is robust not to depend on govt subsidies for survival and growth

No plans to tie up with others to operate Noida airport, says CEO

The company aims to manage the airport for the entire duration of the concession, which is set to last for the next 40 years

As air traffic surges, Indian carriers grapple with grounded planes

If all 102 grounded planes could fly, there will theoretically be 400 more Delhi-Mumbai flights every day

Passenger vehicle dispatches rise 11% to 291,928 units in Feb: Siam

PV exports decreased by 9.24 percent Y-O-Y to 46,486 units in February this year. Maruti Suzuki, largest exporter of PVs, saw its foreign sales decrease by 28.7 percent to 16,956 units

Focus to reduce delivery waiting period, says Mercedes-Benz India

Prices of all models to be hiked by 5% from April 1