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Air India crash a safety wake-up call for aviation industry, says Airbus

The crash of an Air India 787 Dreamliner on Thursday killed more than 240 people on the aircraft as well as people in the densely populated urban area where the plane exploded

Air India's first legacy B777 returns after heavy refresh, upgrades

Air India on Wednesday received the first of its legacy Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft after heavy refresh and the refresh of the remaining 12 planes is expected to be completed by year-end, according to officials. Since the refit of the legacy B777 aircraft, which was to start last year, has been delayed due to supply chain issues, the airline decided to go for heavy refresh of these planes. Heavy refresh of an aircraft includes having new carpets, seat covers, cushions and fixing broken seats. Air India has a total of 40 legacy wide-body planes -- 13 B777s and 27 B787s. The heavy refresh of the B777-300 ER was done in Singapore and completed in around 50 days. The heavy refresh of all the legacy B777s is expected to be completed by the end of this year, the officials said. The refreshed aircraft will be deployed on the domestic route for one or two days and later for ultra-long operations. The B777s are mainly deployed for ultra long haul flights connecting Toronto, Vancouver (Cana

Air India in talks for dozens of new widebody jets from Airbus, Boeing

The deliberations involve 30 to 40 aircraft split between the Airbus A350 and Boeing 777X models

Tata Boeing Aerospace JV delivers first fuselage for Indian Army

The Apache will provide the Indian Army with a significant boost in capability just as the AH-64 did for the Indian Air Force," says Salil Gupte, who heads Boeing India

Tata A&D looks to make mark in DefExpo, eyes mega tender for combat planes

TASL's executives explain that the company's expertise lies in setting up production facilities in quick time, with mature processes for transferring work packages from global customers

Battle for skies: Tatas kick-start Air India fleet expansion via leasing

Airline to offer premium economy class

Boeing inks pact with Tata's TAL to make beams for Dreamliners

Boeing and various Tata group companies are already manufacturing aerostructures for the aircraft maker's commercial and military planes

Boeing, Tata to set up joint aerospace facility in Hyderabad

The Hyderabad production facility will eventually be the sole producer of AH-64 fuselage globally