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| Aeroshows / exhibitions |
| A way out of the aviation turbulence |
| If the government had not taken over Air India from the Tatas, maybe the airline would have been one of the best in the world now and New Delhi or Mumbai would have been the world’s fastest growing aviation hub. Maybe, it is still not outrageously naive to hope for two or three healthy and friendly airline companies in our skies, if the government can muster up some resolve. By Shivshanker Verma |
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| Civilian aviation |
| More Konfusion about Konnect |
| The once premier airline continues to leave its customers feeling short-changed, says financial risk analyst Amit Sukhram, a frequent flyer |
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| Civilian aviation |
| Robbing the poor to coddle the rich |
| The recommendation by the group of ministers to allow direct import of fuel by airlines is yet another inglorious chapter in the long saga of crony capitalism in this country. And once again, most of us have been fooled into accepting that it is indeed the right thing to do. By Vivek Sharma |
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| Civilian aviation |
| Airlines should save themselves |
| The problems of the Indian airline industry are all their own making, the result of excess capacity and faulty business models. They don’t deserve any government support. By Shivshanker Verma |
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| Civilian aviation |
| Saving Air India |
| Before agreeing to a bailout, the government should insist on a complete restructuring of Air India to ensure that the airline will survive and will not seek another handout. By Vivek Sharma |
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| Military aviation & aerospace |
| Lockheed’s F-22 Raptor – a maintenance nightmare |
| Defence secretary Robert Gates may be on firm ground seeking to scrap the controversial F-22 Raptor programme with the aircraft requiring more than 30 hours of maintenance for every hour that it spends in the skies, easily outstripping the cost of keeping other fighters in the skies. |
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| Ballistic missile defence |
| Seeking scandals – on the sly |
| Reports casting doubts over the validity of defence deals struck in the near past by the UPA government may only be the first shots fired in the gradually heating atmosphere of parliamentary elections, writes Rajiv Singh. |
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| Aerospace |
| US export curbs driving away business |
| Extensive and irritating export regulations are pushing the US space and defence-related industries to the wall in a time of recession. When will the Americans learn, asks Radhakrishna Rao |
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| Ballistic missile defence |
| AeroIndia 2009: DRDO has developed extreme technologies, says Dr Prahalad |
| In a wide ranging,comprehensive interview on DRDO's capabilties and development programme, Dr Prahalad, chief controller R&D (SI), points out that the gap between users needs and DRDO's capabilities is reducing. The organisation is now fully capable of working out a road map with the army, navy and air force to develop weapon systems needed over the next 5-7 years. View video |
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