THE BHARTIYA VAYUYAN VIDHEYAK 2024: A LANDMARK REFORM IN INDIAN AVIATION

The Indian Parliament, on December 5, 2024, enacted the Bhartiya Vayuyan Vidheyak 2024, replacing the nearly nine-decade-old Aircraft Act of 1934. This monumental legislation heralds a new era in Indian…

By AM (Dr) Sanjeev Kapoor AVSM, VM (Retd)

Hub of Aviation Industry Manufacturing: India Needs Whole of Nation Approach

Atmanirbharta is clearly the flavour of the season. India is already the fifth largest economy of the world, and slated to be the third by 2027. It is the fourth…

By Air Marshal Anil Chopra (Retd)

Autonomous Copters : Full-Scale Autonomy In Rotary Wing Operations

 08 February 2022.  The US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced the first unmanned flight of a Black Hawk helicopter fitted with DARPA’s Aircrew Labour In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS). This…

By Brig Arvind Dhananjayan (Retd)

Ukraine Crisis – Aviation Fears Grow Over Russia Fallout

Airlines and the leasing companies that control billions of dolllars' worth of passenger jets are drawing up contingency plans for a freeze in business with Russia if the standoff on…

By PTI and Chanakya Forum

5G Technology on Collision Course With Aviation ?

It all started with the launch of the 5G cell phone service in the United States on 19 January 2022. Despite years of lead time, things hadn’t moved the way…

By Cdr Sandeep Dhawan (Retd)

Algeria closes airspace to Moroccan aviation as dispute deepens

ALGIERS/CAIRO (Reuters) - Algeria's supreme security council decided on Wednesday to close the country's airspace to all Moroccan civil and military aircraft, the Algerian presidency said, less than a month…

EASA recommends commercial operators to suspend flights in Kabul airspace

Brussels [Belgium] August 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) recommends commercial operators not to conduct flights in the airspace of Kabul and Afghanistan in general until further…