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Tuesday, August 18, 2026
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Topic: Aviation

The Air India story: From JRD’s first flight to Tata’s latest challenge

The story of how India’s most celebrated airline went from private enterprise to State control, survived decades of bureaucracy and returned home still searching for stability.

15 airports by 2031 & more: Andhra’s grand roadmap to become a strategic aviation hub of the South

Andhra’s new aviation policy aims to improve regional connectivity and boost cargo growth, but experts throw in a word of caution.

India, US, Siberia, Pakistan: 5 crashes in 3 days underline military aviation risks

In India, the crash involving the AN-32 transport aircraft marked the fourth major incident involving a military aircraft since the beginning of this year.

Air India, IndiGo scale down flight schedule for June, July as aviation sector losses mount

Signalling industry-wide slowdown, DGCA had said that airlines would operate just over 23,000 weekly domestic flights during the summer schedule starting 29 March.

Longer, messier, costlier: War in Iran cripples Indian airlines & fliers, fares spike as high as 14x

Disruptions in flights to and from India are estimated to cost Indian, global flights nearly Rs 8.06 lakh crore each week, according to aviation industry estimates.

Air fares to go up? Staggered hike in ATF prices for domestic airlines, to cost Rs 21 more per litre

A govt official said that although ATF prices for domestic market had been expected to rise 100 per cent in April, increase was moderated to 25 per cent to cushion burden on domestic passengers.

Iran war pummels India’s already turbulent aviation sector. Your ticket fare will get hit next

More than 1,600 flights were canceled between 28 February and 3 March. Aviation consultants have now started weighing the cost of the conflict in the Middle East.

India carriers hit hard as Middle East conflict disrupts flights

Indian carriers are emerging as the hardest hit outside the Middle East, as airspace closures across the region amid an escalating conflict force widespread...

India eyes 6th generation FCAS, looks at tying up with France for possible collaboration

Initial talks held on the possibility of India entering the programme that was started in 2017 between France, Germany and Spain to ensure European sovereignty in defence and security.

CCI orders probe into IndiGo flight disruptions—’scale, timing raise concerns of market access denial’

The antitrust body’s scrutiny is the latest blow for the airline after India’s aviation regulator imposed a penalty last month, cautioned IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers.

On Camera

Modi is now the establishment, not an outsider. And he is running out of enemies to name

Jawan, kisan, vigyan, knowledge, new thinking—each word spoken from Red Fort offered an idea of what India might become. Dimagi Naxal is not an addition to that rich vocabulary. It is a subtraction.

Houston, we have a start-up boom: India’s space ventures jump from 1 to 400 in four years

India’s space start-up ecosystem has blasted off from one venture in 2022 to more than 400 in 2026, as the satellite communications industry targets an 8% share of GDP by 2033.

85-member Army contingent leaves for Thailand for joint counter-terror exercise MAITREE-XV

This two-week exercise includes field training, combat discussions, lectures, and demonstrations, culminating in a final exercise to test the troops' skills.

Gen Vaidya won 2 Maha Vir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman