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Topic: flight

Supersonic travel 2.0: US company Boom picks up where Concorde left, with Trump’s boost

With speeds 40-50% faster than conventional airliners, Overture in Boomless Cruise enables travel from San Francisco to NY in 3 hours & 30 minutes instead of just over 5 hours.

Flight arriving from Chennai searched in Colombo after security alert from India over ‘wanted suspect’

The SriLankan Airlines flight was searched in coordination with local authorities after an alert from Chennai Area Control Centre.

Why Italian jets escorted Delhi-bound American Airlines plane diverted to Rome after ‘bomb threat’

Italian Air Force intercepted Boeing plane carrying 199 passengers plus crew as part of 24x7 national airspace surveillance, integrated with NATO air defence system. The jets were armed.

Exclusive Flight Deals: Save 15% with Kotak Debit Card Offers on MakeMyTrip

Kotak Mahindra Bank has partnered with MakeMyTrip to provide its Debit Cardholders with an attractive offer that gives a considerable discount of 15% on flight bookings.

Plane carrying several Indians detained in France over suspecting trafficking set to land in Mumbai

Nicaragua-bound flight that had taken off from Dubai was grounded at Vatry airport, 150 km east of Paris, Thursday. On Sunday, four French judges questioned the detained passengers.

Delhi-Pune Vistara flight receives bomb threat, over 100 passengers deboarded

The aircraft was kept in isolation for inspection by security agencies and no suspicious item was found on board, an official said. The flight was scheduled to depart at 8:30 am.

SubscriberWrites: The many challenges and paradoxes of Indian aviation industry

India’s aviation sector forms close to 10% of India’s GDP so it is becoming a major player in India’s business landscape.

On Camera

Savitribai Phule made space for radical women misfits. She pioneered Satyashodhak modernity

The distinctiveness of her writing is evident in her compositions—women, shudras, and atishudras are at the center. Her poetry challenges the aesthetics of 'modern' Marathi literature.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.