Taking Off on a Superjet: India-Russia bet on SJ-100. But will buyers come?India's Hindustan Aeronautics Limited is joining forces with Russia's United Aircraft Corporation. They plan to manufacture the SJ-100 regi...
16 Nov, 2025, 08.03 AM IST
HAL delivers first LCA Tejas Twin Seater aircraft to IAF in BengaluruThe Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has handed over the first Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) twin-seater trainer version aircraft to the I...
04 Oct, 2023, 01.12 PM IST
Indian man takes family for trips in Europe in home-built planeFor London-based Ashok Thamarakshan, it took just 18 months to build a four-seater aircraft. The family now goes for trips in that plane.
26 Jul, 2022, 04.57 PM IST
NAL plans design, development of 70-seater aircraft"Today itself they have started talking to me to get the permissions from and meetings with civil aviation ministry for their future plan o...
16 Sep, 2019, 07.45 PM IST
Maharashtra government inks Rs 35,000-crore pact with a pilot to build aircraftThe MoU, between Amol Yadav and MIDC, will lead to generation of 10,000 jobs in the project, which will be spread over 157 acre land in Pal...
20 Feb, 2018, 06.55 AM IST
DGCA registers Amol Yadav’s aircraft, finallyThe PMO was brought in by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis who had personally briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue.
20 Nov, 2017, 07.56 AM IST
Here's a test case for ease of doing business in India: A pilot rescued from red tapeCapt Amol Yadav, a Mumbai-based innovator who has built a six-seater aircraft on his rooftop, learnt the hard way that doing business in In...
03 Nov, 2017, 02.30 PM IST
After rap from PMO, DGCA to soon clear Mumbai pilot’s planeET has learnt that PMO has pulled up top officials of the DGCA – aviation regulator - and asked them to follow a procedure to clear Amol Ya...
01 Nov, 2017, 02.15 PM IST
This disillusioned Mumbai pilot proves 'Make in India' is just a sloganFor six long years, Amol Yadav struggled with the bureaucracy to just get a chance to demonstrate his prototype to the government.
12 Oct, 2017, 04.12 PM IST
Red tape kills Mumbai pilot's dream to build India's first 19-seater aircraftThe aviation regulator has consistently refused to register Yadav’s aircraft over the years, effectively denying him the ability to demonst...
12 Oct, 2017, 10.26 AM IST
India’s First 19-seater aircraft may fly soonTAC 005, as the aircraft is called, will be ready for flight in the next four months, and is likely to give shape to India’s dream of a hom...
17 Sep, 2017, 10.55 PM IST
Air India & SpiceJet may be first to fly to smaller towns“Bigger jets will not be able to fly these regional routes, but airlines with smaller aircraft can… If Air India increases utilisation of s...
01 Sep, 2016, 04.48 AM IST
Government offers land in Palghar for 20-seater aircraft productionA senior government official said the Palghar district collector's office had sent a report, recommending that Yadav be allotted 157 acres ...
26 Aug, 2016, 11.43 PM IST
Mahindra Aerospace to launch first small aircraft in India in 2 yearsAnand Mahindra aims to turn India from "a global consumer in aviation to global producer" and the manufacturing facility was an attempt in ...
21 Oct, 2013, 03.33 PM IST
- Mahindra Group successfully test-flies a five-seater aircraft
Mahindra group in collaboration with CSIR National Aerospace Laboratories has successfully test-flown a five-seater aircraft.
14 Sep, 2011, 06.44 AM IST
- Mahindra Aerospace plans to build 10 and 18 seater airplanes
Mahindra Aerospace, the aircarft and aero-structures arm of the the Mahindra Group, today said it plans to build 10 and 18 seater airplanes.
01 Aug, 2011, 05.24 PM IST
- M&M to launch 8-seater utility aircraft soon in domestic mkt
The auto major Mahindra Group plans to launch the Airvan, an 8-seater utility aircraft shortly in the domestic market.
20 Feb, 2011, 07.40 PM IST