Aviation Industry Corp

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  China's Self-Made Multi-Role Combat Plane Makes Debut Flight

  China's first home-grown multi-role combat aircraft has made its maiden flight, the state media reported on Saturday.

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  World's Largest Amphibious Aircraft Makes Maiden Flight In China

  China's domestically developed AG600, the world's largest amphibious aircraft, performed its maiden flight on Sunday from an airport on the shores of the South China Sea, the latest step in a military modernisation programme.

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  China Shows First Unmanned Attack Helicopter, Can Move 120 Kg Of Weapons

  China has put on display its first unmanned combat helicopter AV500W for foreign buyers in the northeastern Tianjin city in a bid to enlarge scope to market its military drones abroad, a media report said today.

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  China-Built World's Largest Amphibious Aircraft Finished First Glide Test

  China successfully conducted maiden glide test of its first amphibious aircraft AG600, stated to be the largest in the world, in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai.

• Non-Subsidised LPG Cylinder Price Cut by Rs 21; Jet Fuel by 3 Per Cent

  The price of non-subsidised cooking gas (LPG) was cut by Rs 21 per cylinder on Tuesday while that of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) or jet fuel was reduced by a steep 3 per cent on the back of falling international oil rates.

• Aviation turbine fuel price cut by 4 per cent; non-subsidised LPG by Rs 100

  Aviation turbine fuel (ATF) price was on Tuesday cut by 4 per cent and that of non-subsidised cooking gas (LPG) by Rs 100 per cylinder, reflecting global trends.

• Oil retailers want Delhi, Mumbai jet fuel model for 6 to-be-privatised airports: report

  Fearing that new operators of six soon to-be-privatised airports may take over their jet refueling facilities, public sector oil firms have asked the government to follow the Delhi and Mumbai airport model of jointly operating the facilities, according to sources.

• Jet fuel price cut by about 3 per cent

  The price of aviation turbine fuel (ATF), or jet fuel, has been reduced by about 3 per cent on softening international oil rates - the first reduction in two months.

• Airfare may go up as jet fuel prices hiked by over 2.7 per cent

  The price of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) or jet fuel was on Wednesday hiked by over 2.7 per cent - the second increase in rates in one month.

• China tests first stealth combat drone: media

  China has tested its first stealth combat drone, state media said Friday, citing online photos of an aircraft resembling a shrunken US B2 bomber and hailing the advance toward Western-level technology.

• Jet Etihad gets rental default notice from US aircraft lessor: report

  Naresh Goyal-promoted Jet Airways has been slapped with a default notice by one of its lessors, International Lease Finance Corp (ILFC), for non-payment of rentals.

• EU to clear US Airways, American $11 billion merger: report

  AMR Corp's American Airlines and US Airways will win EU approval for their $11 billion merger to become the world's largest carrier after agreeing to cede slots on a transatlantic route, three persons familiar with the matter said on Monday.

• US Airways shareholders vote on American merger

  US Airways shareholders are meeting to vote on the proposed merger with American Airlines, one of the final steps remaining in the deal to create the world's biggest airline.

• Jet fuel prices cut by 5.3 per cent

  Aviation turbine fuel, or ATF, price at Delhi was cut by Rs 3,545.94 per kilolitre (kl), or 5.35 per cent, to Rs 62,649.95 per kl, according to Indian Oil Corp, the nation's largest fuel retailer.

• Aviation regulator paves way for return of leased Kingfisher planes

  Aviation regulator DGCA has said it has deregistered 15 aircraft operated by Kingfisher Airlines paving the way for global leasing companies to take them back and easing worries that the dispute might hurt purchases by other Indian carriers.