Hindustan Aeronautics has appointed Ashok Nayak as its chairman from 1 April. He replaces Ashok Baweja, who had been at the helm of India’s sole aircraft manufacturer for just over four years before retiring on 31 March.
Nayak is a trained mechanical engineer and joined the state-owned firm as a management trainee in 1971. He […]

Cessna Aircraft has appointed India’s Chimes Aviation Academy as its third pilot training centre in the country.
The academy, which is based at the Dhana Airport in Sagar, a central Indian city, will host a Cessna Pilot Centre, the only flight schools that are allowed to use the company’s integrated computer-based instruction system.
“Demand for […]

Korean Air has ordered two Cessna Citation CJ1+ aircraft for advanced pilot training, supplementing the South Korean carrier’s fleet of Cessna Citation Ultras that have been in service since 1995.
It will take deliver of the aircraft in the third quarter of 2009 and base them at its pilot training centre at Jeju. Korean Air […]

Indian conglomerate GMR Group, which built and is the major owner of Hyderabad’s new airport, is speaking to European and US aerospace companies about establishing…

As its first flight nears, Boeing has significantly reshuffled the early recipients of the 787, with launch customer All Nippon Airways now set to take delivery of an overwhelming portion of aircraft once slated for Chinese carriers.