Aerospace Diary

AIN DEFENSE PERSPECTIVE  »  MAY 24, 2013 by    NEELAM MATHEWS An Indian Air Force requirement to replace these aging Avro 748 transports is supposed to create a privately held aircraft manufacturing company. (Photo: Indian Air Force) May 24, 2013, 9:00 AM India’s Ministry of Defense has issued a request for proposal ( RFP ) for the procurement of 56 transport aircraft to replace the air force’s aging fleet of around 30 Avro 748Ms. In a bid to launch an indigenous private defense manufacturing capability, this is the first time an  RFP  states that the Indian Production Agency ( IPA ) will be a private company. This leaves out Hindustan Aeronautics ( HAL ), which has until now held a monopoly in defense programs. The last date for submission of bids is October 8. The  RFP  for the five-ton and above, 50-seater transport aircraft with a rear ramp has been released to eight  OEM s–Airbus Military, A...

Neelam Mathews July, 2011 As Australia's aviation regulator looks to apply to the Federal Court to extend the grounding of Tiger Airways Australia, travel mayhem affecting up to 35,000 passengers is to continue for several weeks at least. The regulator wants a host of management changes and all the airline's pilots requalified in simulators by a third party such as Airbus before it will allow it to fly. Tiger was grounded late on Friday after two serious safety breaches. An incident at Melbourne's Avalon airport in which a Tiger Airways A320 allegedly descended 900ft below the 2500ft safe minimum height and an allegation the pilots landed without air traffic control permission, is under investigation. Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has said it no longer has "confidence in the ability of Tiger Airways Australia to satisfactorily address the safety issues that have been identified". Rejecting CASA's view Tony Davis, chief executive of Tiger Ai...