The Fujian, which features a full-length, flat flight deck with an advanced catapult-launch system for jets, takes its name from the Chinese province opposite democratically governed Taiwan.
Airbus got orders for 750 aircraft last year, delivering 75 units to Indian carriers, including 41 to IndiGo, 19 to Air India, 14 to Vistara, and one to Go First, said Maillard.
The airline promised there will be no visible display anywhere and the weigh-in data will remain anonymous even to airline staff.
Indian Navy takes a significant step towards operationalising Indigenous aircraft carrier by successful landing of MiG-29K on INS Vikrant by Naval pilots demonstrating India's prowess in Aircraft Carrier design, construction and operations while enhancing combat readiness, Navy said in a statement.
Speaking at an event, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh confirmed that the work has started to indigenously build another aircraft carrier after INS Vikrant.
PM Modi to commission INS Vikrant: INS Vikrant has been developed with indigenous state-of-the-art automatic equipment built at a cost of Rs 20,000 crore at the Cochin Shipyard.
'INS Vikrant' is set to operate MiG-29K fighter jets, Kamov-31 helicopters and MH-60R multi-role helicopters. It has over 2,300 compartments, designed for a crew of around 1700 people, including specialised cabins to accommodate women officers.
The 3rd aircraft carrier built by China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited has a displacement of more than 80,000 tonnes and is equipped with electromagnetic catapults and arresting devices, state-run Global Times reported.
IAC Vikrant has been designed to accommodate an assortment of fixed-wing and rotary aircraft.
The airline's order stated that "procurement of new aircraft parts" and "procurement of non-aircraft parts" -- which are of more than Rs 10 lakh cost -- must be done after the approval of "Director Finance or Executive Director Finance".
Southern Naval Command (SNC) offered a sneak peek into the engineering marvel that is INS Vikrant, the country's first indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC).
The US’ newest and most advanced nuclear carrier’s third and final full ship shock trial was completed on Sunday off the coast of Florida, following the previous such trials on June 18 and July 16, the American navy said in a press release on Monday.
India's first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC), Vikrant begun its sea trials on August 04. The aircraft carrier sails for her maiden sea trials today, in the 50th year of her predecessor's key role in the victory in the 1971 war. It is the largest and most complex warship ever to be designed and built in the country.
India's first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) will be commissioned next year, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday.
China's second aircraft carrier, which is the country's first domestically-built carrier, is conducting sea trials and training to test its equipment and weapons, the Chinese military said.
GoAir, which has come under fire from passengers for canceling dozens of flights abruptly earlier this week, on Thursday attributed the disruption in the network to delay in aircraft deliveries and non-availability of engines.
The Ministry confirmed that 002 sailed from north to south with its frigates and the Taiwanese armed forces also deployed their joint monitoring mechanism, which includes surveillance aircraft and other surface vessels to track Chinese ships and try to deter them.
The Liaoning is the only Chinese aircraft carrier in active service, and the country's first domestically developed carrier, known as the Type-001 A, is still undergoing sea trials.
China’s first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, arrived as a mostly empty hull from Ukraine and was commissioned in 2012 along with its flight wing of Chinese J-15 fighter jets.
Commodore J. Chaudhary, Principal Director Naval Design, said its harbour trials will start by the end of this year while rejecting an alternate deadline of 2023 that a CAG report had postulated.
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