Aviation regulator DGCA is likely to come out with fresh guidelines on block hours, a yardstick for on-time performance, to remove disparity among airlines. Block hours refer to the moment a commercial aircraft leaves the departure gate until it lands and reaches the arrival gate, or till its engines are working.
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?Global demand for energy to increase by 35 per cent by 2040?
ExxonMobil shares its perspective on how improvement in efficiency of machinery and equipment can help mitigate the effects of the rising energy demand in the industrial sector
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Fuel saving locomotive at Railways
Yet another milestone in introduction of fuel-efficient technologies for diesel engines has been achieved with Indian Railways manufacturing the first multi-genset locomotive in India.
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Air India’s 10% fleet lying idle for want of spares
For want of spares and engines, more than 10 per cent of Air IndiaÂ’s (AI) fleet is lying idle, with 13 of its 106 planes grounded. Such high number of grounded aircraft indicate highly mismanaged affairs at the ailing carrier, feel industry sources. Such a situation should not
have arisen at all as the government has pumped in more than Rs 6,500 crore into the airline in this fiscal year alone, an official said