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Air India to purchase 250 Airbus aircraft from France

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New Delhi: Air India will buy 250 aircraft from France’s Airbus, in what is billed as the world’s largest aviation deal in history.
“We have built a very good relationship with Airbus. Today I am happy to announce that we have signed a letter of intent to acquire 250 aircrafts from Airbus,” said Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Chairman of Tata Sons, at a virtual unveiling of the announcement in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron.
The deal includes 40 A350 wide-body ultra-long-range aircraft. The rest will be narrow-body aircraft.
“We have significant options to increase the fleet orders once we grow,” Chandrasekaran said.
Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, veteran industrialist Ratan Tata, and other leaders were present during the virtual conference.
“It is a historic moment for Airbus to help script Air India’s revival,” Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury said in a video conference.
Air India was looking for a remix of aircraft to boost their domestic and international network through recent orders. Soon after the divestment of the airline, CEO Campbell announced in its speech to the AI employees that the airline is going for a historic order.
On the occasion of its first anniversary on January 27 this year, Air India said the airline will transform itself over the next five years to being among the best globally with an Indian heart.

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February 14, 2023
After row, HAL removes Lord Hanuman’s picture from HLFT-42 aircraft

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Bengaluru: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) removed the picture of Lord Hanuman from the HLFT-42 aircraft model displayed at the Aero India 2023 airshow following controversy.
The picture of Lord Hanuman was embossed on the tail of the HLFT-42 aircraft model.
Union Minister for Mine, Coal, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi on Monday tweeted about the Lord Hanuman picture and expressed his happiness over it.
Taking a line of the prayer dedicated to Lord Hanuman, Joshi had shared the pictures of HLFT-42, a super jet model. “The picture of Bajrangbali (Lord Hanuman) is specially highlighted on the jet,” he had said.
“ರಾಮ ದೂತ ಅತುಲಿತ ಬಲ ಧಾಮ -ಅಂಜನಿ ಪುತ್ರ ಪವನ ಸುತ ನಾಮ”
HAL ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯಿಂದ ತಯಾರಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ “ಮಾರುತ್” ಹೆಸರಿನ HLFT-42 ವಿಮಾನದ ಮೇಲೆ ಬಜರಂಗಬಲಿಯ ಚಿತ್ರ ಬಹಳ ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ರಾರಾಜಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ದೃಶ್ಯ. #AeroIndia2023 pic.twitter.com/WzeFmNvnET
— Pralhad Joshi (@JoshiPralhad) February 13, 2023
The pictures went viral on social media stirring a debate on printing the image of the Hindu God image over the fighter jet. Some critical voices said that the armed forces should not have any religious representation as that would affect the morale of the soldiers.
HAL after noticing the controversy removed the picture thereby putting an end to the debate in this regard.
HLFT-42, Hindustan Lead in Fighter Trainer is regarded as the ‘Next Generation Supersonic Trainer’. The HAL is displaying the model for the first time at the Aero India Show 2023.
The jet is expected to play a critical role in modern combat aircraft training with state-of-the-art avionics like Active Electronically Scanned Array, Electronic Warfare Suite, Infrared Search and Track with Fly by Wire Control system.

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February 14, 2023

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Air India to purchase 250 Airbus aircraft from France

After row, HAL removes Lord Hanuman’s picture from HLFT-42 aircraft