The four-day long civil aviation exhibition and conference would start from today onward. It is jointly organized by the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Federation of Indian Chambers and Industry (FICCI).
 
The union minister for aviation, Praful Patel would inaugurate the conference 'India Aviation-2008' at Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad. It is the first international aviation event in the country. The leading airlines of the world would discuss aviation related matters in the conference. It would provide opportunity to domestic airlines to prepare a road map to cooperate with the international airlines. Air India, Kingfisher, Jet Airways, SpiceJet would also present their profile at the event

Two leading airlines of the country, Jet Airways and Kingfisher would start joint flights. This is a much unexpected move as both airlines are competitor of each other in the aviation sector. Both airlines would cooperate with each other for sharing of codes on domestic and international flights, leveraging the joint network, joint fuel management, common ground handling and cross-selling of flight inventories.

Hyderabad, Oct 15 : The country''s first International Exhibition and Conference on Civil Aviation “India Aviation 2008” will begin here today.

The four-day event is being jointly organised by the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the FICCI, with the United States being the partner country.

The exhibition, to be held at city’s Begumpet Airport, will showcase the development of Indian Civil Aviation sector and a theme pavilion displaying rare photographs and models will highlight its past, present and future.

Melbourne, Oct. 14 : Air investigators have blamed a faulty computer system for the terrifying mid-air plunge of a Qantas flight between Singapore and Perth last week.

A fault in the Airbus A330-300''s air data inertial reference system is believed to have led to erroneous information being sent to its flight control computer, causing the autopilot to shut down.

The aircraft was cruising at 37,000 feet when the fault occurred, causing it to descend up to 650 feet in seconds.

Sydney- A computer malfunction was Tuesday blamed for a Qantas passenger jet en route from Singapore to Perth plunging in altitude and injured 46 passengers a week ago.

The Airbus A330 serving the October 7 flight suddenly lost altitude and made an emergency landing at Learmonth military base, 1,260 kilometres north of Perth.

New Delhi - India's top private-sector airlines Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines announced a wide-ranging alliance that will help both carriers to battle declining growth and cut fuel costs, news reports said Tuesday.

"The two airlines will be able to rationalize their operations and derive the maximum synergies and thereby offer the best possible fares for the benefit of consumers," the IANS news agency quoted from a statement issued by the companies.

The alliance was firmed up late Monday night following a meeting between Jet Airways chairman Naresh Goyal and his Kingfisher Airlines counterpart Vijay Mallaya.

The companies said the alliance would entail huge costs savings but declined to give details.