Washington, Nov 17: A University in Netherlands has developed new control techniques that would be able to reduce the risk of aircraft crashes.

Kolkata: The projected new civil aviation plan, being inspected by a ministers group, is looking to magnetize $150 billion of investment in the aviation segment.

Praful Patel, aviation minister said, “We hope to attract around $150 billion — both in terms of hardware and software. In terms of infrastructure, our target is to have at least 500 airports both big and small, with a total fleet of around 1,000 commercial aircraft in the next five years and around 1,500 aircraft by 2020.”

New Delhi, Sep 4: India's largest private airline Jet Airways plans to connect more cities within and outside the country and is acquiring 25 wide-bodied aircraft to fuel its international operations.

It has already established Brussels as its European hub for transcontinental flights. ''We'll soon be starting international flights from Amritsar, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Chennai and Bangalore,'' said its chairman Naresh Goyal.