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ganesh pillai
Made in India
by ganesh pillai on Mar 22, 2011 02:00 PM

Just put the seal of "Made in India" on it.

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Kungfu Panda
shame india
by Kungfu Panda on Mar 22, 2011 01:34 PM  | Hide replies

when will India start building planes? After 100 years? Shame..

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Re: shame india
by Comment Posts on Mar 22, 2011 06:21 PM
Chu. what value add do you have being a citizen of India. I am not sure but you are a porki ask allahlavda about your schedule to start building planes

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rahul raj
Re: Re: shame india
by rahul raj on Mar 22, 2011 06:36 PM
abe whn u cnt respt urslf atleast respct sme othrsor go and respct ur parnts dnt knw wht mistkethy did and gt u lol

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RajKiran Singh
Re: shame india
by RajKiran Singh on Mar 23, 2011 12:28 PM
well why dont take a start and start making paper planes first.

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satish salvi
Re: shame india
by satish salvi on Mar 26, 2011 10:11 AM
why india? how maney no of country in world manifacturing such kind of plain?
First think on this then wright something.Why u peopel think in this way?

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asad hgjkf
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by asad hgjkf on Mar 22, 2011 05:14 AM

Rediff, for heaven's sake, find synonyms for "stunning"

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Merwyn Mendonca
Can India build a Commercial plane ? When ?
by Merwyn Mendonca on Mar 22, 2011 12:39 AM  | Hide replies

Any chance ?

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Suraj Bharat
Re: Can India build a Commercial plane ? When ?
by Suraj Bharat on Mar 22, 2011 01:23 PM
After hogs jump over the moon

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pankaj patil
Re: Re: Can India build a Commercial plane ? When ?
by pankaj patil on Mar 22, 2011 06:25 PM
2012 ISRO launching Chandrayaan-II
Hope they will send you there make u jump there.

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pankaj patil
Re: Re: Can India build a Commercial plane ? When ?
by pankaj patil on Mar 22, 2011 06:25 PM
2012 ISRO launching Chandrayaan-II
Hope they will send you there make u jump there.

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balan
AIR INDIA
by balan on Mar 21, 2011 04:18 PM  | Hide replies

AIR INDIA MUST BE CLOSED. ALL ARE SOCIAL
PARASITES. THEY EAT PEOPLES TAX MONEY AND
ENJOY LIFE. KICK THEM OUT.WITH DRAW THE CAPITAL. THEY ARE WORKING UNDER LOSS SINCE
DECADES AND PRODUCE FALUSE ACCOUNTS

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saleem
Re: AIR INDIA
by saleem on Mar 21, 2011 04:22 PM
well said

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R Balasubramanian
Re: Re: AIR INDIA
by R Balasubramanian on Mar 21, 2011 04:28 PM
they only brought back stranded indians from Libya and Egypt. Did you read todays news? Private airlines have hiked their fares by 300% and a return Lucknow Delhi economy fare is equal to return Dubai Delhi fare. You welcome it?

Have sense before discussing and writing. Only fools think after committing.

balas

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pooja wadhwani
Re: Re: Re: AIR INDIA
by pooja wadhwani on Mar 21, 2011 04:47 PM
going by your logic all other nationals who do not have a
government Airline must have died, but story is reverse
US AND EUROPE citizens too have safely landed their COUNTRY SAFELY ,your logic is only to keep parasite at the cost of peoples money any way

Fools like you always appreciate govt control,letharly ,inefficienty
and claim all in national interest.

if PRivate airlines are hiking fares then we need a regulator not a govt company
to operate in loss


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venkat reddy
Re: Re: Re: AIR INDIA
by venkat reddy on Mar 22, 2011 02:14 PM
I agree Air India airlifted the stranded passengers from Libya and Eqypt and I don't bother to loss my tax money for that sake. However I don't want to lose my tax money for the people who really making use of our money (tax money). If you want don't want to fly to Lucknow with 300% hike. Please go by train or other mode, automatically pvt airlines will reduce the price. Don't think that you want to use tax payer's money as subsidy for your convineance.

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Loan Shark
Re: Re: Re: AIR INDIA
by Loan Shark on Mar 21, 2011 04:53 PM
1. airlines spend most of the fuel in takeoff, so fuel cost is not significantly higher for the dubai flight

2. with lucknow being so close and dubai being across water, there is definitely more air traffic available for dubai

3. air travel from delhi to lucknow is more of a luxury with several trains available

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slater
Re: Re: Re: AIR INDIA
by slater on Mar 22, 2011 11:02 AM
Emotional blackmail will not work. Nobody will keep on raising the fares as they like. Unless U are a Air India union member I dont see anything ve the airline is doing. Private airlines compete with each other for U'r money, it doesnt mean someone like Capt Gopinath will show up and bring the big private and Public airlines to its knees. Unless Air India is scrapped in total handed over back to the Tatas it will be the white elephant it is. This is normal for any public sector enterprise. Once U privatise things change.
I think there are competent staff in Air India who can carry the flag forward but the bulk of the weed has to be put on the stove.

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Das
Re: Re: Re: AIR INDIA
by Das on Mar 21, 2011 04:42 PM
Balan is spot on and this loot in the guise of misplaced nationalism, where elite own and abuse public utilities needs to be stopped now. Bala is not just wrong but has fallen into trap of not seeing the bigger picture.
Let us ask Bala, how much did it save to transport even 5000 or even 20,000 people from Libya compared with subidies to Air India? How often does this situation like Libya arise?

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Amit Ghura
Re: Re: Re: AIR INDIA
by Amit Ghura on Mar 22, 2011 02:01 PM
Your logic that Air India was the only airline that helped bring the stranded Indians back home, so should be allowed to run does not sound like a very logical argument. Running an airline is an expensive proposition, and in order for it to be profitable, has to be run profitably. Air India is presently being run like a government organisation, where the ground teams at the airport are not pleasant and have a care a damn attitude. The air-hostesses are mostly indifferent and many have shown care a damn attitude. Im all for Air India running, but more as a private enterprise, with government holdings. The current airline rather than projecting itself as the official carrier for India, shows itself in rather poor light in comparison to the other airlines. Case to point - Emirates. Need not look far.

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worldlywise
Re: AIR INDIA
by worldlywise on Mar 21, 2011 04:49 PM
almost all major airlines are national carriers, singapore, emirates, etihad, air france, britush, qantas.

all have their share of losses, and bad managemenent.

the biggest losers were private, pan am, twa, braniff.

you can rave and rant on poor and vested management, but ownership of air india must remain with the government, private airlines must balance and compete



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pratap bhanu
Re: Re: AIR INDIA
by pratap bhanu on Mar 21, 2011 07:05 PM
who is the reporter..Definitely seems to be 33% pass in all his academics.Nothing is clear why he selected to publish about this aircraft only.What is the special about it like pax capacity,engine capacity,number of engines,fuel tank capacity,how long it can fly without refueling and how long it can go non-stop with its 80%(0f max speed limit)..No comparison with other aircraft is given.

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Tom Dick
Re: Re: AIR INDIA
by Tom Dick on Mar 21, 2011 07:54 PM
worldwise..British airways and Qantas are not govt owned. Panam,TWA,Braniff does not exist anymore.

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Rajesh
Wish India an build one
by Rajesh on Mar 21, 2011 04:11 PM  | Hide replies

India should build one similar... Will happen in a few years...

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R Balasubramanian
Re: Wish India an build one
by R Balasubramanian on Mar 21, 2011 04:20 PM
with that intention only Raja and Batcha made money from 2G which indian did not like it. Infact it was to have been named as Karunaraja but CAG and SC spoiled the entire plan.

As politicians are bored with opening colleges and hospitals, for a change, they wanted to drive in to aircraft and ship building. Majority of local politicians are already in to software and finance. No one wants india to improve as they lack knowledge to understand and read their leaders mind and forward thinking.


Balas, Bang

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thomas jojy
Re: Wish India an build one
by thomas jojy on Mar 21, 2011 04:34 PM
U can hear the next biggest corruption ,if india plans to make one aircraft .I bet the aircraft will be low standard and even indian will fear to fly on it.

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cupid
Re: Wish India an build one
by cupid on Mar 21, 2011 04:19 PM
sorry to disappoint you rajesh,but aeroplane design is a culmination of vast amounts of technologies and years of R& D work .India looking at current scenario is way too behind even to think of such technological wonders.

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R Balasubramanian
Re: Re: Wish India an build one
by R Balasubramanian on Mar 21, 2011 04:22 PM
small industries are already supplying tools to Boeing and Airbus from India and in particular from Bangalore. Many CNC machineries have been imported by many industries only for this specific purpose.

Its easy to criticise. Try to motivate and build a strong foundation by uniting few technocrats and start innovation.

balas, bang

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subbu
Re: Re: Re: Wish India an build one
by subbu on Mar 21, 2011 08:10 PM
u r wrong. indians are only good as consumers and they want to be. our leaders cannot think of india as a tech leader bcoz it wouldnt become an attractive destination for FDI

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cupid
Re: Re: Re: Wish India an build one
by cupid on Mar 21, 2011 04:41 PM
@bala
i wasn't pessimistic abt India's lack of expertise .i was trying to be pragmatic and asserted the fact that R&D is much needed to comprehend such complex technologies ,which sadly doesnt exist in India at this moment . what we require is a broader technolgical framework incorporating all the advanced technolgies and traninig programs to churn out best engineers .

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vivekanandan shankar
Re: Re: Re: Wish India an build one
by vivekanandan shankar on Mar 21, 2011 04:34 PM
Dear Bala, appreciate your positive approach. the fact is most of us indians have taken to the habit of criticsm rather than identifying the core problem and rectifying it.
like minded people should join hands and begin to gradually build a forum where in the future of India can be moulded with great care and postiveness. interested, reply to my id 'savi1009 at rediff dot com

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slater
Re: Wish India an build one
by slater on Mar 22, 2011 11:05 AM
China already has a C919. Way to go. Imagine a Nano in the sky hah hah.

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Prem Mohan
Air India
by Prem Mohan on Mar 21, 2011 04:09 PM  | Hide replies

Air India should buy several of these planes for the Mumbai-New York and Delhi-London sectors.

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Atma Prakash Tiwari
Re: Air India
by Atma Prakash Tiwari on Mar 21, 2011 05:35 PM
And make Millions in kick back!! Right Prem Mohan!!!

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