Movin - an InterGlobe Enterprises-UPS logistics JV to double operations by December

Movin, a joint venture express logistics company between UPS and InterGlobe Enterprises launched in May, plans to double its operations by December, one of its board members said.

MOVIN plans to develop 10 more Hubs as part of its strategy to connect more regional centres by Q1 2023. This will further strengthen its offerings and boost its capability to capture the ever-expanding opportunity in the B2B logistics space.

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The corporate goal is to double the variety of cities it covers and greater than double the lanes it transports cargo throughout by the tip of the 12 months, Singh said in an interview. He didn’t elaborate additional on the enlargement plan.

MOVIN plans to develop 10 more Hubs as part of its strategy to connect more regional centres by Q1 2023.

Rahul Bhatia-owned InterGlobe Enterprises operates in aviation, hospitality and travel-related companies. IndiGo, the nation’s largest airline, is a part of the group. Singh mentioned, for now, Movin wouldn’t take a look at offering client companies or making acquisitions.

“One hundred days into the game; we have put on a scorching pace (of growth). We are delivering express in 28 cities, across nine states, 2,000 pin codes. We set up 900 corridors or lanes and built a capacity of 2,000 tonnes per month.For a few years, InterGlobe had been trying to diversify and was taking a look at different development alternatives, the place we might deliver high-quality excellence in an area we’d really feel snug with. Nearly four-five years in the past, we began taking a look at logistics with curiosity. Usually, at InterGlobe, our DNA has been to have a look at one thing that’s scalable, one thing that has a long-term prospect.Logistics is clearly a really giant market. The Nationwide Logistics Coverage values it in extra of USD 200 billion. One a part of it, that was UPS’ power and an rising want in India, was categorical logistics."JB Singh, Director of InterGlobe Enterprises & Board Member of MOVIN

“Our philosophy of sticking to B2B is extra strategic. As a result, we see this as a giant hole. Right this moment trade manufacturing is struggling because of the velocity of logistics at which items and companies are shifting throughout the nation,” mentioned Singh.

Aside from different companies, Movin may have one thing referred to as ‘Subsequent Flight Out’, by which it should transport cargo on airways, and use companies together with IndiGo. There will not be a captive association with IndiGo, mentioned Singh.

As a part of its strategic enlargement, Movin can also be establishing its hubs throughout the nation with the newest one being in Bhiwandi, Maharashtra. It plans to develop 10 extra hubs by the primary quarter of 2023.

MOVIN’s unique offering includes a fully predictable, day and time-definite service across the country. Its rapidly growing network over both air and ground enables an uninterrupted flow of goods that is backed by consistent, predictable, and responsive operations.

Movin - an InterGlobe Enterprises-UPS logistics JV to double operations by December

MOVIN’s expansion by establishing new hubs across India, increasing the number of pin codes for pickup and delivery, collaborating with multiple stakeholders and operating dedicated customer experience centres is setting a benchmark in service quality and providing value-based solutions to the customers.

The Express End-of-Day network covers 28 cities including Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Baroda, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Delhi-NCR, Goa, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Jalandhar, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mangalore, Mumbai, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Surat, Vijayawada and Vishakhapatnam catering to 2000+ pin codes.

MOVIN’s Standard Premium network is present across 13 cities namely Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mumbai, and Pune.

India’s finest full-service carrier, Vistara, known for its best-in-class service, brings home many airline titles at a time when many developments are happening around the sector in India. The airline has moved eight places up from last year to reach 20th position worldwide; marking the entry of the airline into the World’s Top 20 list for the first time.

Vistara was voted for by travellers globally, as the World Airline Awards are based on the world’s largest airline passenger satisfaction survey of more than 14 million travellers for the period between September 2021 and August 2022. Vistara also ranked 20th in the list of the World's Best Economy Class Airlines and 9th in the list of Best Airlines in Asia 2022.

Vistara awarded Best Airline in India & Southern Asia 2022 by Skytrax

At the coveted Skytrax World Airline Awards 2022 held in London, UK, Vistara wins the following:

Best Airline in India and Southern Asia award for the second time in a rowBest Airline Staff Service in India and Southern Asia for the fourth consecutive yearBest Cabin Crew in India and Southern Asia for the second time in a row andBest Business Class in India and Southern Asia at the award ceremony.

“It is incredibly heartening for all of us at Vistara to win the ‘Best Airline in India and Southern Asia’ title for the second consecutive year. This award reaffirms the steadfast trust our customers have in us and is a true testament to Vistara setting global benchmarks for excellence in operations and service delivery. We are also humbled to have won the ‘Best Airline Staff Service’ and ‘Best Cabin Crew’ honours that celebrate the invincible spirit of all our employees - on the frontline and behind the scenes - to provide our customers the finest experience every single day. We are also delighted to have been recognised as the 'Best Business Class in India and Southern Asia'. Warm hospitality and thoughtfulness are integral to the intrinsic customer-first culture at Vistara, and our extraordinary teams endeavour to deliver it consistently. We sincerely thank all our loyal customers for their faith in us and express our heartfelt gratitude to Skytrax for the recognitions.”Vinod Kannan, Chief Executive Officer, Vistara

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"Vistara continues to set new standards across the Indian airtravel market, and as the airline has grown its long haul network it is now receiving the due recognition for being the Best Airline in India and Southern Asia. With Vistara’s staff receiving the award for the Best Staff Service in India and Southern Asia, these successes are a fabulous achievement. Vistara has been a strong and consistent performer in the awards in recent years and this year moves into the World’s Top 20 Airlines for the first time ever.”Edward Plaisted, CEO, Skytrax

Vistara is India’s highest-rated airline on multiple industry forums and has also been the winner of several 'Best Airline' awards. In a short span of over seven years since starting operations, Vistara has raised the bar for operations and service standards in the Indian aviation industry.

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Vistara, which connects destinations across India and abroad today, has a fleet of 53 aircraft, including 41 Airbus A320s; five Airbus A321neo; five Boeing 737-800NG; and two Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. It has flown more than 35 million customers since the first take-off.

TATA SIA Airlines Limited is a 51:49 joint venture between Tata Sons Private Limited and Singapore Airlines Limited (SIA).

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TATA SIA Airlines Limited is a 51:49 joint venture between Tata Sons Private Limited and Singapore Airlines Limited (SIA). The merger talks between Air India and Vistara are on the table with Tata Group negotiating the terms with Singapore Airlines.

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Qatar Airways has been voted the World’s Best Airline for a record seventh time at the 2022 World Airline Awards, winning the prestigious Airline of the Year 2022 title.

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Qatar Airways has been voted the World’s Best Airline for a record seventh time at the 2022 World Airline Awards

Singapore Airlines takes the second position in the world, with Emirates third, ANA All Nippon Airways fourth, and Qantas Airways in the fifth position, out of more than 350 airlines included in the survey results.

Big winners at the awards included Qatar Airways who scooped nine award wins, with Singapore Airlines also receiving nine awards. In North America, Delta Air Lines was a success, winning six awards. In Europe, Turkish Airlines was dominant, receiving four awards including the highly competitive Best Airline in Europe title.

Apart from Vistara, India's largest carrier by passenger traffic and market share, IndiGo, also made it to the list of Top 100 airlines of the world. IndiGo stood at the 45th position in 2022. In 2021, IndiGo was in the 49th position.

The Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) has won the Airport Service Quality award-2022 instituted by Airport Council International (ACI) for ensuring seamless traffic in the aftermath of the pandemic.

CIAL said the award was given for its meticulous implementation of a programme christened 'Mission Safeguarding' implemented in 2021-22 which ensured seamless traffic and reinforced passenger satisfaction in the aftermath of the pandemic.

The Airport Authority of India has won recognition in the 5-15 million passenger category of airports operating in the Asia-Pacific region. The ACI award is recognised as the highest honour in the global aviation sector owing to its extensive survey methodology practices.

India’s Cochin Airport is the world’s first solar-powered airport.

CIAL Managing Director, S Suhas, has received the award from ACI World Director General Luis Felipe de Oliveira at a function held at Krakow in Poland organized in connection with the ACI Customer Experience Global Summit 2022.

"With the guidelines formulated by the chairman and the board of directors, the airport implemented 'Mission Safeguarding' during the time of the pandemic which ensured smooth traffic management that is safe, secure and passenger-friendly." S Suhas, CIAL Managing Director.

The ASQ global airport survey, through which the awardees are selected, usually showcases the world's best airports as voiced by the travellers. This time, in addition to the existing benchmarks, new parameters about hygiene practices were added, CIAL said in a release.

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Suhas said that CIAL values this award as a recognition for the innovative systems it introduced after the pandemic years.

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Owing to the measures implemented, CIAL registered a growth of 92.66 per cent in passenger volume and 60.06 per cent in air traffic movement. The period also witnessed CIAL improving its position as the third busiest airport in the country in terms of international traffic.

Cochin airport Third busiest in handling International traffic after Delhi and Mumbai.

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A team of senior officials including Airport Director C.Dinesh Kumar, Executive Director, Saji K George, General Managers, Bini T I and Joseph Peter also attended the function.

ACI noted that despite the ongoing crisis, airports around the globe have continued to prioritise listening and adapting to the evolving needs of their customers.

United Airlines has grounded 25 Boeing B777-200s and B777-200(ER)s to perform overdue wing leading edge inspections that were missed for reasons currently under investigation.

The airline cancelled flights on Monday night and Tuesday morning and said it's trying to rebook stranded passengers.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said United grounded 25 of the jets after discovering it had failed to inspect slats on the wing edges that are used during takeoffs and landings.

United Airlines cancelled about 18 flights this week when it realised that some of its Boeing 777-200 planes had not undergone required inspections of the front edges of the wings.

United said late on Tuesday afternoon that it had inspected 10 of the planes and was working with the FAA to return the others to fly in the next two weeks without causing additional flight cancellations.

The necessary maintenance checks on all aircraft will take around two weeks, with each inspection being carried out overnight. The carrier and the regulator are investigating why the scheduled inspections were missed in the first place.

"We've completed inspections on 10 of those aircraft, and are working with the FAA to return others to service while inspections are ongoing over the next two weeks."United said in a statement.

United Airlines grounded 25 Boeing 777-200s after failing to check their wings - days before the flight from Newark was forced into an emergency landing due to a 'hydraulic issue'.

On 21st September, a United Airlines Boeing 777 was forced to return to Newark after sparks and debris started to fall from the hydraulic system while the aircraft was climbing out of Newark.

United Airlines' fleet of B777-200s comprises 19 -200s and 55 -200(ER)s.

The Boeing 777-200 with registration N787UA was performing flight UA149 from Newark to Sao Paulo. However, while the aircraft was climbing out of Newark, the crew detected the sparks evolving from the hydraulic system. The pilots entered a holding pattern about 70 NM southwest of New York, dumped fuel and landed safely 1 hour and 30 minutes after departure.

The aircraft returned safely to Newark following the technical issue related to its hydraulics. The flight was cancelled and passengers were rebooked onto alternative flights. Footage shared on social media shows the emitted sparks.

The FAA said it was reviewing United's inspection plan 'as well as looking into the circumstances that led to the missed inspections. In May, the FAA cleared United's 52 Boeing 777 planes equipped with Pratt & Whitney (PW) 4000 engines to return to service.

United Airlines flight makes emergency landing in Newark.

United Airlines' fleet of B777-200s comprises 19 -200s and 55 -200(ER)s. All of the -200s and a substantial part of the -200(ER)s were grounded until recently due to safety concerns related to their Pratt & Whitney PW4000G engines. The current missed inspections do not pertain to the engines.

United’s Pratt & Whitney PW4000 powered 777-200 fleet has only recently returned to service after being grounded for over a year due to a problem with the aircraft’s external engine covers.

However, the wing panel inspection wasn’t related to the engine cover issues, but rather a routine maintenance matter discovered by the airline’s team. The inspections will examine the area of the wing where slats extend during take-off and landing to generate lift.

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Air India has signed a sale and leaseback agreement with US-based Willis Lease Finance Corp for 34 engines to power 17 aircraft of the Airbus A320 family.

Under the agreement, Willis Lease will purchase from Air India 34 CFM56-5B engines to power 13 Airbus A321 aircraft and 4 Airbus A320 airplanes and lease them back to the airline. Willis Lease will also provide replacement and standby spare engines to Air India as per the agreement.

The agreement will help the carrier save on maintenance costs.

Florida-based Willis Lease is a global aviation finance company, specializing in the lease, finance and management of aircraft, spare commercial aircraft engines and auxiliary power units.

"The transaction with Willis would enable the airline to eliminate the maintenance burden and fully de-risk itself from the maintenance cost uncertainty associated with the engines which were not covered under any “Power By The Hour” programme with the engine makers.Under “Power By The Hour”, a certain amount is paid to the engine maker for each hour the aircraft flies, and this amount is used for future maintenance requirements. This transaction will allow Air India to improve fleet reliability, reduce cost, and optimise cash flows."Nipun Aggarwal, Air India’s Chief Commercial Officer

Willis Lease will also have an in-country team to coordinate and manage the programme and all logistics and transportation involved.

Things are moving at a swift pace at Air India. Grounded airplanes are being prepped for operations again, new aircraft orders are on the way, and cost-effective practices are becoming the norm.

Air India plans to have a fleet of 143 planes by end of 2023.

Air India has 113 planes in its fleet currently. Its narrow-body fleet comprises 70 aircraft, of which 54 are in service. The rest of the existing narrow-body fleet and some of the wide-body fleet which was grounded will progressively return to service by early 2023, according to Air India.

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The airline has also signed leases and letters of intent for inducting 5 wide-body Boeing and 25 Airbus narrow-body planes over the next 15 months. The planes being leased include 21 Airbus A320 neos, 4 Airbus A321 neos and 5 Boeing B777-200LRs.

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The highly classified, next-generation stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider, will finally come out of the shadows thanks to an official deployment planned for the first week of December by the US Air Force.

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The B-21 Raider will be unveiled by Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Air Force in the first week of December at the company's Palmdale, California, at the same facility used during the 1980s and 1990s for Northrop B-2 production.

The B-21 is the most advanced military aircraft ever built and is a product of pioneering innovation and technological excellence. The Raider showcases the dedication and skills of the thousands of people working every day to deliver this aircraftsaid Doug Young, sector vice president and general manager, Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems

It will be an advanced, extremely long-range, massive, heavy-payload, stealth intercontinental strategic bomber for the USAF as part of the Long Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) programme, capable of delivering conventional and nuclear weapons.

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Since the contract was awarded in 2015, Northrop Grumman has put together a team from across the country to develop, test, and construct the most cutting-edge strike aircraft ever. The B-21 is the result of cutting-edge stealth technology combined with Northrop Grumman's innovative digital engineering methodologies and modern manufacturing methods.

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In 2015, Northrop Grumman won the B-21 contract over a Boeing-Lockheed Martin collaboration. Six B-21s are currently being produced, according to information released so far by Northrop, with the initial flight set for 2023.

The actual timing of the first flight will be based on ground test outcomes. The first B-21 was moved to a calibration facility in March 2022.

Northrop Grumman is proud of our partnership with the U.S. Air Force as we deliver the B-21 Raider, a sixth-generation aircraft optimized for operations in highly contested environmentssaid Tom Jones, corporate vice president and president, Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems

An invitation-only event will be held for the reveal at Northrop Grumman's Palmdale facility.

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In fiscal 2023, the Air Force sought $5 billion for the B-21, including $1.7 billion for procurement financing, though it won't say how many bombers it would purchase. The Air Force intends to purchase at least 100 B-21s in all. The estimated cost of each B-21 in FY10 currency is $550 million.

It will eventually replace the United States' current fleets of Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit, and Rockwell B-1 Lancer bombers.

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