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First of two VVIP planes costing Rs 8,400 cr arrives in India; custom-made B777 will fly PM, president and VP
•The B777 planes will have state-of-the-art missile defence systems called Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM) and Self-Protection Suites (SPS) costing $190 million
India and US sign Rs 1200 crore deal for missile protection suites for new VVIP planes for Indian Prime Minister and President
•India has signed a Rs 1,200 crore deal with the US for buying anti-missile protection suites for the two new Boeing 777 VVIP planes that will be used to ferry the President and the Prime Minister
Narendra Modi not to fly over Pakistan airspace en route Bishkek; Air India One to be routed via Central Asian countries
Fp Staff •Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to alter the air route on way to Bishkek, apparently in order to avoid flying over Pakistan airspace. Air India One will be routed over Oman, Iran and Central Asian countries on way to Bishkek.
Air India One flying president, PM to get Air Force One-like protection as US approves sale of two missile defence systems to India
•The US has agreed to sell two advanced missile defence systems to India for the two Air India One (Boeing-777) aircraft used by the Indian prime minister and president for an estimated cost of $190 million, bringing the security of Head-of-State aircraft at par with that of 'Air Force One' used by the American president
Air India One crew to go local; will wear khadi garments to promote use of fabric
Fp Archives •The Khadi Gramodyog Bhawan, under the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), has already secured an order for the same.
Glitches just don't end? Standby jet ferries PM Modi to Canada as Air India One flops
Fp Staff •There seems to be no end to technical glitches faced by national carrier Air India and the latest victim of these 'glitches' was the Prime Minister of India.
Stand by aircraft rushed for PM Modi, as Air India One develops engine snag
Fp Archives •Air India One, a Boeing 747-400 aircraft that carried Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Delhi to Berlin after halts in Paris, Toulouse and Hannover, developed engine problems and had to be replaced by another plane.
Why PM Narendra Modi is not taking journalists on board Air India One
Rajeev Sharma •It remains to be seen whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes media in full strength on his trip to the United States in September. After all, he has a lot of things to prove back home when Barack Obama rolls out red carpet to him.
Birthday boy: President Pranab cuts cake aboard Air India One
Fp Archives •The celebrations were low key in view of the five day mourning being observed as a mark of respect to the late anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela.
PM's 'disappointment' with Sharif: What he's really saying
Rajeevsharma •Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who has invested a lot of political capital in improving relations with Pakistan over the past nine and a half years finally acknowledged that he is “disappointed” by Sharif.