The plane is contacting Rzeszow Tower in an attempt for landing clearance.
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The ban on auto’s and taxi’s has been lifted. They will now be regulated and will be operated by private companies only. Auto and Taxi union’s have been banned because they cause a lot of trouble when it comes to development and construction and implementation of better rapid and bus transit systems. App based cabs like OLA and UBER will remain banned. Fares will be charged per passenger.
Fares :
Auto - 30 rupees for 2km and 5 rupees per kilometer
Taxi - 50 rupees for 2km and 15 rupees per kilometer
Fares can only be paid via the CHALO NCMC card.
Diesel, CNG, Petrol and LPG autos will remain banned. Only electric auto’s like the Mahindra TREO, the Piaggio Ape E-City and the Kinetic Safar Smart will be allowed to operate. All auto’s need to have doors like the ones in the pictures. They must have a board on top to indicate occupancy. And they need to be hard top (metal roof and body instead of cloth roof and metal body).
Taxi’s should have yellow roofs, front and back. The doors and side can be of any colour. Only SUV’s can be used for operating taxi services and the cars must have a minimum Global NCAP rating of 3 stars.
Mahindra Scorpio, Toyota Innova Crysta, Skoda Kushaq and Volkswagen Taigun are recommended.
The CHALO NCMC card has become the official method for paying public transit fares, air and rail tickets. It can also be used for paying at transit stores and at shops at airports, rail and metro stations. It is directly linked to your bank account from any of these banks : Yes Bank, HDFC Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, SBI, HSBC and ICICI Bank. More banks will be connected later. Foreign banks will also be connected. The cards are also UPI enabled. RuPay, VISA, MasterCard and American Express can also be used as payment gateway’s. The cards can be bought at any Bus depot, metro station, tram depot, airport and railway station for ₹70 and then activated at a connected bank. The cards have a city based branding (like the one in the pic has the Mumbai branding), with each city being different and unique. Prepaid cards are also available which need to be recharged when the balance is exhausted. Prepaid cards can be recharged by giving them to the Bus conductors or at metro and tram ticket counters/ETM’s. They can also be recharged through the CHALO app using UPI. The CHALO app can also be used to buy the card. Each card will also have the name of holder, card number and CVV codes like credit/debit cards. They can also have branding of bank membership status like YesBank Platinum etc.
The UK Police Force have ordered 10 Viper Drones. These will be mobilised to be able to find things more effectively in peoples homes.
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New Citrus designed and built Volvo BZL for Bengaluru’s BMTC. 200 have been ordered.
Citrus Mobility’s H Series of Hydrogen fuel cell buses
The NHSRCL has started to invite bids for supply of rolling stock and signaling for 4 new high speed rail lines.
HSR3 : Mumbai-Hyderabad-Bangalore
HSR4 : Bangalore-Chennai-Vijayawada
HSR5 : Mangalore-Mysore-Panaji-Nashik-Pune-Mumbai
HSR6 : Thiruvananthapuram-Kozhikode-Bangalore-Udupi-Tirupati
The trains should be capable of 320kmph, aluminum built and they should be standard gauge
Current bidders are Alstom with the Avelia Horizon and Avelia Liberty, Siemens with the Velaro D ICE Neo, Citrus with IR350novo, Talgo with the Talgo 350 and Hitachi with the E5 Shinkansen and the N700S Shinkansen.
The current list of high speed rail lines operated by NHSRCL :
HSR1 : Mumbai-Surat-Ahmedabad
HSR2 : Ahmedabad-Jaipur-Delhi
Both use E5 Shinkansen and some IR350novo trainsets and operate at 320kmph.
Welcome to Orange!
Orange is a Premium Luxury carrier from Bengaluru, India. We aim at providing our customers with the best service, both in the air and on the ground.
The lounges that we operate are named SWARGA.
We operate a fleet of Boeing 737-800’s and 737MAX-8’s, Boeing 737-900ER’s, Boeing737MAX-9’s, Boeing 757-200 and 757-300, Boeing 777-300ER’s, Boeing 787-9’s and Boeing 787-10’s . ATR72-600’s and A220-300’s, are operated by Lime, with Boeing 737MAX-7’s on order.
Our livery
Our planes and buses are painted in white, with the tails (and winglets) being painted in our signature orange stripes. The Indian flag is present behind the cockpit windows. We name each of our aircraft after cities.
Aircraft registration
All our aircraft are registered in India (VT-).
Boeing :-
737-700 : VT-OGx
737-800 : VT-OBx
737-900ER : VT-OEx
737MAX-8 : VT-OAx
737MAX-9 : VT-OCx
757-200 : VT-OHx
777-300ER : VT-OFx
787-9 : VT-OIx
787-10 : VT-OJx
Airbus :-
A220-300 : VT-LAx
ATR :-
ATR72-600 : VT-LBx
Our cabins
Our First Class offering is called Valencia, Business Class offering is called Mandarin, Premium Economy is called Tangerine and Economy is called Lima.
Cabin config on our ATR72-600’s :
Rows 1-18 → Lima, in 2-2 layout.
Seat config on our A220-300’s:
Rows 1,2,3,10,11 → Tangerine, in 1-2 layout
Rows 12-32 → Lima in 2-3 layout
Cabin config on our 737MAX-7s (Planned) :
Rows 1-3 → Mandarin in 2-2 layout
Rows 2-8 → Valencia in 3-3 layout
Rows 9-30 → Lima in 3-3 layout
Cabin config on our 737-800’s :
Rows 1-3 → Mandarin, in 2-2 layout
Rows 4-7 → Tangerine, in 3-3 layout"
Rows 8-31 → Lima, in 3-3 layout
Cabin config on our 737MAX-8’s :
Rows 1-3 → Mandarin, in 2-2 layout
Rows 4-7 → Tangerine, in 3-3 layout
Rows 8-31 → Lima, in 3-3 layout
Cabin config on our 737-900ER’s :
Rows 1-4 → Mandarin, in 1-1 config. Lie flat seats with 180 degree recline.
Rows 5-9 → Tangerine, in 3-3 layout
Rows 10-44–> Lima in 3-3 layout
Cabin config on our 737MAX-9’s :
Rows 1-4 → Mandarin, in 1-1 config. Lie flat seats with 180 degree recline.
Rows 5-9 → Tangerine, in 3-3 layout
Rows 10-44–> Lima in 3-3 layout
Cabin config on our 757-200’s :
Rows 1-5 → Mandarin, in 1-1 layout
Rows 6-14 → Tangerine in 3-3 layout
Rows 14-40 → Lima in 3-3 layout
Cabin config on our 757-300’s :
Rows 1-7 → Mandarin, in 1-1 layout
Rows 8-15 → Tangerine in 3-3 layout
Rows 16-40 → Lima in 3-3 layout
Cabin config on our 777-300ER’s :
Rows 1-5 → Valencia Suites, in 1-2-1 layout
Rows 6-17 → Mandarin, in 1-2-1 staggered layout
Rows 17-22 → Tangerine, in 2-3-2 layout
Rows 22-42 → Lima, in 3-4-3 layout
Cabin config on our 787-9’s (config 1) :
Rows 1 to 8 → Mandarin, in 1-2-1 staggered layout
Rows 9 to 15 → Tangerine, in 2-3-2 layout
Rows 16 to 38 → Lima, in 3-3-3 layout
Cabin config on our 787-9’s (config-2) :
Rows 1-4 → Valencia Suites, in 1-2-1 layout
Rows 5-14 → Mandarin, in 1-2-1 staggered layout
Rows 14-17 → Tangerine, in 2-3-2 layout
Rows 17-37 → Lima, in 3-3-3 layout
Cabin config on our 787-10’s :
Rows 1-4 → Valencia Suites, in 1-2-1 layout
Rows 5-17 → Mandarin, in 1-2-1 staggered layout
Rows 17-20 → Tangerine, in 2-3-2 layout
Rows 20-40 → Lima, in 3-3-3 layout
Seats
Each seat has a personal entertainment screen, made by Panasonic, with the size as prescribed by the seat makers. The system is called Orange Play.
ATR72-600
- Lima - Recaro SL3510
A220-300
- Tangerine - Recaro CL3710
- Lima - Recaro SL3510
737MAX-7
- Mandarin - Stelia ELYSIUM
- Tangerine - Recaro CL3710
- Lima - Collins Pinnacle
737-800/737MAX-8
- Mandarin - Stelia ELYSIUM
- Tangerine - Recaro CL3710
- Lima - Collins Pinnacle
737-900ER/737MAX-9
- Mandarin - Stelia OPERA
- Tangerine - Recaro CL3710
- Lima - Collins Pinnacle
757-200
- Mandarin - Stelia OPERA
- Tangerine - Recaro CL3710
- Lima - Collins Pinnacle
757-300
- Mandarin - Stelia OPERA
- Tangerine - Recaro CL3710
- Lima - Collins Pinnacle
777-300ER
- Valencia - Stelia FIRST CLASS BESPOKE
- Mandarin - Stelia Rendez-Vous
- Tangerine - Stelia CELESTE
- Lima - Geven Elemento
787-9 Config 1
- Mandarin - Stelia Solstys
- Tangerine - Geven Forma
- Lima - Geven Elemento
787-9 Config-2
- Valencia - Stelia FIRST CLASS BESPOKE
- Mandarin - Stelia Rendez-Vous
- Tangerine - Stelia CELESTE
- Lima - Geven Elemento
787-10
- Valencia - Collins Oasis
- Mandarin - Stelia Symphony
- Tangerine - Stelia CELESTE (Celeste seats on orange are a bit downgraded)
- Lima - Geven Elemento
At airports, we operate a fleet of Ashok Leyland ULE CNG’s, Tata Marcopolo LF CNG’s, Volvo B8RLE 8400’s, JBM EcoLife E12, JBM EcoLife E9 for ferrying passengers, Tata Harrier’s for staff transport, wholly built Ashok Leyland 3120 6X2 Dlta trucks for use as catering trucks operated by Orange Gourmet, stair cars built on modified Tata T6 Ultra chassis, which are used for 777’s and 787’s. Swissport operates their Citaro buses at our European destinations.
We operate Mercedes Benz E Class Limousine’s as chauffeur cars for Mandarin passengers and Skoda Slavia’s for Lima and Tangerine passengers who are willing to pay for chauffeur services.
To reduce our carbon footprint, we have all our planes installed with the WheelTug® system, reducing the need for tugs at airports. And our 737’s also have inbuilt stairs, reducing the need for a stair car.
We operate lounges with the name of “SWARGA ” at BOM,BLR,DEL and VIE.
The Phoenix Mills is our official on board services partner. Marriott Hotels, TAJ Hotels and Vivanta by TAJ are our official hotel partners. We are proud to serve coffee and waffles from Coffee by Di Bella on board all our flights. All products of The Waffle Mill are offered on our flights.
Vienna Airport is our gateway to Europe and the USA.
ÖBB and the Indian Railways are our official multimodal partners, expanding our services to destinations without airports.
Codeshare agreements have been signed with Vistara, SpiceJet and Qatar Airways.
We have singed a codeshare agreement with Singapore Airlines
Some orange and lime flights will now be operated by buses, just like some American Airlines flights. Flights that take under 1hr of flying time will be converted to buses. The buses are owned and operated by orange and have toilets and pantry on board. Buses are Volvo 9600 B11R’s built by Volvo. Service starts from 26-01-2023.
We are now a SKYTEAM member and have full access to lounges and routes operated by member airlines.
The National Police Air Service are likely to lease some Beechcraft 200 aircraft from 2Excel Aviation. These will replace their Vulcanair P68s they currently have.
The NPAS said today:
‘The new aircraft will have a longer range and will therefore be able to catch more criminals.’
It is also understood that these new aircraft, should they be ordered, will be deployed across the nation, rather than just the Midlands area the Vulcanair’s currently are.
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The Viper also has two new customers, Italy and HM Coastgurd. Below is the full customer list, with the new additions in bold:
HM Coastguard
India
Italy
Netherlands
NPAS
RCAW
Turkey
Ukraine
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Indian Railways train renaming and rolling stock :
Vande Bharat remains same - ICF Train18 Gen2A, ICF Train18 Gen2T, Siemens Velaro-IN
Rajdhani remains same - Citrus IR250-C1
InterCity → Tejas - WAP-7/8 with Tejas LHB type coaches
That new silver train → Jan Shatabdi - WAP-7/8 with LHB coaches and a newer blue livery
NightJet → Humsafar - WAP-7/8 with LHB coaches
TwinJet → Uday - Relaunching soon
CityShuttle → Suvidha - BEML 3Ph MEMU, ICF 3rd gen 3Ph MEMU, Siemens Desiro ML
Local trains remain the same - MRVC Siemens EMU, ICF-Medha EMU, MRVC Bombardier EMU, 2nd Gen ICF-Medha EMU
The NHSRCL has started to invite bids for supply of rolling stock and signaling for 4 new high speed rail lines.
HSR3 : Mumbai-Hyderabad-Bangalore
HSR4 : Bangalore-Chennai-Vijayawada
HSR5 : Mangalore-Mysore-Panaji-Nashik-Pune-Mumbai
HSR6 : Thiruvananthapuram-Kozhikode-Bangalore-Udupi-Tirupati
The trains should be capable of 320kmph, aluminum built and they should be standard gauge
Current bidders are Alstom with the Avelia Horizon and Avelia Liberty, Siemens with the Velaro D ICE Neo, Citrus with IR350novo, Talgo with the Talgo 350 and Hitachi with the E5 Shinkansen and the N700S Shinkansen.
The current list of high speed rail lines operated by NHSRCL :
HSR1 : Mumbai-Surat-Ahmedabad
HSR2 : Ahmedabad-Jaipur-Delhi
Both use E5 Shinkansen and some IR350novo trainsets and operate at 320kmph.
Some orange and lime flights will now be operated by buses, just like some American Airlines flights. Flights that take under 1hr of flying time will be converted to buses. The buses are owned and operated by orange and have a toilet and a pantry on board. Buses are Volvo 9600 B11R’s built by Volvo. Service starts from 26-01-2023.
The BBC has been banned in India following a controversial documentary among other offences. They have been fined INR 20 crore which has been paid.
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UK Citizens and diplomats there have also been informed.
They have been told to use Sky or ITV news
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even people aboard G-RCAW, which has a TV connected to UK television, have been told to switch over when in India
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in game:
the UK is ordering an ACJ A320 for government use, this will go alongside the 2 gulfstreams
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Let me guess, you guys are still angry about the Top Gear India special?
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