Malaysia-based Air Asia is planning to boost its flight operations and develop more routes to India, realizing the potential generated by growing travel demands in the country. The carrier plans to penetrate the South Indian market by expanding its network to Bangkok by next year, Suresh Nair, country head of AirAsia, tells Aviation Week. “AirAsia will soon operate 14 flights weekly from Chennai and almost 100 flights from India,” he says. The airline also intends to increase its frequency on the Chennai-Kuala Lumpur route, Nair says.

NEW DELHI — India has established a state-of-the-art composite rocket propellant processing facility. The Advanced Center for Energetic Materials will help meet the requirements of composite propellants for solid rocket motors during their development phase as well as limited series production.

NEW DELHI — India is eyeing MK-54 lightweight torpedoes from the U.S. to arm its eight P-8I long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft being assembled by Boeing.