Russia’s Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co. (SCAC) will sell 10 Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft to an Indian private company, marking Sukhoi’s foray into India’s commercial aircraft market. SCAC President Vladimir S. Prisyazhnyuk says a preliminary agreement was signed last year with India’s Aviotech Pvt. Ltd. for the sale of 10 aircraft. The Superjet 100, a joint venture of Sukhoi and Alenia Aeronautica Co., has an orderbook of 170 aircraft and expects to get new orders from India.

Both India and Pakistan are increasingly focusing on air dominance and effects-based operations as airpower is becoming a mainstay of their militaries.

Kingfisher Airlines returned an Airbus A330-200 to a lessor in Britain and plans to curtail international services to arrest further losses. The airline, however, did not mention which international sectors it will cut or when—but the Mumbai-London Heathrow route no longer is available for online booking. Its New Delhi-London Heathrow options remain for now. Kingfisher uses A330s for flights from India to places such as London and Hong Kong, and narrowbody A320s for flights to cities in South Asia.