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Tiger-faced customized jet reaches Namibia to bring cheetahs to India

Eight cheetahs are being transported to India by a tiger-faced airplane in Namibia, Africa.
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Eight cheetahs are being transported to India by a tiger-faced airplane in Namibia, Africa. The cheetahs are being transported from South Africa to the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh.

The cheetahs will depart from Windhoek, the capital of Namibia, for India in a specially designed Boeing 747-400 aircraft. They will fly overnight and arrive in Jaipur on Saturday morning. The “Reintroduction of the Cheetah” initiative will be launched at the Kuno National Park in the Madhya Pradesh district of Sheopur on September 17 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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As well as releasing the cheetahs into the state’s woodlands, the prime minister will bring them from Africa. Cheetahs will be reintroduced to India after 70 years, after being declared extinct in the country in 1952. The Indian High Commission in Namibia tweeted on Thursday, “A special bird lands in the Land of the Brave to transport goodwill ambassadors to the Land of the Tiger.”

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For the transcontinental relocation of the cheetahs from Namibia, the Indian Oil Corporation Limited will contribute 50.22 crores over five years. The project to import cheetahs from Namibia is known as Project Cheetah. Based on the initiative, wild species are being reintroduced in accordance with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) principles.

The government has launched the ambitious Project Cheetah with the goal of reintroducing the species to its former habitat in the nation. India has a long heritage of wildlife conservation.

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First Look: IndiGo Takes Delivery of A321neo with New Business Class

First Look: IndiGo Takes Delivery of A321neo with New Business Class

India’s largest domestic airline, IndiGo (6E), celebrated its 18th anniversary in August 2024 by announcing a major upgrade: a new Business Class product called “IndiGo Stretch.”

Now, the airline has officially taken delivery of its first Airbus A321neo aircraft fitted with these premium seats. Registered as VT-ICF, this first A321neo with the new configuration took off from Hamburg (XFW) at 6:06 PM local time, operating flight 6E9001.

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The launch route for IndiGo’s A321neo with IndiGo Stretch seats will be from Delhi to Mumbai, starting November 14, 2024. After this initial route, the airline plans to expand the offering across its network.

Airbus completed the final assembly of this special aircraft in Hamburg, where the A321neo Final Assembly Line is located. Enthusiastic planespotters got a sneak peek of the new IndiGo Stretch interior before the aircraft’s official delivery to India.

Tobias Gudat, a planespotter on X.com, captured images of the aircraft, still marked with its test registration, showcasing its fresh Business Class interior.

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Adding a distinctive touch, each IndiGo aircraft featuring the Stretch product will have the slogan “IndiGo Means Business” displayed on the fuselage, signaling a new era of premium travel for the airline.

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IndiGo took delivery of the A321neo with the Stretch seats on October 30, 2024, coinciding with Airbus’s delivery of the world’s first A321XLR to Iberia.

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