MS Beluga Skysails is the world's first economic container cargo ship partially powered by a jumbo computer-controlled kite (160 m² or 1,722 sq ft). The kite could reduce fuel consumption by 20%. It was launched on 17 December 2007 and was bent to leave the northern German port of Bremerhaven to Guanta, Venezuela on January 22, 2008.

The thread passed down to fly kites in Hyderabad is noted as 'Manjaa'. Highly maneuverable single-string paper and bamboo kites are flown from the rooftops while using line friction in an attempt to cut each other's Kites kite lines, either by letting the line loose at high speed or by pulling the line in a fast and repeated manner. In some Indian cities kite flying/fighting is an important cut of other celebrations, including Republic Day, Independence Day, Raksha Bandhan, and Janmashtami.