Alaska Air Group is not concerned about the production rate of Boeing’s 737 MAX planes as it is more focused on the quality and safety of the planemaker’s jets, a top company executive said on Thursday. The Seattle-based carrier had to ground its MAX 9 fleet for weeks following a mid-air cabin panel blowout on […]
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Helicopters arranged to ensure casualty-free LS polls in Uttarakhand
As the first phase of Lok Sabha polls starts on April 19, Uttarakhand’s Additional Chief Electoral Officer, Vijay Kumar Jogdande, provided information about the booths being prepared for the polls. The Lok Sabha elections for all five Lok Sabha seats in Uttarakhand are scheduled to take place in a single phase on April 19. Speaking […]
Singapore’s Changi dethroned as world’s best airport, Qatar takes the crown
Doha’s Hamad International Airport (HIA) has been crowned the world’s best airport at the annual Skytrax Awards, dethroning the 12-time champion, Singapore Changi Airport. The airport also clinched the title of ‘world’s best airport shopping’ for the second time in a row and ‘best airport in the Middle East’ for the tenth consecutive year. Hamad […]
Prioritising quality, safety of Boeing products over production: Alaska Air
Alaska Air Group is not concerned about the production rate of Boeing’s 737 MAX planes as it is more focused on the quality and safety of the planemaker’s jets, a top company executive said on Thursday. The Seattle-based carrier had to ground its MAX 9 fleet for weeks following a mid-air cabin panel blowout on […]
Noida Airport conducts first calibration flight to test navigation systems
The Noida International Airport, which is under construction, conducted its first calibration flight on Thursday. A calibration flight for a new airport verifies and fine-tunes navigation aids, runway lighting, and airspace, ensuring safety and accuracy before commercial operations commence. It also helps pilots familiarize themselves with the airport layout and procedures. “A bright and sunny […]
Air India’s first A350 to make debut on May 1 between Delhi and Dubai
Air India announced on Thursday that it will deploy its latest A350 aircraft on the busy Delhi-Dubai route this summer, marking the aircraft’s debut on short-haul international flights. The company stated that starting 1 May 2024, Air India passengers flying between Delhi and Dubai can experience the A350. Operating as AI995/996, the aircraft is scheduled […]
Air India saves costs by taking insurance cover for merged entity
Air India, now under the Tata management, has managed to cut its insurance cost for the ongoing fiscal year by paying a premium of $30 million for the fleets of Air India and Air India Express, with a sum assured of $12 billion. Last year, the airline had paid a similar premium but for a […]
Three aircraft lessors take SpiceJet to court over unpaid dues of Rs 77 cr
Three aircraft lessors filed insolvency pleas against the low-cost carrier SpiceJet in the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Thursday over a default of Rs 77 crore. The tribunal has issued notice to SpiceJet regarding the three insolvency pleas filed by aircraft lessors AWAS 36698 Ireland, AWAS 36694 Ireland, and AWAS 36695 Ireland. The matter […]
No flight services at Thiruvananthapuram airport for 5 hours on April 21
Flight services at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport will be suspended for five hours on April 21 due to the ‘Painkuni Arattu’ procession at Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple. The procession is scheduled to cross the airport’s runway from 4 pm to 9 pm on Sunday, announced TIAL on Wednesday. Taking to social media platform X (formerly twitter), TIAL […]
Differentiated regulations for civilian and defence use of drones on cards
Different sets of regulations will soon govern the use of drones by civilians and security personnel, Vumlunmang Vualnam, secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation said at a conference in New Delhi on Tuesday. “Moving forward there will be differentiated regulations for drones with ‘civilian, industrial, public use’ and ‘law and order and defence use’,” Vualnam said, […]
Boeing plane’s mid-air blowout result of ignorance to safety: FAA panelist
The mid-flight blowout that plunged Boeing Co. into a crisis of confidence was not a surprise, considering shortcomings in the company’s safety culture, an aerospace expert plans to tell lawmakers on Wednesday. Javier de Luis, an aerospace engineer and lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, plans to tell the Senate Commerce Committee that the […]
Iranian airspace use: Air India says some flights planned along safe route
Air India on Tuesday said some of its west-bound flights are planned along a safe alternative route on a day when some of its flights used the Iranian airspace. Flight tracking websites on Tuesday showed that at least three Air India flights used the Iranian airspace amid the Middle East crisis. Responding to a PTI […]