Category: Civil Aviation

TIRUPATI: Tirupati Airport’s potential as a machine, repair, overhaul (MRO) hub for aircraft servicing in the country was showcased at the Invest India Meet held in Hyderabad on Thursday. Releasing a report on the occasion, Tirupati MP Dr. Maddila Gurumurthy thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and union civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia for identifying the […]

Kochi: India’s third busiest airport, Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) will facilitate 1190 flights every week from Sunday as India will resume commercial international flights from March 27 after a gap of two years. The airport was facilitating 848 flights during the ongoing winter schedule. The Summer schedule released by the airport starting from Sunday […]

Kochi: India’s third busiest airport, Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) will facilitate 1190 flights every week from Sunday as India will resume commercial international flights from March 27 after a gap of two years. The airport was facilitating 848 flights during the ongoing winter schedule. The Summer schedule released by the airport starting from Sunday […]

Hyderabad: A citizen who took IndiGo Airlines to consumer court after he missed a flight had to attend 15 hearings in the court here, but he won the case by a Rs 1 lakh compensation payment order. Didugu Suresham and his daughter had missed their flight from Hyderabad to Kolkata as there was a delay […]

New Delhi: An Indian Air Force (IAF) flight with 119 Indians and 27 foreigners landed at Hindon air base here from Romanian capital Bucharest on Thursday morning, sources said. These Indians and foreigners were stranded in Ukraine due to the Russian military offensive that began on February 24, they mentioned.

Bengaluru: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited on Friday said it has secured an order for manufacturing, assembly, integration, testing and supply of High Speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) System, known as ‘ABHYAS’, from Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), DRDO. Post successful completion of this initial order, HAL said in a statement it would be identified as Development-cum-Production Partner […]

Visakhapatnam: Quick reflexes made Vijayawada-Vizag IndiGo pilot save the flight from major disaster on Friday evening. While landing around 4.30 in the evening, the pilot felt the ATR aircraft was vibrating due to high-speed winds caused by the cyclone Jawad and instead of landing the aircraft, he took it back to the Vijayawada airport to […]

Chennai: The Cabinet on Wednesday approved a Rs 26,058-crore production linked incentive (PLI) scheme for auto, auto-components and drone industries. The scheme to incentivise advanced automotive technologies for five years will lead to fresh investment of over Rs 42,500 crore, incremental production of over Rs 2.3 lakh crore and creation of over 7.5 lakh jobs, […]

Hyderabad: Telangana on Thursday became the first state to test delivery of drugs using drones, with a test flight organised in the Vikarabad district. A formal launch of the service, to carry vaccines, is scheduled for September 11 when civil aviation minister Jyotiradtya Scindia will flag off the service along with state IT minister K.T. […]

Kochi: Two flights departed for the United Arab Emirates early on Thursday after a new travel protocol eased COVID-19 restrictions and allowed passengers from India among six countries to arrive in the UAE. UAE Airlines Air Arabia and Emirates operated one service each to the UAE from Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) early this morning.

Kurnool: Chairman of the parliamentary committee on civil aviation TG Venkatesh said that air connectivity to tier-2 cities in Andhra Pradesh would improve tourism as 40 RCS-UDAN routes have been identified. Of them, 28 have been operationalised. Efforts are on to convince airline operators to commence flight services, he said, and added that Kurnool-Vijayawada and […]