Category: Civil Aviation

Challenging times for air travel have led to a shakeup in Cirium’s on-time performance rankings for the industry, with Japan Airlines Co. and Tokyo’s Haneda Airport climbing to the top for punctuality. Other standouts among carriers include Hawaiian Airlines Inc., Red Wings ZAO and Avianca Holdings SA, Cirium said in its first monthly “On-Time Performance […]

BENGALURU : E-commerce firm Flipkart on Friday said it has partnered with the Telangana government to lead a consortium tasked with the development and execution of drone deliveries of medical supplies to remote areas under the ‘Medicines from the Sky’ project. Flipkart said it will utilize learnings from its tech-enabled supply chain to deploy drones […]

New Delhi: E-commerce major Flipkart on Friday said it has partnered with Telangana government to lead a consortium tasked with the development and execution of the drone deliveries of medical supplies to remote areas under the ‘Medicines from the Sky’ project. As part of the consortium, Walmart-owned Flipkart will deploy drones and enable deliveries of […]

NEW DELHI : GoAir, recently rebranded as Go First, will complete inoculating the first dose of covid-19 vaccine to its workforce by June-end, the Wadia Group-controlled carrier said in a statement. The airline, which rolled out its vaccination program in May, have completed the first covid-19 jabs for 2,506 employees. 33 of the airline’s employees […]

After flying into the financial turbulence of the Covid pandemic, the airline sector expects passenger traffic to take off despite concerns about the industry’s impact on climate change. In its latest look at trends for the sector, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said it doesn’t expect world air traffic to resume to its pre-pandemic […]

An old image of a mistranslated airport sign has started doing rounds on the internet again. The image reads “Farsh par khaana sakht mana hai,” translating to “Eating on the floor is strictly prohibited.” However, the translation mentioned is “Eating carpet is strictly prohibited.” The word “on” remains missing. Several internet users have discovered it […]

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) today extended the suspension of passenger flights from India till 6 July to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The ban was initially imposed on 22 April, after a surge in COVID-19 cases in India. In a statement posted on its website, Emirates, the flag carrier of the UAE, […]

NEW DELHI: World over, domestic travel demand improved sequentially in April, although it remained well below pre-pandemic levels, with many countries continuing to follow travel curbs, airline industry body The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said in a statement. “Because comparisons between 2021 and 2020 monthly results are distorted by the extraordinary impact of COVID-19, […]

Baghdad International Airport has come under an attack by an unmanned aerial vehicle on Thursday, Iraqi security agencies said. According to the statement by security agencies, there were three drones, one of them was shot down, Sputnik reported. Earlier, Al Sumaria TV channel reported, citing a source in security agencies, that the Victory military base, […]

Police have detained a 34-year-old man for allegedly threatening to hijack planes from Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal and Indore airports and take them to Pakistan, an official said on Wednesday. Officials at the Raja Bhoj Airport here received a phone call around 5 pm on Tuesday wherein the caller made the threat, Bhopal’s Gandhinagar police station […]

DUBAI/PARIS : Qatar Airways said on Tuesday the surface below the paint on some of its Airbus A350s was deteriorating faster than expected and insisted it would not take more deliveries of the carbon-composite widebody jet until the problem was resolved. The Gulf carrier has fallen out with the European planemaker, warning last week that […]