NEW DELHI: Indian airlines have suffered losses worth over ₹548 crore due to airspace closure by Pakistan after the Balakot air strike in February, the Centre said on Wednesday. In a written response to a question in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Civil Aviation (Independent Charge) Hardeep Singh Puri said the national carrier Air […]
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Decline in passenger traffic to hurt Delhi airport’s credit metrics
Mumbai: A recent decline in passenger traffic at the Delhi airport will hurt its credit metrics amid expansion plans at the country’s busiest airport, US-based financial services firm Moody’s Investors Service said in a report on Thursday. Passenger traffic at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) declined 12.7% during May 2019, compared with the same […]
Mumbai runway closure led to flight cancellations: IndiGo
Mumbai: The country’s largest domestic airline, IndiGo, on Thursday said the airline has been forced to make a substantial number of cancellations and diversions of its flights to and from Mumbai airport due to closure of the main runway since 1 July. “As aircraft and crew rotations go through the whole country, there was a […]
Full operations at Mumbai airport unlikely to resume today
Mumbai: Operations from the main runway of the city airport, which has been shut since Monday night due to the skidding of a SpiceJet aircraft and the subsequent blocking of a part of the runway, is unlikely to resume Thursday, a source said. In the last two days, around 280 flights have been cancelled from […]
Indian aviation regulator grounds 12 pilots over landing issue
In the wake of multiple incidents of planes overshooting runways, aviation regulator DGCA has grounded 12 pilots. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has served show-cause notices on them after the six recent cases of aircraft veering-off runway, reports PTI. SpiceJet, Air India Express and GoAir have been involved in these incidents in the […]
SpiceJet plane stranded on Mumbai airport runway finally pulled out; DGCA sends notice to airline
Mumbai: A SpiceJet aircraft, which has been stuck on the runway at Mumbai International Airport since Tuesday, was finally pulled out on runway surface on Thursday night. “The disabled SpiceJet aircraft, which was stuck in Runway-27 RESA has been pulled out on Runway surface at 11:10 PM yesterday,” Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) spokesperson said. […]
Total 705 routes awarded under UDAN, 174 become operational: Hardeep Singh Puri
NEW DELHI: Out of total 705 routes which have been awarded by the Centre under the regional connectivity scheme UDAN, 174 routes have become operational till date, Rajya Sabha was told on Wednesday. Ministry of Civil Aviation had launched Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS)-UDAN scheme on October 21, 2016, to facilitate and stimulate regional air connectivity […]
DGCA pulls up airlines for hard landing
MUMBAI: India’s aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday said that it is concerned with recent incidents of aircraft overshooting, hard landing and skidding, a day after it issued safety directions to airlines in the wake of multiple incidents of planes overshooting runways while operating amidst bad weather conditions. “We have also […]
Cabinet nods leasing of Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Mangaluru airports to Adani Enterprises
MUMBAI: The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the proposal for leasing out airports at Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Mangaluru to Adani Enterprises Ltd. “Adani Enterprises Ltd has won the rights to run five of the six airports, the operations of which are being privatised, beating rival bidders by a steep […]
World’s largest fighter jet deal underway as India starts process
New DElhi: India moved a step closer to inviting bids for the purchase of 114 fighter jets, currently the world’s largest deal in play, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks to boost the capability of the country’s armed forces and replace an aging combat aircraft fleet. The deal — valued at more than $15 billion […]
SpiceJet offers flight tickets from ₹888 in new sale
SpiceJet has come up with ‘Monsoon Sale’, offering flight tickets from an all-inclusive ₹888 for domestic flyers and ₹3, 499 for international flyers respectively. SpiceJet’s ‘Monsoon Sale’ offer opened for booking on 2 July and will close on 6 July 2019. It is valid for travel till 25 September 2019, the carrier mentioned on its […]
Centre committed to privatize Air India soon, govt tells Rajya Sabha
New Delhi: The Centre remains committed to privatizing debt-laden national carrier Air India Ltd soon, civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri said in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Responding to queries from a law maker, Puri said Air India was incurring losses of ₹15 crore a day, and, therefore, the government was attempting to make […]