The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine the plea of a 72-year-old woman, on whom a male co-passenger allegedly urinated on board an Air India flight in November last year, seeking a direction to the Centre, aviation regulator DGCA and airlines to frame Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to deal with such incidents. “The petitioner […]
Category: Civil Aviation
Go First bankruptcy: Airline asks NCLT to urgently pass order on insolvency plea
Crisis-hit Go First on Monday asked the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) to urgently pass an order on its insolvency plea, reported news agency Reuters. The crisis-struck airline asked NCLT to pass an order citing to lessors’ efforts to take back planes. The airline’s lawyers told NCLT to urgently pass an order on its insolvency […]
DGCA asks Go First to halt ticket sales; sends show cause notice
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Monday ordered Go First to stop booking and sale of tickets directly or indirectly “with immediate effect and until further orders”. The regulator also issued a show cause notice to the embattled carrier for its “failure to continue the operation of the service in a safe, efficient […]
DGCA directs Go First to stop sale of tickets with immediate effect
Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Monday directed embattled Go First to stop the sale of tickets with immediate effect till further orders, the aviation regulator said in a statement. The aviation regulator has also issued a show cause notice to Go First under the relevant provisions of the Aircraft Rules, 1937, for its […]
PIA aircraft strays in Indian airspace for 10 mins after failing to land in Lahore
A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) aircraft flew in Indian airspace for almost 10 minutes as the plane failed to land at the Lahore airport due to heavy rain, according to a media report on Sunday. The PIA flight PK248, which returned from Muscat on May 4 at 8 pm, failed to land at the Allama […]
Scorpion bites woman passenger onboard Air India flight
In a rare incident, a woman passenger was bitten by a scorpion onboard an Air India flight from Nagpur to Mumbai last month. On landing at the airport, the passenger was attended by a doctor, subsequently treated at a hospital and discharged, the airline said in a statement on Saturday. Air India said there was […]
Go First crisis: NCLT to hear 2 insolvency petitions on Monday
As Go First awaits the National Company Law Tribunal ruling on its voluntary insolvency resolution plea, the tribunal is set to hear on Monday two petitions seeking insolvency proceedings against the crisis-hit airline. Meanwhile, Go First has cancelled all its flights till May 12, extending the suspension of operations by another three days. On May […]
Operation Kaveri: 231 more Indians land at Ahmedabad airport from Sudan
Under ‘Operation Kaveri’, 231 more Indians landed at the Ahmedabad International Airport from strife-torn Sudan Tuesday. Of the 231 Indians, 208 or nearly 90 per cent were Gujarat residents, stated an official release. Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi, who also handles the Non-Resident Gujarati division of the state government, welcomed the evacuees. The […]
Bird hits chopper carrying DK Shivakumar, makes emergency landing
Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar’s helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing in Kolar district on Tuesday after a vulture collided with the aircraft. Shivakumar was en route to Mulubagal from the HAL airport in Bengaluru when the collision occurred. He was speaking to a television reporter when the vulture hit the glass breaking […]
Mumbai international airport gets monsoon ready; completes runway maintenance work
Runway repair and maintenance work was carried out at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) Tuesday. The runway work started at 11 am and both runways – RWY 14/32 & 09/27 – became operational again at 5 pm. CSMIA sees over 950 air traffic movements per day. To enable the smooth functioning of the […]
Passengers furious as cash-strapped Go First announces cancellations
The sudden decision by cash-strapped Go First to cancel its flights for May 3 and 4 after filing for voluntary insolvency before the National Company Law Tribunal has left flyers who had booked their flights with the airline confused and infuriated. The airline officials have clarified that they were forced to take the decision as […]
SpiceJet to borrow Rs 400 cr to revive 25 grounded aircraft after Go First insolvency report
Domestic carrier SpiceJet will borrow nearly Rs 400 crore to revive 25 grounded aircraft, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. The development comes after its rival Go First on Tuesday filed for insolvency proceedings with the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). SpiceJet has mobilised a plan to revive 25 grounded aircraft and it […]