The Meghalaya Transport Corporation (MTC) on Saturday signed an agreement with SpiceJet for operating direct flights between Shillong and Delhi, officials said here. The flights will operate twice a week on Monday and Friday, they said. “SpiceJet approached the state government and offered to operate the Delhi-Shillong-Delhi flights on its own as per the extant […]
Category: Civil Aviation
US flights disruption caused by procedural error: FAA
As air travel in the US returned to normal after a major disruption in airline operations, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Thursday said that the computer outage was caused by a procedural error related to a data file. The FAA said its preliminary analysis “determined that a data file was damaged by personnel who […]
US glitch grounds flights
A US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) system outage led to delays at airports across the country because of “ground stops”, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport said on Wednesday. The FAA said that it was working to restore a system that alerts pilots to hazards and changes to airport facilities and procedures that had stopped processing updated information. […]
Received hoax call about bomb in Delhi-Pune flight on Thursday: SpiceJet
SpiceJet has said that a call received on Thursday about a bomb in its Delhi-Pune flight was later declared a hoax. On Thursday, a call was received at the SpiceJet reservation office about a bomb in the aircraft scheduled to operate flight SG 8938 (Delhi-Pune). At that time, boarding of passengers for the flight had […]
IndiGo, Coimbatore airport among world’s 20 most punctual airlines, airports
The country’s largest airline IndiGo and state-owned Coimbatore airport are among the 20 most punctual airlines and airports globally, according to a report. When it comes to On-Time Performance (OTP) in 2022, IndiGo is ranked 15th while Coimbatore airport is at the 13th position, as per the report by aviation analytics firm OAG. IndiGo and […]
Amid ‘pee gate’ row, woman finds stone in meal on Air India flight
Amid the recent backlash over the urination incident, Air India has found itself in the middle of another controversy after a woman complained about allegedly finding a stone in her in-flight meal that was served to her, according to media reports. A passenger named Sarvapriya Sangwan took to Twitter and raised the issue. Talking about […]
Singapore to ‘carefully restore’ air connectivity with China amidst Covid-concern
Singapore will “carefully restore” air connectivity with China while monitoring the evolving COVID-19 situation globally, Transport Minister S Iswaran said on Monday, a day after China reopened its border for international travellers under new “no quarantine” rules. At the same time, Iswaran said that Singapore will continue with a cautious approach to ensure passengers have […]
Air India urination case: Statements of 2 crew members to be recorded on Jan 10
New Delhi, Jan 9 (PTI) Statements of two crew members of the Air India flight on which a man allegedly urinated on an elderly woman co-passenger will be recorded on Tuesday, police said on Monday. The two crew members were to join the probe on Monday but could not do so as they were outside […]
Moscow-Goa flight makes emergency landing at Jamnagar airport following bomb threat
A Moscow-to-Goa flight made an emergency landing at Gujarat’s Jamnagar airport on Monday night following a bomb threat, police said. All the 236 passengers and crew members were evacuated safely and the plane is being checked by local authorities along with police and the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS), Inspector General of Police (Rajkot […]
Air India crew members to join probe in peeing case
Statements of two crew members of the Air India flight on which a man allegedly urinated on an elderly woman co-passenger will be recorded on Tuesday, police said. The two crew members were to join the probe on Monday but could not do so as they were not in Delhi, the officials said. “Since the […]
Nothing suspicious found on Azur Air Moscow to Goa international flight: Police
Police on Tuesday said nothing suspicious was found on the Azur Air Moscow to Goa international flight which was diverted to Jamnagar airport in Gujarat after a bomb threat. The National Security Guard (NSG) and local police teams completed checking the aircraft on Tuesday morning after the flight made an emergency landing here on Monday […]
AI peeing incident: Drunk man not in senses but buck stops with pilot, says Shankar Mishra’s co-passenger
A drunk person may not be in his senses but the flight crew showed no compassion and failed in their responsibility, said a US-based doctor seated next to the man who urinated on a woman in an inebriated state on an Air India flight from New York to Delhi. In an interview to PTI, Dr […]