A remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) of the Indian Navy crashed during a training sortie in Kochi on Monday. The Navy said the RPA crashed around 5 pm at INS Garuda base and no one was injured in the incident.
Category: Civil Aviation
IndiGo adds 5th daily flight on Delhi-Amritsar route till February 29
In a relief for passengers, particularly NRIs travelling to and from Punjab, IndiGo Airlines, which currently operates four flights daily between Delhi and Amritsar, has added an additional flight on the route until February 29. Amid the ongoing farmers’ protests, there has been a surge in demand for flights from Punjab’s biggest and busiest Sri […]
Adampur to resume flights on March 2
After a gap of nearly four years, Star Air is set to relaunch flights from Adampur civil airport near here from March 2. The first flight will take off for Hindon after a virtual launch of the same by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The relaunch of the flight was much awaited by NRIs and business […]
Passengers tremble in fear as Delhi-Srinagar IndiGo flight encounters turbulence
Passengers aboard a Delhi-Srinagar IndiGo flight were left trembling in fear as the aircraft encountered severe turbulence during its journey. The unsettling footage, which has since gone viral on social media, depicts the terrifying ordeal experienced by those on board.
Ensure timely arrival of baggage at airports after aircraft landing: BCAS tells airlines
Regulator Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has directed airlines to ensure that all baggage of passengers is delivered within 30 minutes of landing of a flight at an airport. The directive from the BCAS to seven scheduled airlines also comes against the backdrop of delays in passengers getting their baggage after landing of a […]
Hyderabad-bound Vistara flight returns to Mumbai after take-off due to technical snag
A Hyderabad-bound Vistara flight from Mumbai returned to the city soon after taking off from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport here due to a technical snag and landed back safely, the airline said on Sunday. The incident took place on Saturday.
IAF’s Chinook helicopter makes precautionary landing in Punjab’s Sangrur
A Chinook helicopter of the Indian Air Force made a precautionary landing following a “technical snag” in Punjab’s Sangrur district on Sunday, police said. The helicopter landed on an open ground at Dhadrian village of Longowal in Sangrur around 1 pm, a police official said, adding both crew members and the helicopter were safe.
Sangrur: Indian Air Force copter lands in village after ‘snag’
A Chinook helicopter of the Indian Air Force made an emergency landing following a “technical snag” in Sunam on Sunday. The helicopter landed on an open ground in Dhadrian village around 1 pm, a police official said, adding that both crew members and the helicopter were safe. After knowing about helicopter’s emergency landing in the […]
China’s first home-grown airliner makes international debut in Singapore
China’s challenger to Airbus and Boeing’s passenger jets, the narrow-body C919 manufactured by the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), has made its first trip outside Chinese territory, staging a fly-by at the Singapore Airshow on Sunday. China has invested heavily in its attempt to break the hold of the dominant two Western planemakers on […]
Amritsar-New Delhi airfares surge six times in 2 days
Due to ongoing farm protests leading to restrictions on the land route, the Amritsar-New Delhi airfare has seen a six times increase. On normal days, the fare ranged between Rs 3,500-4,000 one-way per seat. Yet, it has skyrocketed to Rs 12,000-25,000. There are three airlines, Air India, Vistara and Indigo, which operate 10 direct flights […]
IndiGo inks pact with BOC Aviation for four aircraft
Singapore-headquartered BOC Aviation Ltd on Wednesday said it had entered into a finance lease transaction with InterGlobe Aviation Ltd (IndiGo). The deal has been signed for four Airbus A320NEO aircraft.
No let-up in Chandigarh-Delhi air fare hike
Chandigarh-Delhi airfare continues to be in the range of Rs 11,000-17,000 till February 17. The blockades on the highway effected in view of the farmers’ protest have also affected the Chandigarh-Delhi taxi service. Vikram singh Pundir of the Tricity Cab Union said, “No one from our group of 800 taxi drivers ventured on the Chandigarh-Delhi […]