TOULOUSE: European aviation giant Airbus said Thursday it will stop making its superjumbo A380 in 2021 for lack of customers, abandoning the world’s biggest passenger jet and one of the aviation industry’s most ambitious and most troubled endeavors. Barely a decade after the 500-plus-seat plane started carrying passengers, Airbus said in a statement that key […]
Day: February 14, 2019
In 1 month, 160 flights cancelled at Srinagar airport
At least 160 flights were cancelled at the Srinagar “international” airport in the past one month owing to bad weather and poor visibility, even as little efforts are being made to install a high-end landing system at the aerodrome. The flight cancellations happen notwithstanding the fact that the airport has witnessed an 18 percent increase […]
Air India leaves Srinagar-bound passengers to fend for themselves
Scores of Kashmiri passengers were left to fend for themselves Wednesday at Delhi airport when Air India cancelled the flight they were booked in after they reported for checking in. The aggrieved passengers accused Air India of deceit. “We cannot argue with them, because we are Kashmiri people and they take us for granted,” said […]
‘For 70 years, central government has failed to make Srinagar-Jammu highway an all weather road’
The state human rights commission (SHRC) Wednesday asked the government to submit a detailed report on a petition alleging violation of human rights of Kashmir-bound passengers stranded in the winter capital Jammu. The petition was filed before the commission’s Jammu office on Tuesday, over plight of stranded passengers in Jammu due to closure of Srinagar-Jammu […]
Thiruvananthapuram: Protests intensify on airport privatisation
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: From February 20, unions claiming to represent some 10,000 employees of the AAI have threatened to go on an indefinite strike against leasing out the six airports, The airports seeking capital infusion are Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Guwahati, Trivandrum and Mangalore. Scores of people gathered in front of the Trivandrum International Airport on Wednesday with […]