US regulators issued a scathing assessment of Boeing Co.’s safety culture, putting further pressure on the company as it contends with the fallout from a near-catastrophic accident at the start of the year. The planemaker was faulted for ineffective procedures and a breakdown in communications between senior management and other members of staff, a panel […]
Day: February 28, 2024
Kolkata-bound Spicejet flight from Delhi delayed 5 hrs due to hoax message
A Kolkata-bound Spicejet flight was delayed for more than five hours on Tuesday after the Delhi airport received a threat message about explosives being hidden in the passengers’ luggage, official sources said. A woman carrying an infant has been detained by security agencies for questioning in the case, the sources said. The flight, SG-8263, was […]
Not looking to acquire stake in Indian carriers: Malaysian carrier AirAsia
Malaysian budget airline AirAsia said on Tuesday it will not buy a stake in an Indian carrier for now but will fly to more cities in the country, outlining its plan two years after the group exited AirAsia India by selling its entire stake to Tata Group-owned Air India. “Currently, we are not in talks […]
Carriers between a rock and a hard place amid govt notification: Air India
Indian carriers are between a “rock and a hard place” due to the government’s October 3 notification, Air India’s general counsel Zubin Masani said on Tuesday. The notification bars insolvent airlines from citing Section 14 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, to halt lessors from reclaiming their planes. Go First ceased flight operations on […]
DGCA unlikely to extend June 1 deadline to implement new FDTL rules
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is unlikely to extend the June 1 deadline for the airlines to implement the new flight duty time limitation (FDTL) norms, government officials said on Tuesday. A few days back, Federation of Indian Airlines — which comprises IndiGo, Air India, Vistara and SpiceJet — wrote a letter to […]