Month: February 2024

The wreckage of Amelia Earhart’s plane, which disappeared in 1937, is believed to have been found at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean by a former United States Air Force intelligence officer. The discovery of the plane, missing for 87 years, was done using sonar data from a deep-sea drone. The explorer, named Tony Romeo, […]

Flight operations were significantly impacted at the Delhi airport on Wednesday as around 100 flights were delayed, at least five were diverted and many were cancelled due to bad weather. As dense fog persisted from early morning hours, at least five flights, including an international flight, were diverted to various cities, an official said. According […]

Boeing Co has “much to prove” to regain the confidence of regulators and customers after a mid-air cabin-panel blowout on a 737 MAX aircraft, CEO Dave Calhoun said on Wednesday, adding that the planemaker will “go slow” as it faces a “serious challenge.” As expected, Calhoun did not offer a financial or delivery forecast for […]

Laser strikes aimed at aircraft including airline planes surged 41% last year to a record high, according to federal officials. The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday that it received 13,304 reports from pilots about laser strikes last year, erasing a record set in 2021. “Aiming a laser at an aircraft is a serious safety hazard […]

Indian cricketer Mayank Agarwal lodged a complaint with police after falling ill by drinking suspicious liquid on his Delhi-bound IndiGo flight right before taking off from Tripura on Tuesday. The player was rushed to a hospital following the incident and is believed to be out of danger at the moment. He alleged foul play and […]

India’s fast-growing airline industry faces higher leasing bills unless the country clarifies its insolvency laws, the head of major leasing firm Aviation Capital Group (ACG) said on Wednesday. Foreign lessors, including an Irish subsidiary of U.S.-based ACG, were blocked from recovering jets caught up in the bankruptcy of budget carrier Go First last year and […]

Budget carrier IndiGo on Wednesday cautioned flyers against sharing their PNR number on social media or to unauthorised people in light of an incident in which flight tickets of eight passengers were cancelled without consent. The Noida-based software engineer had reportedly shared ticket details, including the PNR, on social media platform X and the airline […]

Noida-based software engineer Nishith Chaturvedi reportedly almost lost his 8 IndiGo Airlines tickets worth Rs 72,600. A few weeks ago, Nishith booked eight tickets for his family from Thiruvananthapuram to Delhi from Indigo Airlines after he spoke to an alleged airline trainee who reached out to him through the Airlines’ official X account. On the […]

SpiceJet has deposited tax deducted at source (TDS) of around Rs 100 crore for the financial year 2022-23 with the income tax department, its chairman and managing director, Ajay Singh, informed the employees on Wednesday, according to sources privy to the development. Employees will soon receive their Form-16s on the internal portal of the airline, […]

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has derostered the pilots of an IndiGo flight bound for Baku, which departed from Delhi airport on January 28 without obtaining the necessary clearance from the Air Traffic Controller (ATC), according to officials. The DGCA is investigating how the flight was able to take off without ATC clearance, […]