The Noida International Airport, which is under construction, conducted its first calibration flight on Thursday. A calibration flight for a new airport verifies and fine-tunes navigation aids, runway lighting, and airspace, ensuring safety and accuracy before commercial operations commence. It also helps pilots familiarize themselves with the airport layout and procedures. “A bright and sunny […]
Day: April 19, 2024
Air India’s first A350 to make debut on May 1 between Delhi and Dubai
Air India announced on Thursday that it will deploy its latest A350 aircraft on the busy Delhi-Dubai route this summer, marking the aircraft’s debut on short-haul international flights. The company stated that starting 1 May 2024, Air India passengers flying between Delhi and Dubai can experience the A350. Operating as AI995/996, the aircraft is scheduled […]
Air India saves costs by taking insurance cover for merged entity
Air India, now under the Tata management, has managed to cut its insurance cost for the ongoing fiscal year by paying a premium of $30 million for the fleets of Air India and Air India Express, with a sum assured of $12 billion. Last year, the airline had paid a similar premium but for a […]
Three aircraft lessors take SpiceJet to court over unpaid dues of Rs 77 cr
Three aircraft lessors filed insolvency pleas against the low-cost carrier SpiceJet in the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Thursday over a default of Rs 77 crore. The tribunal has issued notice to SpiceJet regarding the three insolvency pleas filed by aircraft lessors AWAS 36698 Ireland, AWAS 36694 Ireland, and AWAS 36695 Ireland. The matter […]
Woodside Energy revenue falls from prior quarter on lower LNG, oil prices
Woodside Energy posted a fall in first-quarter revenue on Friday compared with the previous three-month period due to lower realised oil and liquefied natural gas prices and flagged declining production volumes at some of its major projects. Australia’s largest LNG exporter said production from its Bass Strait project in Victoria and Pyrenees and Pluto LNG […]