After years of delays and stumbles, Boeing is finally poised to launch astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA. It’s the first flight of Boeing’s Starliner capsule with a crew on board, a pair of NASA pilots who will check out the spacecraft during the test drive and a weeklong stay at the space […]
Day: May 6, 2024
Bomb threat: Security beefed up at Karnataka’s Mangaluru Int’l Airport
Security has been beefed up at the Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) after the airport authorities received an email about a bomb scare, police said on Saturday. Following the threat received on April 29, the CISF and the police got into multiple levels of security sweeps all over the airport. A First Information Report has been […]
Air India reduces cabin baggage allowance to 15 kg for lowest fare segment
Loss-making Air India has reduced the free cabin baggage allowance to 15 kilogram from 20 kilogram for the lowest economy fare segment on domestic flights. The changes have been made in the menu-based pricing model fare families that were introduced by the Tata Group-owned Air India last August, with the airline saying that a one-size-fits-all […]
Go First won’t move against Delhi High Court order, set for liquidation
Go First will not challenge the Delhi High Court order that told the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to deregister all its 54 aircraft by Friday (May 3), and is heading towards liquidation, people in the know told Business Standard. Lenders told the newspaper the only option that remained was liquidation. They said they […]
AI pilot operates experimental F-16 fighter jet: What this means for war
With the midday sun blazing, an experimental orange and white F-16 fighter jet launched with a familiar roar that is a hallmark of US airpower. But the aerial combat that followed was unlike any other: This F-16 was controlled by artificial intelligence, not a human pilot. And riding in the front seat was Air Force […]
Air India to resume flight services between Delhi-Tel Aviv on May 16
Air India on Friday said it will resume flight services between Delhi and Tel Aviv on May 16. The airline has temporarily suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv amid tensions in the Middle East. In a post on X, Air India said it will resume “services between Delhi and Tel Aviv with five weekly […]