An eight-member team of aviation experts has arrived in Nagaland to conduct a feasibility study for a greenfield airport at Ciethu, around 20 km from here, official sources said. The team, comprising members of Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), will be submitting their report to the Centre in […]
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GE Aviation, Vistara sign $340 million deal for engines supply
Leading aircraft engine maker GE Aviation has signed a deal worth over USD 340 million with Tata-SIA airline Vistara for supply of its GEnx-1B engines for the latter’s Boeing 787 fleet. The engines are expected to be delivered to Air Vistara between 2020 and 2021, GE Aviation said in a release issued today. The Delhi-based […]
Bengaluru airport handles 33% more pax in Q1 at over 8 million
The Bengaluru international airport has clocked around 33 per cent growth in passenger traffic in the June quarter at over eight million, the airport operator said today. In the June 2017 quarter, the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA), the busiest in the south and the third busiest in the country, had handled 6.04 million passengers. In […]
Govt sets up task force to prepare roadmap for aircraft building in India
The government has set up two task force to prepare roadmap for manufacturing aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles in India, Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu said on Monday. Prabhu said in Lok Sabha that aviation has become a fast-growing sector in the country with the addition of new passengers everyday, which may lead to […]
DGCA suspends licence of 2 Jet Airways pilots for Riyadh runway excursion
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has suspended the flying licence of two Jet Airways pilots for attempting to take off an aircraft from a taxiway parallel to the runway at Riyadh airport in Saudi Arabia last week. As many as 148 people on board the Mumbai-bound Jet Airways flight escaped unhurt after the aircraft […]
Endeavouring to help airline achieve cost efficiencies: Jet Airways’ pilots union
Jet Airways’ pilots union NAG has said that it is endeavouring to assist the airline in facing the current challenges and help in achieving cost efficiencies, according to a communication. However, a source in the union told PTI that pilots have not agreed to pay cuts proposed by the airline, which is battling financial woes […]
Iran Air to receive 5 ATR planes before US sanctions
Iran Air said today it was set to take delivery of five new planes from Franco-Italian firm ATR just before renewed US sanctions go into effect. “Based on existing agreements, five new ATR aircraft will land at Mehrabad Airport at 9 am (0430 GMT) tomorrow (Sunday),” the national carrier said on its Telegram channel. The […]
High-level panel set up to explore aircraft building under Make In India
India’s dream of getting its own indigenously made aircraft has finally got a leg up with the government setting up a task force to draw a roadmap, providing a major boost to PM Narendra Modi’s flagship ‘Make in India’ programme. The high-level task force will formulate a plan for the development of indigenous civilian aircraft, […]
Central-state JVs to be explored to promote air connectivity
The Government today said that it is trying to come out with a policy on having joint ventures between state and central governments to promote air connectivity under the UDAN scheme. Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu also said that there have been some operational problems in implementing the second phase of UDAN scheme as state […]
IndiGo is worst airline stock after profit drops 97% to $4 mn in 3 months
IndiGo, India’s biggest airline, fell to the lowest in 16 months as rising fuel prices and a weaker rupee led to its worst-ever quarterly profit in a fiercely-competitive market. The carrier, operated by InterGlobe Aviation, said profit dropped 97% to $4mn in the three months through June, its worst quarterly result since listing in 2015. […]
Centre seeks Parliament nod for Rs 9.8-bn capital injection in Air India
The government on Tuesday sought the Parliament’s approval to inject Rs 9.8 billion ($142.87 million) in ailing national carrier Air India during the current financial year, after efforts to find a buyer for its 76 per cent stake in the carrier failed. The government has “sought funds for infusion of equity in Air India under […]
Malaysia’s civil aviation chief resigns following MH370 report
Malaysia’s civil aviation chief resigned on Tuesday, a day after a report into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 showed lapses by Kuala Lumpur’s air traffic control centre. In a statement, Azharuddin Abdul Rahman said although the investigation report “does not suggest that the accident is caused by the Department of Civil Aviation then, […]