KOZHIKODE: The Airport Authority of India’s decision to partially shut down operations from May one for runway relaying works at nearby Karipur International airport has drawn the ire of passenger associations even as an official said the works would be completed after 15 months. AAI plans to close down the airport for runway relaying works […]
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Civil Aviation
Tata, GMR, Adani, GVK among 8 in fray for Chennai Airport
Chennai: The move to privatise the Chennai Airport is gaining momentum with eight private players, including the Tata group, GMR, Adani, GVK and Siemens visiting the Aiport on Wednesday to take stock on the facility. The site visits were conducted based on requests made to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) in February and were […]
Jet Airways gets ‘in-principle’ nod to wet lease Etihad freighter
NEW DELHI: The government today accorded in-principle approval to private carrier Jet Airways to wet lease one freighter from its equity partner Etihad Airways, paving the way for the Mumbai-based carrier to launch cargo services. Jet Airways had sought permission from the Civil Aviation Ministry to wet lease an Airbus A 330-200 freighter from Etihad […]
Emirates airline eyes order for 50-70 A350 or 787 aircraft
BERLIN: Emirates Airline is looking at an order for around 50 to 70 twin-aisle A350 or 787 aircraft, its president said on Thursday. Emirates cancelled an order for 70 A350 aircraft last year, saying the new plane from Airbus did not fit its original specifications, and Tim Clark said Emirates was now looking at both […]
Airbus wins 37 orders driven by A320-family demand in January-February
PARIS: European planemaker Airbus said it won 37 gross orders in the first two months of the year, or 28 after cancellations, driven by demand for its A320-family of narrow-body aircraft. The unit of Airbus Group said it delivered 82 jetliners to customers, including two A380 superjumbos. “An unidentified customer booked 18 A320neo and five […]
Air India’s decision to hire 197 captains angers pilots
NEW DELHI: Air India’s decision to hire 197 commanders to tide over a crippling crew shortage that is causing huge flight delays may land the airline in an even bigger trouble. The union of Air India (domestic or erstwhile Indian Airlines) pilots has warned the management against going ahead with hiring captains from ‘outside’ as […]
Ailing Malaysia Airlines readies for drastic overhaul
KUALA LUMPUR: After a year of calamity, Malaysia Airlines is shrinking to survive. The disappearance of Flight 370 one year ago, combined with the downing of Flight 17 over a rebel held area of eastern Ukraine four months later, brought the already financially struggling flag carrier to its knees. The government, which owned most of […]
Air India to get Rs 2,500 crore of fresh equity
New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday proposed infusion of an additional equity of Rs.2,500 crore in the cash-strapped national passenger carrier Air India for 2015-16 fiscal. According to the expenditure budget document, a budgetary support of Rs.2,500 crore has been earmarked for equity infusion in Air India. “The provision under (investment in public sector […]