Air France, its Dutch KLM arm and Lufthansa’s Brussels Airlines are among 20 airlines being investigated by the European Union for potentially misleading greenwashing practices, the airlines told Reuters, confirming a report by Belgian broadcaster RTBF. The EU said airlines needed to make clear to what extent claims that the CO2 emissions caused by a […]
Category: Civil Aviation
Qatar Airways Cargo launches advanced animal centre to transport animals
Qatar Airways Cargo, on Thursday, announced the opening of its state-of-the-art animal centre and the reintroduction of its “Next Generation Live” product, establishing new standards in the transportation of live animals, the company said in a press release. The press release said that the carrier has transported over 550,000 animals, including 10,000 horses in 2023. […]
Air India deploys A350 on international route with Delhi-Dubai flight
Air India has commenced services with its A350 aircraft on the international route by operating the first Delhi-Dubai flight on Wednesday and plans to fly the wide-body plane on more overseas routes in the coming months. The Tata Group-owned carrier is now operating a daily service between Delhi and Dubai, with the plane featuring a […]
Delhi HC asks SpiceJet to pay Rs 50 cr or face grounding of two engines
The Delhi High Court, on Wednesday, granted SpiceJet a final chance to settle a payment of Rs 50 crore to its engine lessors, Team France and Sunbird France. If the airline fails to meet this obligation, it risks having two of its engines grounded, according to a report in The Economic Times (ET). Justice Pratibha […]
Singapore Airlines to pay Rs 2 lakh to Indian couple over seat malfunction
Singapore Airlines has been ordered to compensate an Indian couple with over Rs 2 lakh due to a malfunction in the automatic recliner seats in the business class. Telangana’s Director General of Police (DGP) Ravi Gupta and his wife had filed a lawsuit against the airline. Despite paying Rs 66,750 each for business class seats, […]
Delhi bound Vistara flight makes emergency landing at Bhubaneswar airport
A flight from Bhubaneswar to New Delhi returned minutes after take-off and made an emergency landing after the aircraft was caught in a hailstorm and suffered damage on Wednesday, an official said. The 169 passengers and crew on board are safe. The New Delhi-bound Vistara flight landed back at the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) […]
India flight tests missile-assisted torpedo release system off Odisha coast
India on Wednesday successfully flight tested the supersonic missile-assisted release of torpedo (SMART) system from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast, a defence official said. The system was launched around 8.30 am from the ground mobile launcher. Several state-of-the-art mechanisms such as symmetric separation, ejection and velocity control have been validated in […]
India among top 5 developing countries in aviation emissions in 2019: Study
In 2019, India was among the top five economically developing countries in terms of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from aviation, a new research has found. Calculating “nearly real-time” aviation emissions using global flight data, researchers found that overall, the US, China and Great Britain were the topmost contributors, with 22 per cent, 14 per cent […]
IndiGo gets demand notice over FY19 input tax credit discrepancies
IndiGo has received a tax demand following the rejection of an input tax credit that was availed by the company in 2018-19. In a regulatory filing on Wednesday, the company said it has received a “demand of Rs 31,240, including tax of Rs 21,240 and penalty of Rs 10,000 for the FY 2018-19”. The demand […]
Section of A-I Express staff flag concerns, allege mismanagement at airline
A grouping of Air India Express cabin crew has alleged that the airline is being mismanaged and there is a lack of equality in the treatment of the staff. The airline is part of the Tata Group and is in the process of merging AIX Connect (formerly AirAsia India with itself). Air India Express Employees […]
DGCA deregisters all 54 aircraft leased to Go First after Delhi HC order
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has deregistered all 54 aircraft leased to the now-bankrupt airline Go First, according to officials. This move comes in the wake of an order issued by the Delhi High Court on April 26. Go First filed for bankruptcy in May 2023. Since then, the lessors of these aircraft […]
German carrier Lufthansa looks to strong summer to shake off strike costs
Lufthansa hopes to claw back its strike-related losses in the second half of the year, the German flag carrier said on Tuesday, pointing to a strong summer season with bookings up 16 per cent compared with the previous year. The first quarter is often a loss-making one for airlines, with fewer bookings. However, Lufthansa’s losses […]