The first Air India flight carrying 219 Indian evacuees from Ukraine landed at the Mumbai airport from Bucharest, Romania, on Saturday evening, ATC sources said. Operated with a Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane, Air India flight AI-1944 touched down the runway at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) here at 7.50 pm, they said. Union Minister […]
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AI flight with 219 Indian evacuees takes off from Bucharest for Mumbai
Air India’s first evacuation flight departed from Romanian capital Bucharest on Saturday afternoon for Mumbai with 219 Indian nationals who were stranded in Ukraine due to the Russian military offensive, officials said. The airline’s second evacuation flight departed from Delhi at 11.40 AM and is expected to land in Bucharest at around 6.30 PM (Indian […]
IAF decides not to send aircraft to multilateral air exercise in UK
The Indian Air Force has decided not to deploy its aircraft in a multilateral air exercise in the UK next month in view of the situation arising out of the crisis in Ukraine. The exercise ‘Cobra Warrior’ is scheduled to take place from March 6-27 at Waddington in the United Kingdom. “In light of the […]
Air India plane departs for Romania to evacuate Indians stranded in Ukraine
An Air India plane departed from the Mumbai airport on Saturday morning for Romanian capital Bucharest to evacuate Indians stranded in Ukraine due to the Russian military offensive. The flight, AI1943, took off from the Mumbai airport around 3.40 AM and is expected to land at the Bucharest airport around 10 AM (Indian Standard Time), […]
Airlines shift attention to Russia risks as Ukraine airspace is closed
The fallout to the global aviation industry from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is spreading beyond the airspace closings over the conflict zone as airlines, lessors and manufacturers face up to growing risks of doing business with Russia. Alaska’s Anchorage Airport, a popular refuelling hub for long-haul flights when Western airlines were unable to access Russian […]
Russia bans UK flights over its airspace in retaliation to sanctions
Russia’s civil aviation authority has banned U.K. flights to and over Russia in retaliation to the British ban on Aeroflot flights. Rosaviatsiya said that all flights by the U.K. carriers to Russia as well as transit flights are banned starting Friday. It said the measure was taken in response to the unfriendly decisions by the […]
Ukraine evacuations: Two Air India flights may leave for Bucharest today
Air India is planning to operate two flights to Romanian capital Bucharest on Friday to evacuate Indians stranded in Ukraine due to a Russian military offensive, senior government officials said. Indian nationals who have reached the Ukraine-Romania border by road will be taken to Bucharest by officials of the Indian government so that they can […]
SpiceJet to start six direct flights to Bangkok from March 10
SpiceJet on Friday said it will start six flights between India and Bangkok from March 10 onwards. “The airline will introduce daily direct flights connecting Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata with the Thai capital,” the airline’s press release said. The airline will be deploying B737 aircraft to operate all India-Bangkok flights, it stated, adding the Kolkata-Bangkok […]
British Airways owner IAG sees return to profit from Q2 over travel rebound
British Airways owner IAG SA said it should turn profitable from the second quarter, joining other European carriers in predicting a travel rebound in coming months. While IAG, which also owns Spain’s Iberia and Aer Lingus of Ireland, sees a “significant” loss this quarter, bookings are now running at 85% of pre-pandemic levels as concerns […]
Swadeshi Jagran Manch urges government to reject new Air India CEO
The Swadeshi Jagran Manch is calling on the government to block the appointment of Ilker Ayci (pictured) as chief executive of Air India, citing his previous political links in Turkey, with which New Delhi has strained relations. This comes as government agencies carry out what one government official said were more intensive than usual background […]
Indian passengers from Ukraine can return via Qatar, says govt
The Centre on Thursday said Indian passengers from Ukraine can return via Qatar, with aviation industry experts stating that civilian flights will restart from Ukraine only when its airspace opens. Currently 20,000 Indians, mostly students, are stranded in Ukraine. Since the Ukrainian airspace is closed due to the Russian military offensive, it is currently not […]
AI’s special flight returns mid-air due to closure of airspace in Ukraine
A special Air India flight returning from mid-air as Ukraine airspace is closed due to notice to airmen (NOTAM) as war has been started between Russia and Ukraine. An empty flight of Air India AI-1947 is returning from over Iran air space as Ukraine imposed restrictions on civilian aircraft, sources said. “Air India flight AI1947 […]