Waiting in the wings since April 2019 — when it was grounded due to a financial crisis — Jet Airways has been looking to hit the skies for long now. The new owners, British firm Kalrock Capital and UAE-based entrepreneur Murari Lal Jalan, have time and again asserted that Jet Airways 2.0 will take off […]
Category: Civil Aviation
US plans fresh Covid-19 stimulus; HK bans flights from eight nations
U.S. lawmakers are discussing another possible round of Covid-19 stimulus spending for businesses, seeking to blunt the impact of the fast-spreading Omicron variant, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday. Early efforts by Democratic and Republican lawmakers have focused primarily on authorizing billions of dollars to help businesses including restaurants, performance venues, gyms and minor league […]
Jet Airways says its VP-operations Sudhir Gaur has quit the company
Jet Airways on Wednesday said its VP-operations, Sudhir Gaur, who was designated as the airline’s ‘accountable manager’, has quit the company. The grounded airline, which is expected to resume operations this year under its new promoters Murari Lal Jalan-Kalrock consortium, in a regulatory filing clarified that Gaur was not the interim CEO of the company. […]
Pilot error may have led to CDS Gen Bipin Rawat chopper crash
The Indian Air Force on Wednesday apprised Defence Minister Rajnath Singh about the findings of the tri-services investigation into the December 8 chopper crash that killed CDS Gen Bipin Rawat and 13 others, people familiar with the development said. Pilot error was the likely cause of the crash which occurred in cloudy weather, NDTV reported, […]
Chopper crash: No technical sabotage; bad weather seen as prime reason
No technical snag or sabotage and bad weather leading to a phenomenon called Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) is believed to have been identified as the prime reason for the crash of the IAF helicopter near Coonoor that killed CDS Gen Bipin Rawat and 13 others, people familiar with the development said on Wednesday. Chief […]
IAF chopper crash: Rajnath apprised findings of tri-services investigation
The Indian Air Force on Wednesday apprised Defence Minister Rajnath Singh about the findings of the tri-services investigation into the December 8 chopper crash that killed CDS Gen Bipin Rawat and 13 others, people familiar with the development said. The probe team has already completed its investigation into the crash of the Russian-origin Mi-17V5 helicopter, […]
US carrier Allegiant Air to buy 50 Boeing 737 MAX jets: Report
Allegiant Air is poised to order 50 Boeing 737 MAX jets worth $5 billion at list prices, people familiar with the matter said, rejecting offers by traditional supplier Airbus as the no-frills carrier seeks to capture a boom in post-pandemic U.S. tourism. The surprise deal stems a series of setbacks for Boeing Co and overturns […]
Gujarat govt announces reduction in VAT on aviation turbine fuel by 20%
The Gujarat government on Tuesday announced a 20 per cent reduction in value-added tax (VAT) on aviation turbine fuel (ATF) to bring the levy at 5 per cent in a move to boost tourism in the state. This was the second cut in VAT on ATF in less than a month. The decision to reduce […]
Verizon, AT&T agree delay of 5G roll-out, avert aviation stand-off
AT&T and Verizon Communications have agreed to a two-week delay in rolling out a new 5G service that airlines said might interfere with aircraft electronics and pose a safety hazard. The companies issued separate statements on Monday night, two days before their planned January 5 launch, and one day after rebuffing a request for delay […]
US flight cancellations ease a bit but disruptions still running high
Clearing weather over much of the eastern United States raised hopes that air-travel disruptions will ease after a dreadful start to the new year. By early Tuesday evening on the East Coast, airlines had scrubbed about 1,500 flights for the day. That’s a very high number but well below Monday’s disruptions, which included more than […]
Devas case: AAI taking legal recourse against Canadian court’s order
The Centre-run Airports Authority of India (AAI) on Tuesday said it is taking legal recourse to defend itself from a Canadian court order that has allowed Devas Multimedia’s shareholders to seize an amount of over USD 30 million of the AAI held by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). In a statement, a spokesperson of […]
Centre opposes Swamy’s plea in HC seeking to quash AI disinvestment process
The Centre on Tuesday opposed a plea moved by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy in the Delhi High Court, seeking to quash the Air India disinvestment process and set aside the approvals given to it by authorities as the methodology adopted was “arbitrary, mala fide and corrupt”. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and […]