IndiGo, India’s top airline by market share, placed an order with Airbus for 30 A350-900 jets, it said on Thursday, its first-ever order for widebody aircraft. Indian carriers are trying to keep pace with the world’s fastest-growing aviation market, where demand for air travel has surged post-pandemic, even as plane manufacturers struggled to meet output […]
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IndiGo places $5 billion order for 30 A350-900 widebody aircraft
IndiGo on Thursday placed an order with European plane maker Airbus for 30 A350-900 widebody aircraft at a deal estimated to be between $4 billion and $5 billion. To meet growing demand in the country’s air travel market, Indian carriers have made four significant aircraft orders since last year. In February 2023, the Tata-run Air […]
‘Indian airlines will need 60 wide-body planes for long routes by FY2032’
Indian airlines will require around 60 more wide-body aircraft to serve long and ultra-long haul markets in financial year 2032, aviation consultancy CAPA India said on Thursday. India is one of the world’s fastest growing civil aviation markets but at present, only Air India and Vistara have wide-body planes in their fleets. IndiGo on Thursday […]
Paris will become no-fly zone to safeguard 2024 Olympic opening ceremony
Skies over the Paris region will be closed for six hours as part of the massive security operation for the July 26 opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, the Paris airports operator said Wednesday. Augustin de Romanet, chairman of Aroports de Paris, said airlines are being warned in advance about the closure and told they […]
Boeing Co’s revival road map put to test by dwindling time and cash
Boeing Co.’s assurance that it can pull itself together in the next three months is giving rise to two opposing questions: Is that too little time to turn things around — or too long to withstand the financial hemorrhaging? Chief Executive Officer Dave Calhoun put an optimistic spin on the embattled company’s outlook as he […]
Flyers to or from US will soon get instant refunds if flights are cancelled
Traveling to or from the US? You will soon be entitled to an automatic refund if your flight is canceled or significantly altered, under new US Department of Transportation rules released on Wednesday. “Passengers deserve to get their money back when an airline owes them—without headaches or haggling,” US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in […]
Boeing Q1 results: Loss at $355 mn as revenue declines amid safety concerns
Boeing said Wednesday that it lost $355 million on falling revenue in the first quarter, another sign of the crisis gripping the aircraft manufacturer as it faces increasing scrutiny over the safety of its planes and accusations of shoddy work from a growing number of whistleblowers. Boeing’s CEO said the company is in a tough […]
Aionos to bridge silos within aviation, hospitality using AI: Rahul Bhatia
Industries such as aviation and hospitality have many silos within them and Aionos, the joint venture between Interglobe Enterprises (IGE) and Assago Group, is an attempt to bridge them and boost efficiencies using artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, Rahul Bhatia told Business Standard on Tuesday. Bhatia, the Group Managing Director of IGE, serves as the majority […]
Boeing, Spirit agree on $425 mn deal to address supplier’s issues
Spirit AeroSystems said Boeing would give it advance payments of $425 million and help it address issues like higher levels of inventory and lower cashflows after the US aviation regulator capped the planemaker’s 737 MAX production. The agreement announced by Spirit on Tuesday comes amid talks between the two for Boeing to buy the fuselage […]
Around 15 flights diverted from Delhi due to adverse weather conditions
As many as 15 flights have been diverted from Delhi due to the adverse weather conditions in the national capital, Airport sources said. According to the sources, nine flights were diverted to Jaipur, two to Amritsar, two to Lucknow, one to Mumbai, and one to Chandigarh. Meanwhile, the national capital experienced a sudden change in […]
Delhi airport sees 15 flight diversions due to bad weather in NCR
As many as 15 flights were diverted at the Delhi airport on Tuesday evening due to bad weather in the national capital. Many flights were also delayed. Out of these flights, an airport official said, nine were diverted to Jaipur, two each to Amritsar and Lucknow, one each to Mumbai and Chandigarh. A senior government […]
10 killed as 2 Malaysian military choppers collide and crash while training
Two Malaysian military helicopters collided and crashed during a training session on Tuesday, killing all 10 people on board, the navy said. The helicopters were rehearsing at a naval base in northern Perak state for the navy’s 90th anniversary celebration next month when the accident occurred, the navy said in a brief statement. All victims […]