Category: Civil Aviation

Mumbai: Vistara has decided to introduce three days of leave without pay for its pilots in September amid the airline industry continuing to grapple with weak travel demand due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to an airline source. The three-days leave without pay (LWP) measure for pilots is in addition to a cut in monthly […]

New Delhi: Billionaire Gautam Adani’s Adani Group on Monday said it will acquire GVK’s stake in Mumbai airport to become the country’s biggest private airport operator, with a cumulative shareholding to 74 per cent. According to a regulatory filing, Adani Airport Holdings Ltd (AAHL), the flagship holding company of Adani Group for its airport business, […]

New Delhi: The suspension of scheduled international passenger flights has been extended till September 30, said Indian aviation regulator DGCA on Monday. “However, international scheduled flights may be allowed on selected routes by the competent authority on a case-to-case basis,” noted the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in a circular.

Tokyo: The decades-old dream of zipping around in the sky as simply as driving on highways may be becoming less illusory. Japan’s SkyDrive Inc., among the myriads of “flying car” projects around the world, has carried out a successful though modest test flight with one person aboard.

Malappuram: As many as 26 volunteers who reached the Air-India Express plane crash site in Kozhikode, 48 km from here, and evacuated the injured passengers on August 7, have tested positive for COVID-19. “As far as my information from the airport sources goes, as many as 26 local people, involved in the rescue operations, have […]

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government announced a solatium of Rs 5 lakh to the families of those killed in the tea plantation landslide in Idukki and Rs 10 lakh to the families of those who lost their lives in the plane crash at the Kozhikode airport. The landslide victims are poor tea plantation workers from rural […]

The Hyderabad International Airport on Sunday received a UNICEF-funded Mass Fever Screening System from the Central government’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to help enhance the efficacy of the screening process as part of fight against COVID-19. The new thermal scanner, which will be used by the airport health officials, is a ceiling mounted […]

New Delhi: InterGlobe Aviation on Wednesday reported a net loss of Rs 2,844.3 crore for the three months ended June due to disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic, and the airline has pitched for removal of cap on fares. The parent of the country’s largest airline IndiGo had a net profit of Rs 1,203.1 crore […]

Kuala Lumpur: Widespread travel restrictions almost completely suppressed international air travel in Asia during the second quarter of 2020, preliminary June traffic figures released on Tuesday by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) showed. Asian airlines carried just 724,000 international passengers in June, a 98 per cent decline compared to the 31.8 million recorded […]

New Delhi: IndiGo on Monday said it is implementing “deeper” pay cuts of up to 35 per cent for its senior employees in order to reduce its cash outflow amid the coronavirus pandemic. From May onwards, IndiGo had implemented pay cuts of up to 25 per cent for its senior employees.

New Delhi: IndiGo on Monday said it is implementing “deeper” pay cuts of up to 35 per cent for its senior employees in order to reduce its cash outflow amid the coronavirus pandemic. From May onwards, IndiGo had implemented pay cuts of up to 25 per cent for its senior employees.