Category: Civil Aviation

New Delhi: The focus of the second phase of ‘Make-in-India’ initiative will be on sectors like drones, toys, robotics, electric vehicle (EV) components and electronics, which have potential for exports and create more jobs, the Ministry of Commerce & Industry said on Tuesday. The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) is working […]

Panaji: A fighter aircraft of the Indian Navy suffered a tyre burst on the taxiway at the Dabolim airport in Goa on Tuesday afternoon, just before it was to undertake a routine sortie, officials said. Due to the tyre burst, the aircraft – MiG-29K – got stranded on the taxiway, but nobody was injured. As […]

Bhubaneswar: A direct flight service between Rourkela and Kolkata will soon be launched soon with support of the Odisha government. The Chief Minister’s Office said on Tuesday it will be a state-sponsored route with Odisha government providing viability gap funding (VGF) for 35 seats. As part of the plan, Alliance Air will operate three flights […]

Itanagar: The Donyi Polo airport in Itanagar is likely to start operations soon even during the night with the granting of an all-weather licence by the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu has announced about the all-weather licence, unlocking the possibility for night landings. “So happy to share a […]

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Police have formed teams to unearth a suspected illegal immigration network involving ‘agents’ and will coordinate with the passengers of a plane that has landed in Mumbai from France, a senior official said. Many passengers of the plane hail from Gujarat, he said. The aircraft, an Airbus A340, carrying 276 passengers, mostly […]

Ahmedabad: Gujarat Police have formed teams to unearth a suspected illegal immigration network involving ‘agents’ and will coordinate with passengers of the plane that landed in Mumbai from France on Tuesday, a senior officer said. He said many of the passengers hail from Gujarat. The plane, an Airbus A340, carrying 276 passengers, mostly Indians, was […]

A plane carrying 276 persons, which was grounded in France over suspected human trafficking for a few days, returned to Mumbai on December 26.

New Delhi: Flight operations were disrupted at the Delhi airport on Tuesday as 12 flights were diverted and scores of flights delayed due to bad weather. A total of 12 flights were diverted between 0600-1200 hrs. Out of them, 11 flights were diverted to Jaipur and 1 to Lucknow due to dense fog, an official […]

New Delhi: Two flights were diverted and nearly 30 flights delayed at the Delhi airport on Tuesday morning due to dense fog. One flight each of IndiGo and SpiceJet were diverted to Jaipur, an official said. As per information available on the Delhi airport website, around 30 flights have been delayed in the morning. In […]

A 6-year-old boy enroute to meeting his grandmother was put on a wrong flight by the Spirit Airline crew. The boy, a first-time flier, was slated to meet his grandmom in Florida. Speaking to WINK-TV, the grandmother said, “I ran inside the plane to the flight attendant and I asked her, ‘Where’s my grandson? He […]

New Delhi: A chartered aircraft took off for Mumbai on Monday after it remained grounded at Châlons Vatry Airport in northeastern France for four days because it had nearly 300 Indians onboard – all suspected to be victims of human trafficking. The aircraft – operated by Legend Airlines of Romania – had 276 passengers aboard […]

Bengaluru: At a time when India’s air traffic has taken off big time, with both its domestic airlines winging out to international destinations and international airlines deepening their regional reach in the country, UAE’s national carrier, Etihad Airways is set to launch direct flights from its home Abu Dhabi to Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram from January […]