Category: Civil Aviation

In deepening rift between IndiGo promoters, Rahul Bhatia has filed petitions in US courts seeking evidence from Rakesh Gangwal and InterGlobe Aviation’s independent director Anupam Khanna. InterGlobe Aviation is the parent of the country’s largest airline IndiGo. The differences between Bhatia and Gangwal came to the fore in July after Gangwal sought market regulator Sebi’s […]

IndiGo (InterGlobe Aviation) co-founder Rahul Bhatia has sought intervention of a US court to retrieve correspondence from the company’s Independent Director Anupam Khanna, according to a report by The Economic Times. Bhatia has alleged that Khanna has been “acting in concert” with another co-founder Rakesh Gangwal. He is seeking damages and information related to the […]

After a failed attempt last year, Air India is all set to go under the hammer yet again with the government planning to call interested parties after Diwali for a 100% stake sale in the national carrier. Air India is hopeful of a sale this time around despite choppy market conditions and its hopes have […]

Raising funds for the third time in a little over a month, Air India Assets Holding Ltd (AIAHL) on Thursday raised Rs 7,985 crore through bond sale, which was oversubscribed. A special purpose vehicle of Air India, AIAHL has mopped up a total of Rs 21,985 crore by way of bond issues since September 16 […]

In a meeting with the management of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and striking workers, the Labour Department called on workers to call off their agitation. The meeting held on Wednesday was attended by several labour department officials including the Conciliation Officer and Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Bengaluru, Ganapathi Bhat in which the workers and […]

Two young pilots who were on a training sortie died when the aircraft they were flying crashed into an agricultural field here on Sunday. The aircraft belonged to Begumpet-based Wings Aviation Private Ltd. The accident took place near Sultanpur village of Bantvaram block in Vikarabad district on the outskirts of the city. Eyewitnesses said that […]

Indian low-cost carrier SpiceJet Ltd may consider taking some of the Boeing 737 MAX planes that were due to be delivered to now bankrupt Jet Airways but are still sitting in Seattle, its chairman said on Friday. “Lessors are in touch with us for MAX aircraft including those. There is an opportunity to backfill, to […]

An Mi-17 1V helicopter of Indian Air Force (IAF) on Thursday lifted a light field gun of the army at Tuting advance landing ground (ALG) in Arunachal Pradesh situated close to China border. IAF spokesperson at its eastern command headquarters in Shillong (Meghalaya), wing commander Ratnakar Singh said this was for the first time a […]

An IndiGo flight to Delhi had to return to the Goa airport and make an emergency landing after its engine developed “some technical issues” mid-air, the airline said on Monday. Goa Power Minister Nilesh Cabral, who was among the passengers on the flight which took off from the coastal state on Sunday, told PTI that […]

Police on Friday recovered a Pakistani drone which was used to airdrop arms and ammunition in border areas of Punjab, the second such seizure this week in the state, officials said. The damaged drone was recovered in Mahawa village based on the information given by one of the four people the state police arrested on […]

An Indigo flight from Chandigarh carrying 144 passengers had to make an emergency landing at the city airport on Friday on its arrival due to engine issue, a source said. The flight, however, landed safely, he said. The airline confirmed the incident but said the captain received “precautionary warning” about one of the engines and […]

In the run-up to the 87th Air Force Day celebrations on October 8, the Indian Air Force (IAF) held an air show in Vadodara on Friday to exhibit the aerial skills of its various aircraft. The air show was held at the Air Force Station at Harni on the outskirts of the city, a defence […]