Category: Civil Aviation

The Aviation Ministry has been allocated Rs 4,500 crore in the Budget for the current financial year, which is 115 per cent less than Rs 9,700 crore that was given to it during 2018-19 fiscal. According to Budget documents released on Friday, the Centre has allocated Rs 480 crore for regional connectivity scheme UDAN, under […]

French Ambassador to India Alexandre Ziegler on Friday said the first Rafale fighter aircraft will be delivered within two months and it will be “perfectly on time”. The senior diplomat told PTI on the sidelines of a function here that all 36 Rafale jets will be delivered to the Indian Air Force within the next […]

Civil aviation regulators from around the world failed to make a determination Thursday on when Boeing’s popular 737 MAX aircraft can return to the skies after being grounded following two deadly crashes. “The only timetable is to make sure the aircraft is safe to fly,” Daniel Elwell, acting head of the US Federal Aviation Administration, […]

National carrier Air India is all set for a major expansion to meet the heavy demand by expanding its routes and operation of additional flights on major domestic and international routes. With effect from June 1, 2019, the carrier will offer 3,500 more seats per week on Mumbai – Dubai – Mumbai route and from […]

Singapore Airlines’ first Airbus-350-900 flight to India will land at the Kempegowda International Airport here on Friday. This will be the airline’s upgraded daily SQ 502/503 daily Singapore-Bengaluru service. This implies a massive capacity increase. In real terms, this woul mean an increase of 134 Business Class and 328 Economy Class seats each way per […]

The Chief Executive Officer of the budget carrier IndiGo has written a letter to all its employees, assuring that everything is fine within the company, as the company shares have been tanking on the bourses. “I want to assure you that the growth strategy of the airline remains unchanged and firmly in place, and the […]

The crisis at the low-cost carrier Indigo seems to be deepening as the minority shareholders of the company have approached its board alleging operational mismanagement by the board, according to a report. Business daily Business Standard on Friday reported, quoting sources that the minority shareholders have questioned the deals and the contracts signed by the […]

After a deadly crash in Indonesia, American Airlines pilots called a meeting to press Boeing executives for safety changes to the 737 MAX aircraft, US media reported Tuesday. The call for changes, which could have required the best-selling aircraft model to be temporarily grounded, were reported by The New York Times and CBS News after […]

Days after Jet Airways grounded its entire fleet of aircrafts, in what seems to be more bad news for India’s aviation industry, disputes between IndiGo founders – Rahul Bhatia and Rakesh Gangwal – are speculated to impact the functioning of the carrier. Business channel ET Now, citing sources, reported that the airlines founders differences over […]

Air India said on Wednesday it had set up a high-level inquiry to probe a sexual harassment complaint filed against a commander by one of its woman pilots. According to a complaint filed by the pilot, the incident allegedly took place on May 5 in Hyderabad where she was being trained by the commander. “As […]

Grounded carrier Jet Airways’ deputy chief executive and chief financial officer (CFO) Amit Agarwal has resigned, the airline said on Tuesday. Agarwal’s resignation is effective from May 13, it said. “We wish to inform that Amit Agarwal, the deputy chief executive officer and CFO of the company, has resigned from service due to personal reasons, […]

Shares of Jet Airways Ltd tumbled over 20 percent to a decade low on Thursday after a media report said bidders for the struggling airline had not yet shown interest in following up on their offers. Three of the four qualified bidders – Etihad Airways, TPG Capital and Indigo Partners – have not signed non-disclosure […]