Category: Civil Aviation

The cost of flight tickets for the fliers across the country is likely to go up on the back of the rise in the jet fuel prices. The industry sources peg an increase of almost 1% on the ticket prices due to this. “This 2.5% increase in ATF has a direct impact on profits of […]

Over 1,000 pilots of the struggling private carrier Jet Airways have decided to go ahead with their “no flying” call from April 1 following the airline failing to receive funds from the banks Friday, its pilots’ guild has said. The airline said in a statement that every effort was being made to restore normalcy of […]

The only state-run flight school — Government Flying Training School, Jakkur — is facing a severe staff crunch. This has created a huge backlog in student intake. Now, the institute is turning students away. The lone instructor at the institute has been holding meetings with the government since 2015 to hire more trainers, but in […]

Four new domestic routes, a new airline and two additional cargo flights to international destinations. These are the highlights of the summer schedule of the Kempegowda International Airport. Beginning March 31, the schedule will be in force till October 26. Agra and Nashik (IndiGo), Gwalior (SpiceJet) and Jamnagar (Star Air) are the new routes, giving […]

Troubled Jet Airways India missed a $109 million (around Rs 750 crore) loan repayment due to HSBC Bank this week, people with knowledge of the matter said. The money was due on March 28 and was part of a two-tranche facility totalling $140 million (about Rs 1,000 crore) that the company took from HSBC in […]

A drone was sighted at the airport, the highly sensitive Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre and nearby Kovalam beach early Friday morning, prompting Southern Air Command and Military Intelligence to go on high alert. Southern Air Command and Military Intelligence are on high alert after the drone was sighted, defence sources said. “We are always on […]

As the consortium of banks led by State Bank of India chalked out a Rs 1,500 crore bailout plan to save the ailing Jet Airways, the bank employees registered their opposition against the move. “It is in the larger interest of the country, public and the lenders that Jet Airways continues to fly. We have […]

Boeing Co’s $600 billion-plus order book for its 737 Max began shaking after several big customers threatened to reconsider their purchases in the wake of the Ethiopian Airlines crash, the second deadly accident involving the plane since October. VietJet Aviation JSC, which doubled its order to about $25 billion only last month, said it will […]

Only 70 out of the total 119 aircraft of Jet Airways are currently operational, a senior DGCA official said on Thursday. The remaining 49 aircraft are grounded and the airline has been told to ensure that passengers do not suffer because of flight cancellations resulting from this situation, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation official […]

Two Advanced Jet Trainer, Hawks attached to the Surya Kiran aerobatic team collided mid-air during a practice sortie on Tuesday afternoon, killing a pilot. Two other pilots were also injured as the jets came crashing down just outside the Yelahanka Air Force Station here. Training for the Aero-India 2019 aerospace exposition, the hugely popular aerobatic […]

With India declaring its intention to buy close to 170 fighter jets for the IAF and Navy, it’s natural for global aviation majors to make a beeline for India’s biennial air show at Bengaluru. They did so in 2007 and 2011. The fact that not many foreign fighters will take off from Yelahanka this time […]

Under the collective shadow of the Pulwama terror attack, the simmering Rafale controversy and the fatal Mirage 2000 crash, the 12th edition of Aero India took off here on Wednesday with a decisively political and strategic edge. Despite its low-key presence in the previous airshows, the Rafale will dominate the narrative at the show venue, […]