The number of passengers travelling by air within the country surged to 3.75 crore in January-March 2023 quarter, registering an increase of 51.7 per cent year-on-year, as per the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) data released on Wednesday. The domestic air traffic volumes during January-March period was the second highest quarterly performance. It fell […]
Category: Civil Aviation
Thousands of US airline flights delayed following glitch
Thousands of flights of Southwest Airlines were delayed across the US following a technical glitch that forced the temporary grounding of all its planes. According to aviation tracking company Flight Aware, more than 5,400 flights were delayed into or out of the US on Tuesday, while over 100 were cancelled, reports BBC. Confirming the development, […]
Man makes bomb threat during security check at Delhi airport
A man who was about to depart from Delhi’s IGI Airport became extremely agitated during security check, to the point where he informed the airline staff that there was a bomb in his bag. The incident took place on April 11 when the man, identified as Shiv, was to take a Go First flight (G8-157) […]
Airbus informs airlines of 2024 delays, keeps output goals
Europe’s Airbus is advising airlines of delivery delays for its best-selling single-aisle aircraft in 2024, with several hundred jets postponed by around three months, industry sources said Tuesday. Airbus confirmed unspecified delays in a statement to Reuters but said they did not reflect any worsening of supply chain problems since it revised production plans earlier […]
Full emergency at Delhi airport as Air India plane lands with crack in windshield
Full emergency was declared at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport on Tuesday for a Delhi-bound Air India flight owing to a glitch, a source said. The flight had 180 passengers on board. Air India, in a statement, said that its flight AI858 operating on Pune-Delhi route landed ahead of its scheduled time following a minor […]
Bengaluru Airport records 96% growth in passenger numbers
The Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru recorded a 96 per cent growth in passenger numbers during FY 2022-23, with 31.91 million passengers traveling through the airport. The airport showed a growth of 85 per cent in the domestic sector (28.12 million passengers) and 245 per cent in the international sector (3.78 million passengers), from […]
French court acquits Air France, Airbus over 2009 Rio-Paris crash
Air France and plane manufacturer Airbus were acquitted Monday over the 2009 crash of a Rio-Paris flight after a French court ruled their errors could not be proven as the disaster’s cause. While the ruling was expected after prosecutors recommended to the Paris court not to seek a conviction, it is still a huge blow […]
B-1B Lancers spotted at KIA in Bengaluru
Two B-1B Lancers parked at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru have been creating a buzz on social media. The sleek United States Air Force (USAF) bomber, nicknamed The Bone, is in India as part of Exercise Cope India 23, a bilateral air exercise being held at Air Force stations in Panagarh, Kalaikunda and […]
IndiGo plane suffers technical problem; returns to Delhi
An IndiGo plane enroute to Bagdogra returned to Delhi on Saturday afternoon due to a technical problem. While a source said the aircraft made an emergency landing due to a technical problem, IndiGo said the flight 6E 6282 from Delhi to Bagdogra returned to Delhi as a precaution. “The pilot noticed a technical issue and […]
Air India revamps compensation structure for pilots, cabin crew
Air India on Monday said it has revamped the compensation structure for pilots and cabin crew, including increasing the per-hour flying rate for pilots. Under the new structure, part of the Tata Group-owned airline’s five-year transformation plan, salaries will be hiked for more than 2,700 pilots across Air India and AIX Connect (including Air Asia […]
Wadia Group in talks to sell stake or exit Go First
Indian conglomerate Wadia Group is in talks with strategic partners to either sell a majority stake in loss-making budget airline Go First or completely exit it, the Economics Times reported on Monday, citing sources close to the development. Go First posted its biggest annual loss in fiscal 2022 and has been facing operational problems in […]
China denies imposing no-fly zone north of Taiwan
China denied on Friday that it had imposed a no-fly zone in the seas north of Taiwan for Sunday, even though Taipei said it was told by Beijing that China would impose one. Taiwan’s transport ministry said Beijing had initially notified Taipei it would impose a no-fly zone from April 16-18, but later said that […]