The Bhubaneswar airport will get its maiden international flight with IndiGo starting a direct service to Dubai from May 15, officials said. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched ticket sales for the flight on the occasion of Utkal Dibasa on Saturday. IndiGo will operate the service thrice a week — Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The […]
Category: Civil Aviation
Dubai-bound FedEx aircraft hit by bird, emergency landing at Delhi airport
Authorities at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport declared an emergency on Saturday after a Dubai-bound FedEx aircraft suffered a bird hit soon after take off. Officials said that the step was taken so that the aircraft could land and technicians could check the plane for any technical glitches before fly-clearance. The flight landed safely and […]
Singapore sees rare travel delays as tech problem hits immigration checkpoints
A technical glitch at entry points into Singapore led to rare delays at one of the world’s busiest airports on Friday, with snaking queues and disgruntled passengers for several hours as automated immigration lanes suffered problems. The city-state’s immigration authority said it had “resumed normalcy” at checkpoints by 4 p.m. local time (0800 GMT) and […]
HAL registers Rs 26,500 cr revenue for 2022-23
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited said on Friday it has registered highest-ever revenue from operations of around Rs 26,500 crore (provisional and unaudited) for 2022-23 as against Rs 24,620 in the previous financial year, an eight per cent growth. HAL CMD, C B Ananthakrishnan said, “Despite the challenges of supply chain disruptions due to geo-political situations, the […]
Nine dead after two US Army helicopters crash in Kentucky
Two US Army Black Hawk helicopters crashed in Kentucky during a training mission, killing nine soldiers, a military spokesman said Thursday. The helicopters belonged to the 101st Airborne Division, whose spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Hoefler said the nine soldiers had died. The crash occurred at around 10:00 pm (0300 GMT) Wednesday in Kentucky’s Trigg county, […]
Delhi airport sees 17 flight diversions due to bad weather
As many as 17 flights were diverted from the Delhi airport on Thursday evening due to bad weather in the national capital. These flights were diverted to Lucknow, Jaipur and Dehradun, an airport official said. Thunderstorms with light rains lashed parts of the national capital. The official said that out of the 17 flights diverted […]
17 passengers left behind at Vijayawada airport as flight to Kuwait leaves early
Seventeen passengers were left stranded at the Vijayawada international airport on Wednesday after an Air India Express flight to Kuwait took off three hours before the departure time mentioned on their tickets. The passengers were shocked when they reported at the airport at 11 a.m. but were told that the flight had left at 9.55 […]
From manual pricing to ChatGPT: How Air India is transforming under Tata
Air India, until recently tied to an antiquated manual pricing system when setting airfares, is shifting to algorithm-based software long used by rivals to help it squeeze out more revenue from each flight. In another sign of the formerly government-owned carrier’s whirlwind transformation under its new owner Tata Group, Air India is testing ChatGPT, OpenAI’s […]
Pilots’ bodies at Tata Group-owned Air India say airline makes ‘rapid’, ‘regressive’ changes in service conditions
Pilots’ bodies at Tata Group-owned Air India have accused the airline management of making unilaterally “rapid” and “regressive” changes in the service conditions of pilots. In a letter to Air India Chief Human Resources Officer Suresh Dutt Tripathi on Tuesday, Indian Pilots Guild (IPG) and Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) also stated that “all unilateral […]
Take-off of electric aerial vehicles fraught with challenges: Scindia
India may be betting big on electric short-haul aerial vehicles, but their take-off faces a bumpy road ahead. Admitting to this, Union Civil Aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia pointed to three primary roadblocks on this path – regulation, manufacturing capability and infrastructure. Speaking to DH on these challenges, he noted, “Today regulation has not been harmonised […]
India unveils ambitious advanced air mobility plan
Poised on the cusp of aviation explosion, India is now looking at transitioning into electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) advanced air mobility (AAM) operations to address its regional and urban mobility issues. “The eVTOL future is not as far as it seems – by 2025, this global dream will come true and India will […]
Ukraine crews conduct ‘scary’ missions in aged Soviet helicopters
Anatoliy points to the few reinforced panels inside one of Ukraine’s Mi-8 helicopters where he spends five-week shifts firing rockets at Russian positions. “This is a joke, not armour,” says the 39-year-old gunner, who has taken part in some 300 combat missions since last spring. As President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pushes Western allies for modern weapons, […]