Alaska Airlines said that it had canceled 170 flights on Sunday and a further 60 on Monday, after the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ordered the grounding of 171 Boeing 737 MAX 9 airplanes to run inspections. The airline said cancellations would continue through the first half of the week. The Sunday cancellations affected nearly […]
Category: Civil Aviation
No plan to modify standard mid-cabin doors in current or future planes: Akasa Air
New Delhi: Akasa Air has no intention to modify the standard mid-cabin door in its aircraft, according to a senior airline executive amid the recent Alaska Airlines incident where in-flight departure of a mid-cabin door plug had resulted in rapid decompression of a Boeing 737-9 Max aircraft. The airline has 22 Boeing 737 Max planes […]
IndiGo to charge up to Rs 2,000 for front row seats
Mumbai: Passengers will have to dole out up to Rs 2,000 for front seats having more leg room in IndiGo flights, with the airline hiking the charges. As per the fees mentioned for various services on the airline’s website, selecting a window or aisle seat in the front row of an A321 aircraft having 232 […]
United Airlines finds loose bolts in Boeing 737 Max 9
United Airlines said Monday that it had found loose bolts in panels to its Boeing 737 Max 9 jets that are similar to the part of an Alaska Airlines plane that blew out during a flight Friday, adding to growing safety concerns about the Max 9. The disclosure followed reports that Alaska Airlines had been […]
Vistara to monitor demand for flights amid India-Maldives row
New Delhi: Amid the India-Maldives row, full-service carrier Vistara on Monday said it will monitor the demand for flights between the two countries as the ‘situation is evolving right now’. Vistara operates one flight each daily from Mumbai and Delhi to Male. Airline’s Chief Commercial Officer Deepak Rajawat said it has not cancelled anything as […]
Vistara expects all legal approvals for its merger with Air India in first half of 2024
New Delhi: Vistara CEO Vinod Kannan on Monday said all legal approvals for its proposed merger with Air India are expected to be in place in the first half of 2024. In November 2022, Tata group announced the merger of Vistara with Air India under a deal wherein Singapore Airlines will also acquire a 25.1 […]
India’s Vistara confident of receiving Boeing 787 order by April
Bengaluru: Indian full-service air carrier Vistara said on Monday it was confident of receiving its last 787 wide-body jet from Boeing by March or April, despite a recent incident on a narrow-body 737 MAX 9 that lost part of the fuselage. “We will hit fleet of size of 70 aircraft by March or April 2024,” […]
Air India-Vistara merger expected to be complete by mid-2025: Vinod Kannan
New Delhi: Full-service carrier Vistara’s proposed merger with Air India is expected to be completed by mid-2025, and all legal approvals for the transaction are anticipated by the middle of this year, a top executive said on Monday. Asserting that it is going to be a ‘merger for growth’, Vistara CEO Vinod Kannan said it […]
Capital A to merge aviation business under AirAsia X
Malaysia’s Capital A Bhd, which operates budget carrier AirAsia, will hive off its aviation business to its long-haul affiliate as the group seeks to streamline its operations and gain better access to financing. The company entered into a non-binding offer to sell its Malaysian airline unit and AirAsia Aviation Group Ltd — which consists of […]
Boeing CEO says Alaska Airlines mishap must be company’s focus
Washington: Boeing’s response to an Alaska Airlines flight on Friday where a 737 MAX 9 suffered a door plug blow out “is and must be the focus” of the company, Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun said in a message to employees on Sunday “When serious accidents like this occur, it is critical for us to work […]
Air India-Vistara merger expected to be complete by mid-2025: Vinod Kannan
New Delhi: Full-service carrier Vistara’s proposed merger with Air India is expected to be completed by mid-2025, and all legal approvals for the transaction are anticipated by the middle of this year, a top executive said on Monday. Asserting that it is going to be a ‘merger for growth’, Vistara CEO Vinod Kannan said it […]
DGCA revises duty time limitations norms for flight crew, raises weekly rest periods to 48 hrs
New Delhi: Aviation safety regulator DGCA on Monday came out with revised Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) norms for flight crew, entailing increased weekly rest periods to 48 hours, extension of night hours, and limiting the number of night landings to only two as against six earlier.These regulations have been instrumental in managing fatigue-related aviation […]