Category: Civil Aviation

Bengaluru: The modified Su-30 MKI will be one of the major attractions in Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)’s showcase at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Trade Show which opens in Gandhinagar on Tuesday. The aircraft has been indigenously modified for integration of the air-to-ground BrahMos missile, manufactured in India. The missile weighs 2,500 kg and has a […]

Tokyo: The runway at Tokyo’s Haneda airport that had been closed since a collision between two aircraft there on Tuesday would likely reopen on Jan. 8, Japanese Transport Minister Tetsuo Saito said. Crews at the airport, one of the world’s busiest, began clearing the charred wreckage of a Japan Airlines plane from the runway on […]

New Delhi: The country’s largest airline IndiGo on Thursday announced the withdrawal of fuel charge that was collected from passengers, a move that will reduce airfares by up to Rs 1,000 on certain long routes. In the wake of a spike in jet fuel prices, the airline started levying the fuel charge on each domestic […]

Mumbai: Private carrier Air India on Wednesday announced the appointment of P Balaji as the Group Head for Governance, Regulatory, Compliance (GRC) and Corporate Affairs. Balaji, who will join the newly-created position at Air India on January 11, earlier served a nearly decade-long stint at Vodafone Idea, where he spearheaded the regulatory and public policy […]

Mumbai: Regulator DGCA carried out 5,745 surveillance activities with respect to airlines, airports and approved organisations in 2023 as part of its efforts to ensure compliance and enhance safety standards in the aviation space. The activities included 4,039 planned surveillance and 1,706 spot checks and night surveillance. Subsequently, the findings resulted in 542 enforcement actions, […]

New Delhi: Indian budget carrier Akasa Air is set to close an order for around 150 Boeing 737 MAX narrowbody planes, two sources said, its latest bid to tap the travel boom in the world’s fastest-growing aviation market. Contract negotiations are ongoing and a deal is expected to be announced at Wings India, the country’s […]

New Delhi: The airports at Hyderabad and Bengaluru have been ranked second and third among the top ten global airports in terms of operational performance and punctuality, according to a report released on Tuesday. In the 2023 On-Time Performance (OTP) Review prepared by aviation analytics firm Cirium, there are a total of three Indian airports […]

A Japan Airlines jet was engulfed in flames at Tokyo’s Haneda airport after a possible collision with a Coast Guard aircraft today.

Mangaluru: Mangaluru International Airport has handled the highest ever passengers of 2.03 lakh in the month of December 2023 since commercial operation date (COD) of October 31, 2020. The airport also handled a record 7,548 passengers in a single day on December 31, 2023, bettering the previous mark of 7,468 passengers handled on November 25, […]

New Delhi: The Border Security Force (BSF) either shot down or recovered 107 drones from along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab during 2023, a senior officer said Monday. The force guards more than 2,289 km of the International Border that runs along Jammu, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat along India’s western flank. The Punjab region shares […]

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat police, which questioned 45 Nicaraguan-bound passengers, have found one common factor, a big-time human trafficker who has spread a network of agents across districts in the state. These agents were charging anything between Rs 60 lakh and Rs 1.2 crore from individuals for sending them to the United States via the Mexico […]

New Delhi: Air India will start operating its first A350 aircraft on the domestic routes from January 22, with the first flight from Bengaluru to Mumbai. The A350-900 aircraft will have a three-class cabin configuration with 316 seats. There will be 28 business class, 24 premium economy and 264 economy seats. “India’s first Airbus A350 […]