Category: Civil Aviation

Documents related to the Rafale deal were published in public interest and nobody would get any information from The Hindu newspaper on the confidential sources who provided them, The Hindu Publishing Group Chairman N Ram said on Wednesday. The documents were published because details were withheld or covered up, the veteran journalist said as the […]

Documents linked to the Rafale deal have been stolen, the Supreme Court was told on Wednesday as it was hearing a petition seeking to review its earlier verdict of alleged corruption in the Rafale jet procurement process, said a media report. The petitioners are violating the Official Secrets Act by relying on classified documents, the […]

The travel portals and airlines have been witnessing a considerable increase in bookings and travel queries on Srinagar sector by the forces personnel. The rise in bookings and queries has come after government of India recently approved air travel for low-ranking officials of the central reserve police force, national security guards and other forces from […]

A family from south Kashmir said that Indigo airline refused to let them board the plane at Delhi Airport on 24 February, citing ‘confusion’ about names on the tickets and identity documents. Mehwish, who was traveling along with other family members, said her ticket had her first name and family surname while other Aadhaar card […]

Authorities today beefed up security around the hypertensive Srinagar International Airport to prevent any “untoward incident” following strike by Indian Air Force across Line of Control (LoC). Srinagar Airport is under direct operational control of the IAF, which controls its air traffic and landing strip and also the facilities of fire-fighting and crash activities, apart […]

Two pilots were killed after a fighter Jet of Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in Garend Kalan village of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Wednesday morning. A police officer told news agency GNS that the IAF jet crashed at Garend Kalan, some 7 kilometers away from Budgam town at around 10:40 am. In the incident, […]

At least 160 flights were cancelled at the Srinagar “international” airport in the past one month owing to bad weather and poor visibility, even as little efforts are being made to install a high-end landing system at the aerodrome. The flight cancellations happen notwithstanding the fact that the airport has witnessed an 18 percent increase […]

Scores of Kashmiri passengers were left to fend for themselves Wednesday at Delhi airport when Air India cancelled the flight they were booked in after they reported for checking in. The aggrieved passengers accused Air India of deceit. “We cannot argue with them, because we are Kashmiri people and they take us for granted,” said […]

Hundreds of stranded passengers from Kashmir Tuesday staged a massive protest outside the Jammu airport and demanded their immediate airlifting to Srinagar, even as college and university students in the winter capital deferred their agitation after the police assured action against those who raised “anti-India slogans” during a scuffle yesterday. A witness said the police […]

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “treason” and violating the Official Secrets Act by acting as Anil Ambani’s “middleman” in the Rafale jet contract, citing an email to claim the businessman was aware of the deal days before India and France signed it. BJP, however, rejected the charge, saying […]

At a time when airliners are busy promoting low fares for overseas destinations, a passenger flying to Saudi Arabia from a metro city such as Hyderabad pays less than the one travelling between Srinagar and Delhi.

In the wake of closure of the Srinagar-Jammu highway, the airlines operating on the Srinagar-Jammu sector are arbitrarily charging fares from Rs 15,000 to Rs 18,000, indicating a hike of 500 percent when compared with prices on the sector during normal days.