Category: Civil Aviation

New Delhi, Mar 5: Eleven flights with more than 2,200 Indian evacuees will operate from Ukraine’s neighbouring countries to India on Sunday, the Civil Aviation Ministry said. About 3,000 Indians were airlifted on 15 flights to India on Saturday, the ministry’s statement noted. “These included 12 special civilian and 3 Indian Air Force (IAF) flights,” […]

New Delhi, Mar 6: Eight flights with over 1,500 Indians will operate from war-torn Ukraine’s neighbouring countries to India on Monday, the Civil Aviation Ministry stated on Sunday. The Ukrainian airspace has been shut since February 24 due to the Russian military offensive. Indian citizens fleeing Ukraine are being airlifted from its neighbours such as […]

Jammu, Mar 5: The Border Security Force (BSF) opened fire at a suspected Pakistani drone along the International Border (IB) here on Saturday, officials said as a massive search operation was launched to ensure no weapons or narcotics were dropped by it. A BSF spokesperson said alert troops of the force fired at the suspected […]

Jammu, Mar 4: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) Ramesh Kumar Friday cautioned the yatris against fraudsters booking fake helicopter tickets. “The sale of helicopter tickets for yatris travelling from Katra to Sanjichhat and back is the sole prerogative of SMVDSB and the board has not authorised any agent, agency, […]

New Delhi, Mar 4 : Eleven civilian and four Indian Air Force (IAF) flights will return to India on Saturday with Indians from Ukraine’s neighbouring countries, the Civil Aviation Ministry has stated. The 11 civilian flights are expected to bring back more than 2,200 Indians, with 10 landing in Delhi and one in Mumbai, the […]

Srinagar, Mar 4: After witnessing a sharp decrease in passenger occupancy since mid January this year, ambiguity has surrounded the fate of the Srinagar-Sharjah direct flight, with last minute cancellations causing huge inconvenience to travellers. A senior citizen, who is a medico by profession, was scheduled to travel from Srinagar to Sharjah on a direct […]

New Delhi, Feb 26: Air India’s first evacuation flight departed from Romanian capital Bucharest on Saturday afternoon for Mumbai with 219 Indian nationals who were stranded in Ukraine due to the ongoing Russian military offensive, officials said. The airline’s second evacuation flight departed from Delhi at 11.40 AM and is expected to land in Bucharest […]

New Delhi, Feb 26: The Indian Air Force on Saturday decided to pull out of a multilateral air exercise in the UK next month in view of the situation arising out of the crisis in Ukraine, officials said. The IAF on Saturday morning tweeted that it has decided not to deploy its aircraft for exercise […]

London: In a retaliatory move over UK’s ban on Russian flag carrier Aeroflot, President Vladimir Putin on Friday imposed a ban on British airlines from landing in Russia or using its airspace. Outlining the “largest and most severe package of economic sanctions that Russia has ever seen” in Parliament in response to Moscow’s invasion of […]

New Delhi: Air India will operate two flights to Romanian capital Bucharest on Friday to evacuate Indians stranded in Ukraine due to a Russian military offensive against it, senior government officials said. Indian nationals who have reached the Ukraine-Romania border by road will be taken to Bucharest by Indian government officials so that they can […]

Srinagar, Feb 24: After remaining suspended for the entire day yesterday, flight operations at Srinagar airport resumed on Thursday after improvement in visibility, officials said. “Visibility has improved to 1500M. Flight operations are commencing at Srinagar airport,” Director, Airports Authority of India, Srinagar, Kuldeep Singh said in a statement. An official said that the Spicejet […]

New Delhi: Indian students, largely those studying medicine, hailing from Delhi to Gujarat who arrived here from Ukraine said they were happy to be back in their home country amid escalating tensions between Russia and the eastern European country. Most of the students PTI spoke to soon after their arrival on Tuesday night said they […]