A 60-year-old pilot with IndiGo Airlines was allegedly abducted, held hostage in a private cab, and robbed of cash and ATM cards by a group of four men after he was offered a short ride to the parking lot at the IGI Airport from Terminal 1 in the early hours of Saturday. The pilot, Mohammad […]
Category: Civil Aviation
After 3-hour delay, Mumbai-Durgapur fliers threaten to halt boarding of SpiceJet flights
After a SpiceJet flight from Mumbai to Durgapur, scheduled to take off at 7.50am on Saturday, was delayed by several hours, personnel from the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) had to intervene when angry passengers threatened to prevent boarding of the airline’s other flights. Passengers of the same SG 6354 flight on Friday were forced […]
DGCA launches investigation as airlines’ buses collide at Delhi airport; four injured
Four passengers suffered minor injuries after buses of IndiGo and SpiceJet airlines collided at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport’s (IGIA’s) Terminal-2 (T-2) on Saturday evening. The incident happened just as the two buses were reaching the terminal with passengers from their aircraft, at around 4.30pm. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has initiated a […]
IndiGo can’t fly high with feud in the cockpit | Opinion
The co-founders of India’s No. 1 airline are engaged in a bitter feud. Theirquarrel couldn’t have come at a worse time for minority shareholders ofInterGlobe Aviation Ltd., the company that owns IndiGo. Investors were just starting to enjoy the fruits of a frenetic expansion that saw the no-frills carrier, Asia’s largest, double its capacity in […]
IndiGo shares drop by 19% as billionaire founders intensify feud
A feud atop Asia’s biggest budget airline by market value deepened after one of its co-founders accused the other of dubious governance practices, roiling the company’s shares and raising concerns that the dispute will drag on. Billionaire Rakesh Gangwal informed IndiGo’s operator, InterGlobe Aviation Ltd., that he flagged some of his governance concerns about co-founder […]
Bombay HC asks civil aviation ministry to ensure passengers’ safety
The Bombay high court (HC) on Wednesday directed the Union civil aviation ministry to disclose steps it will take to ensure passenger safety and convenience, after the city airport’s main runway had to be shut for 72 hours to clear a SpiceJet aircraft that had overshot it on July 1. The court noted that it […]
IndiGo co-founder turns to SEBI over alleged corporate governance violation
One of the co-founders of India’s largest airline IndiGo has alleged violation of corporate governance rules at parent company Interglobe Aviation Ltd and asked the securities regulator to intervene. The move appears to indicate that a boardroom dispute is escalating after a report in May that the co-founders and two largest shareholders of India’s largest […]
Gangwal writes to Sebi, escalating feud at IndiGo
The simmering feud between the two founders of InterGlobe Aviation Ltd, which runs India’s largest airline, took an ugly turn, with Rakesh Gangwal seeking the regulator’s intervention to curb alleged governance violations by co-founder Rahul Bhatia. The charges were denied by Bhatia, who accused Gangwal of trying to dilute the controlling rights of his holding […]
472 flights delayed, 11 cancelled at Mumbai airport due to rains on Monday
As many as 472 flights were delayed till 10.45pm at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) on Monday, according to flightradar24, an internet-based service. The airport was also briefly shut for operations owing to low visibility during the downpour and 11 flights were cancelled, said officials of Mumbai International Airport Pvt Ltd (MIAL). A […]
Airlines must stock fuel for an alternate landing: DGCA
After a series of incidents at various airports across the country, including the SpiceJet aircraft that overshot the main runway at Mumbai airport on July 1, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has once again emphasised its regulations on flights operating on minimum fuel in which pilots sought emergency landings. In a fresh air […]
British Airways fined £183m over computer theft of passenger data
Using new rules to prevent and impose fines for data breach, Britain’s information regulator on Monday announced a record £183.39 million fine on British Airways (BA) for a 2018 breach that led to its website users diverted to a fraud site. The highest fine so far was £500,000 imposed on Facebook for its role in […]
Two more US-built Chinook choppers for IAF reach India
US defence firm Boeing on Monday announced the arrival of two more CH-47F (I) Chinooks for the Indian Air Force at the Mundra port in Gujarat, five months after helicopter deliveries began. Boeing delivered the first four of the 15 Chinook heavy-lift helicopters on order in February. “The arrival of the two Chinooks is in […]