Category: Civil Aviation

Around 174 passengers on board a GoAir Delhi-Patna-Delhi flight had a narrow escape when the aircraft suffered a bird hit at the time of landing at the Jai Prakash Narayan International (JPNI) airport here late on Tuesday evening. The Airbus A320 Neo aircraft was grounded late Tuesday evening after sensor attached to landing gear number […]

It was a busy day for the staff of Airport Authority of India (AAI) as two flights, with more than 200 passengers on board, made an emergency landing at the Chaudhary Charan Singh (CCS) airport in Lucknow on Thursday. A Delhi-bound Air India flight from Durgapur (West Bengal) with 108 passengers and crew members on […]

The cost of air travel is going to increase marginally as a panel formed to review Passenger Service Fee (PSF) travellers pay has recommended the raise to recover the growing expenses incurred on security at airports. The domestic passengers will end up paying Rs 220 extra and international passengers up to $4.85 or around Rs […]

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday challenged Prime Minister Narenda Modi to face an investigation over alleged wrongdoing in the Rafale fighter jets deal, and said the new motto of the government should be “gayab ho gaya” (gone missing), a day after the Centre told the Supreme Court that some documents related to the deal […]

The Gautam Budh Nagar district administration faces an uphill task in the construction of international airport at Jewar as it needs to shift several ponds, natural drains, as well as the Jewar-Bulandshahr connecting road to make way for the airport. It has to replace the natural resources that it removes for the construction of the […]

Rafale combat aircraft flew at lower than its normal speed at Aero India 2019 on Wednesday, news agency ANI reported, as a mark of respect to Wing Commander Sahil Gandhi, the pilot of the Surya Kiran Aerobatics Team who lost his life in a plane crash a day ago. The five-day long biennial event took […]

Shortly after two Indian Air Force (IAF) jets collided mid-air while rehearsing on Tuesday for Aero India 2019, spectators present in the stands initially thought the pilots were performing a new manoeuvre after having displayed the “mirror pass” — a move made popular by the famous movie Top Gun. Two Hawk advanced jet trainers of […]

Budget passenger carrier SpiceJet will commence 12 new direct flights on its domestic network, starting March 31, 2019. According to the company, the new services include daily direct flights on the Bhopal-Surat-Bhopal, Gorakhpur-Mumbai-Gorakhpur and Jaipur-Dharamshala-Jaipur sectors. “We see immense potential in these sectors and are delighted to introduce these 12 flights on our domestic network,” […]

At least 67% of the distress calls flyers made to police from Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport related to matters concerning the airlines and issues related to tickets, delays, boarding or timings of the flights. A total of 72% of the police control room calls flyers made last year required no police intervention, officials say. […]

Debt-ravaged Jet Airways India Ltd, the country’s biggest so-called full-service airline, is selling a majority stake for 1 rupee. It’s part of a bailout plan by its state-owned lenders that will give the airline time to arrange fresh equity. The complicated arrangement is on track to be voted through on February 21, in what would […]

Two aircraft of Indian Air Force’s Surya Kiran Aerobatics Team collided at the Yelahanka airbase in Bengaluru on Tuesday. The aircraft were rehearsing for the Aero India show in Bengaluru.Both the pilots ejected but one of them was severely injured and has been rushed to a hospital. Visuals showed smoke billowing from the site and […]

As the Bengaluru airport has shut its runway partially for the air show from February 20 to 24, the ticket fares have gone up by at least three to five times. The average fare for one-way travel from Mumbai to Bengaluru around this time of the year is ₹5,000. On Saturday, a ticket on a […]