Category: Civil Aviation

Flight Lieutenant Hina Jaiswal from Chandigarh has scripted history by becoming the first woman flight engineer to be inducted by the Indian Air Force (IAF) Having completed the six-month Flight Engineer course on Friday, Jaiswal will now be posted to a helicopter squadron where she will monitor and operate IAF’s complex aircraft in various conditions, […]

The city airport’s six-hour shutdown, three days a week for repair of runways, has led to a steep rise in airfares on the Mumbai-Delhi route – the busiest in the country. The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA), which handles an average of 950 operations daily, has taken 230 flights off the schedule on Tuesdays, […]

Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said the central government was committed to making air services affordable to everyone. Flagging off the first flight for the holy city of Najaf in Iraq from Chaudhary Charan Singh airport in Lucknow, Singh said: “Today, India has 100 airports. The central government has succeeded in providing air […]

Europe’s Airbus announced plans to scrap production of the A380 superjumbo on Thursday, abandoning its dream of dominating the skies with a cruiseliner for the 21st century after years of lacklustre sales. The world’s largest airliner, with two decks of spacious cabins and room for 544 people in standard layout, was designed to challenge Boeing’s […]

The aviation regulator has decided to review the flight schedule of cash-strapped Jet Airways twice in a month to monitor the number of cancellations, two officials familiar with the matter said. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is also assessing the situation at IndiGo, which is cancelling almost 30 flights daily but said its […]

Five people died and two were injured after a small plane apparently came apart Sunday over a suburban Southern California neighbourhood, raining debris on streets and backyards and igniting a house fire, authorities said.

Thirty two-year-old Indian Air Force (IAF) squadron leader Samir Abrol had a special liking for the French aircraft Mirage 2000, which is flown by the IAF. Abrol, with co-pilot squadron leader Siddharth Negi, 31, were killed as their Mirage 2000 aircraft crashed Friday morning while on a test sortie at the old Hindustan Aeronautics Limited […]

A barn owl somehow made its way to the cockpit of a Jet Airways aircraft in Mumbai.

UK home secretary Sajid Javid has signed an order to extradite Vijay Mallya, who is wanted in India to face charges of financial irregularities running into thousands of crores of rupees, even as those with knowledge of the developments said on Monday the beleaguered liquor tycoon had 14 days to appeal the decision.

The British government has cleared the extradition process of businessman Vijay Mallya, wanted in multi-crore loan recovery cases by several banks, to India.

India on Monday welcomed the UK government ordering the extradition of embattled liquor baron Vijay Mallya and said it awaits “early completion” of the legal process in the matter.

A dense fog enveloped Delhi on Monday morning as several flights to and from the national capital were delayed and 27 trains were running late, officials said.