NEW DELHI : No-frill carrier SpiceJet Limited will start a coronavirus vaccination drive from 17 May, as it hopes to inoculate all its employees across all its stations in the country, the airline said on Wednesday. “The company-sponsored vaccination drive will start from Delhi and Gurugram and will cover SpiceJet employees across all the stations […]
Category: Civil Aviation
SpiceJet to start vaccination drive for all employees from May 17
Budget carrier SpiceJet has said it will start a company-sponsored vaccination drive for all its employees from May 17. The drive will commence from Delhi and Gurugram, which is SpiceJet’s headquarters, and will cover the airline’s employees across all the stations on its network, a release said on Wednesday. SpiceJet said it has around 15,000 […]
Indian Air Force flown 1,400 hours in 21 days to boost oxygen supply
The Indian Air Force has flown over 32 sorties of its transport aircraft and helicopters to move 498 oxygen tankers from both within India and abroad to help the country amid the oxygen shortage. According to the IAF, it has been engaged in airlifting of oxygen both within and outside the country since April 21 […]
Flying to and from Goa? Dabolim airport to remain shut during night. Check timing ,dates
Panaji: The flight operations during nights at the Goa airport will be shut till September 2021 as the runway is being closed for modernisation, a senior official said. The Goa airport is part of the INS Hansa Base at Vasco town in Goa. Indian Navy spokesman said the modernisation work has began from May 8 […]
For GoAir, an IPO may be the cheapest route to raise funds
Wadia Group-operated GoAir’s proposed initial public offering (IPO) could be a frantic bid by promoters of the budget airline to raise funds at a time when the civil aviation sector is facing the fury of the covid pandemic. “It seems like a desperate attempt (to raise funds) by the promoters as the Indian government is […]
Delhi Airport to shut Terminal 2 temporarily due to fall in passenger traffic amid Covid
The T2 terminal of the Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) will remain shut temporarily from 17 May midnight as the capital continues to witness a sharp surge in the number of Covid-19 cases. Terminal 2 of Delhi airport will close temporarily due to a fall in passenger traffic as the number of flights have reduced […]
Boeing 737 MAX deliveries shrink to four planes in April due to electrical issue
Boeing Co said on Tuesday 737 MAX jet deliveries fell to just four airplanes in April from 19 in the previous month, as the U.S. planemaker’s best-selling aircraft struggles with an electrical problem that has re-grounded part of the fleet. Boeing said last month it was halting deliveries of the jet again due to the […]
‘Global airline sector set for a rebound’
Credit rating agency Moody’s Investor Service on Tuesday changed the outlook for the global airline industry to positive from negative stating that vaccinations will drive strong growth in travel demand over the next 12-18 months. “We expect this positive demand trend to run for many quarters, into 2023. Increasing coronavirus vaccinations around the globe will […]
Air India cancels vaccine drive at Delhi due to unavailability of jabs
NEW DELHI : National carrier Air India Limited has cancelled vaccination camps at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) on 11 May and 13 May due to unavailability of coronavirus vaccines, the airline said in an internal note to its employees. “The proposed covid vaccination camp at GSD complex in IGIA on 11.05.2021 & 13.05.2021 […]
Air India cancels Covid vaccination camp for 2 days due to ‘non-availability’ of vaccines
Air India on Monday told its employees that it will not be able to hold COVID-19 vaccination camps for them at the Delhi airport on Tuesday and Thursday due to “non-availability” of vaccines. The airline had last Tuesday said it would vaccinate all its employees against COVID-19 by the end of this month as a […]
IndiGo’s board approves raising ₹3,000 crore through QIP
NEW DELHI : The board of directors of InterGlobe Aviation Limited, which operates the country’s largest domestic airline IndiGo has approved raising upto ₹3,000 crore through a Qualified Institutions Placement (QIP) process, the company said in a stock exchange notification on Monday. “…the Board of Directors of InterGlobe Aviation Limited (the “Company”), at its meeting […]
Vistara to operate direct flights between Delhi and Tokyo from 16 June
Vistara, a joint venture between Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines, will start non-stop flights between Indian and Japan from 16 June, the airline said in a statement on Monday. The airline will operate weekly flights between New Delhi and Tokyo using its Boeing 787-9 aircraft with three-class cabin configuration (economy, premium economy and business class) […]