Category: Civil Aviation

A Delhi Court on Saturday sent Shankar Mishra, accused of urinating on co-passenger mid-air, to a 14-day judicial remand. The court denied Mishra’s custody to police.

Just over 5 million people viewed Queen Elizabeth’s final flight on Tuesday, as the journey carrying the late monarch’s body from Edinburgh to London became the most tracked flight in history. Flight tracking website Flightradar24 said a total of 4.79 million people watched the flight live online, with a further quarter of million people watching […]

NEW DELHI: The government has decided to remove the cap on airfares it had imposed during the Covid pandemic restrictions and from September, all airlines will be free to decide what they want to charge from their passengers. “The decision to remove airfare caps has been taken after a careful analysis of daily demand and […]

Kolkata: IndiGo on Wednesday announced Ras Al-Khaimah as its 100th destination in it’s 6E network. The Indian private airline will start new direct flights between Mumbai and Ras Al-Khaimah from September 22. Ras Al-Khaimah, which is the sixth populous city of the United Arab Emirates, was named as Gulf Tourism Capital for 2020 and 2021 […]

Private lenders IDFC First Bank NSE -1.12 % and Yes Bank NSE -3.75 % and state-owned Indian Bank NSE 0.63 % have put their loans to SpiceJet Ltd NSE -4.53 % in the high-risk category, in the latest setback for the airline, people with knowledge of the matter told news agency Reuters. However, in a […]

New Delhi: Another Indian flight, a Hyderabad-bound IndiGo airliner from Sharjah was diverted to Pakistan’s Karachi airport after the pilot reported a technical defect. “IndiGo flight 6E-1406, operating from Sharjah to Hyderabad was diverted to Karachi. The pilot observed a technical defect. Necessary procedures were followed and as a precaution, the aircraft was diverted to […]

Kolkata: The Recaro Aircraft Seating (Recaro) BL3710 has been selected to outfit IndiGo’s brand-new A320neo and A321neo aircrafts. The low-cost airline will be the first to feature the bestselling economy class seat in the Indian sub-continent. The BL3710 economy class seat will be installed on 75 Airbus aircraft starting from January next year. Headquartered in […]

New Delhi: An engine of a Vistara aircraft on way from Bangkok failed after it landed at the Delhi airport but all passengers disembarked safely, officials of the aviation regulator DGCA said on Wednesday. When approached for comments, the airline said the integrated drive generator (IDG) on the engine developed a “minor” electrical malfunction after […]

New Delhi: After eight malfunctioning incidents reported in the last 18 days, the aviation watchdog, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), on Wednesday issued a show cause notice to SpiceJet, raising concerns over safety matters. The DGCA notice says that various incidents from April 1 this year till date have been reviewed by it […]

New Delhi: The Indian Air Force (IAF) has received over 1.83 lakh applications under the Agnipath recruitment scheme within six days of the registration process, an official communication said. The registration process that began on June 24 had seen filing of 94,281 applications by Monday, and 56,960 applications till Sunday. After the scheme was unveiled […]

New Delhi: A Jabalpur-bound SpiceJet flight returned to the Delhi airport on Saturday morning after passengers claimed smoke in the plane. According to SpiceJet Spokesperson, smoke was detected inside the plane when the aircraft was passing 5000 ft. The SG-2862 flight which took off from Delhi at 6:15 am for Jabalpur, landed back at 7:00 […]

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala-owned Akasa Air has received the delivery of its first aircraft, a Boeing 737 Max, in Seattle. It has ordered a total of 72 planes and aims to get 18 planes by March 2023, according to a statement.