Category: Civil Aviation

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned till August 13 the hearing on a petition filed by fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya seeking a stay on confiscation of properties owned by him and his relatives. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi deferred the matter after being informed that Mallya’s lawyer Fali S […]

Nashville: In a bizarre incident, a flight attendant of Southwest Airlines was in the overhead compartment. A photo on Twitter by a passenger showed the flight attendant stretched out in the overhead bin of the plane during a flight from Nashville to Philadelphia. The passenger tweeted and tagged the airline: “Is this a dream.” According […]

Mumbai: With India’s strong economic growth fueling demand for business travel, airfares, hotel rates and ground transport prices are expected to increase in 2020, according to a report. While airfare is likely to grow by 5 per cent (in Rupees terms) the hotel rates and ground transport prices are likely to climb up by 6.8 […]

New Delhi: A record of 4.4 billion people flew last year across the world registering a growth in passengers’ air-travel of 6.9pc over 2017 which also represented an additional 284 million trips by air. This has come up in the performance figures of 2018 Airline Industry Statistics, released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), […]

Kolkata: Strengthening its presence in South-East Asia, IndiGo, India’s leading airline, on Tuesday announced its entry into Vietnam connecting its capital Hanoi with Kolkata. Hanoi will be IndiGo’s 19th International and 75th overall destination. From October 3, the private airline will operate its non-stop daily flights between Kolkata and Hanoi with one-way fares starting at […]

New Delhi: Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has suspended the license of two SpiceJet pilots in connection with an accident a Mumbai-bound flight met with on July 1. Their license has been suspended for a period of one year and they are also required to undergo corrective training. The aviation watchdog found that the […]

Bhopal: More than 150 passengers of a Mumbai-bound IndiGo flight from the city survived a scare on Monday evening when the pilot aborted take-off last minute at the Raja Bhoj airport in Bhopal due to some trouble with the aircraft’s wheels, an official said. An IndiGo airline executive confirmed the incident and said all the […]

New Delhi: A six-month-old baby died on-board a Delhi-bound SpiceJet flight, police said on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Rachita Kumari, a native of Begusarai. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), IGI Airport Sanjay Bhatia said the child was suffering from heart disease and was being brought to Delhi for treatment. “A six-month-old baby died […]

New Delhi: An Air India pilot has been grounded for three months after he tested positive in a pre-flight breath analyser (BA) test here on Saturday. The pilot wanted to fly as a passenger from Delhi to Bengaluru. Since the flight was full, he requested to fly in the cockpit as an additional crew member. […]

New Delhi: For the first time since February’s Balakot strike, Pakistan on Tuesday opened its airspace for all civilian traffic, as per the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority. “With immediate effect, Pakistan airspace is open for all type of civilian traffic on published ATS routes,” read a notice to airmen (NOTAM) issued by the authority. The […]

New Delhi: A Delhi High Court Tuesday refused to allow Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal to leave India and sought response of the Centre on his plea challenging a look out circular issued against him. Justice Suresh Kait said no interim relief can be granted to Goyal at this stage and added that he may […]

New Delhi: Air India on Tuesday said that pilgrims returning from Saudi Arabia after Haj will be allowed to carry holy water from the Zamzam well within the permissible baggage allowance. The well of Zamzam is located in Mecca in Saudi Arabia and many Haj pilgrims bring the holy water from the well for family […]