Category: Civil Aviation

NEW DELHI: IndiGo on Friday said its board of directors will hold a meeting on July 30 to consider raising funds through measures like issuance of equity shares, foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCBs) and non-convertible debentures. On July 20, the airline had said it would lay off 10 per cent of its workforce to fly […]

New Delhi: All international passengers arriving through flights arranged under air bubbles are subjected to two layers of health screening besides mandatory seven days institutional quarantine at their own cost followed by a seven day home quarantine, officials said on Friday. The arrangements being made for passengers arriving through air bubbles flights were discussed at […]

KOLKATA: Flight operations at the Kolkata airport will remain suspended on July 25 and 29, amid the total lockdown in place across the state on both the days, officials said on Friday. “As of now, it has been decided that there will be no flight operations on July 25 and 29,” an official at the […]

It is unprincipled for the senior officials of Air India to exclude their perks and entitlements from the cost-cutting measures that the airline has implemented during the last few days, said the two leading pilot unions of the carrier on Friday. Air India had on Wednesday announced upto 50 per cent reduction in monthly allowances […]

MUMBAI: Budget carrier GoAir on Friday launched a scheme, ‘GoFlyPrivate’, to offer passengers “private zone” in the aircraft by allowing them to book multiple rows on a single PNR. The airline said the facility costs “a fraction of a full-fledged private charter flight”.

Even as the aviation sector goes through a rough phase, the state-run airline Air India has brought good news for its employees. Air India today said that it will not lay off any of its employees due to cost-cutting measures. In a meeting held at the Ministry of Civil Aviation, the Air India Board also […]

Emirates airline is offering some pilots and cabin crew up to four months of unpaid leave, as it strives to manage the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, an internal email said. The Dubai state-owned carrier, facing a cash crunch caused by the pandemic, has already cut salaries and thousands of jobs, including pilots and cabin […]

NEW DELHI: SpiceJet NSE -1.31 % has been designated as an Indian scheduled airline to operate services to the United States, a milestone that the airline claims is expected to help the company better chart its international expansion plans. However, industry experts say that getting designated as a carrier is the easiest part and launching […]

SpiceJet on Thursday said it will operate nine charter flights in association with bollywood actor Sonu Sood to repatriate over 1,500 Indian students from Kyrgyzstan during the next two months. “SpiceJet operated the first charter flight from Bishkek (capital of Kyrgyzstan) to bring back 135 students to their hometown of Varanasi today,” the airline said […]

NEW DELHI: Unlike other airlines that have laid off a large number of workers, no employee of Air India will lose his job, the national carrier said on Thursday. The largest airline of the country, IndiGo, announced on Monday that it would lay off 10 per cent of its workforce due to the economic crisis […]

NEW DELHI: Air India’s cost-cutting measures such as pay cuts and compulsory leave without pay (LWP) scheme could have “potentially disastrous psychological impact” on some employees, a leading pilots’ union of the airline said on Thursday. Moreover, more than 60 Air India pilots have tested COVID-19 positive till date, the Executive Pilots Association (EPA) told […]

Mumbai: Vistara Friday announced it has received its first Airbus A321, the stretched, longer ranged version of the A320, the most popular passenger aircraft in the world. The airline said it has become the first in south Asia to provide flat beds on a narrow bodied plane. The aircraft is part of the order of […]