On 25 July 2000, Air France Flight 4590, crashed in Gonesse, France, killing all 100 passengers and nine crew members on board as well as four people on the ground. This was the flight of a famous supersonic Concorde aircraft, of a British–French turbojet-powered supersonic passenger airliner. In the 27 years history of Concorde flying, […]
Category: Civil Aviation
Precise landing of flights! AAI commissions Instrument Landing System at Odisha’s Veer Surendra Sai Airport
Odisha’s Airport gets new Instrument Landing System! Recently, a new Instrument Landing System (ILS) has been commissioned at Veer Surendra Sai Airport in Odisha by the Airports Authority of India (AAI). According to AAI, the newly commissioned Instrument Landing System will help in the precise landing at the Veer Surendra Sai Airport (Jharsuguda Airport). It […]
Bangalore International Airport to become Smart Airport! BIAL signs 10-year partnership with IBM; details
Bangalore International Airport to become Smart Airport in coming years! In a bid to create an “Airport in a Box” platform, which transforms technology, operations, as well as customer experience, the operator of Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru (KIAB/BLR Airport), Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), has signed a ten-year partnership with the company- IBM. A […]
AAI committees find Adani in violation of branding, logo pacts; Group begins making changes
Three committees of the Centre-run Airports Authority of India (AAI) in January found the Adani group to be in violation of branding norms, prescribed in the concession agreements, at the airports in Ahmedabad, Mangaluru and Lucknow that the conglomerate took over last year. Consequently, the Adani group companies — which are operating these three airports […]
Noida international Airport at Jewar: Zurich Airport International signs shareholder agreement with NIAL
Noida International Airport: Noida has been looking forward to getting an international airport for a long time, and now, the Zurich Airport International has signed a shareholder agreement with Noida International Airport Limited or NIAL, an entity under the Uttar Pradesh government, for the development of the Noida International Airport. The agreement was signed by […]
Boeing cuts production on the 787 to address flaw
Boeing will cut production of its large 787 aircraft after a structural flaw was discovered in some undelivered planes. The production rate for the 787, which it calls the Dreamliner, will fall below five per month and the Chicago company said Tuesday that it now anticipates that it will deliver less than half of the […]
No end to woes of aviation sector in near term
Painting a grim picture, global aviation consultant CAPA believes the second Covid wave could precipitate a collapse of the aviation sector. It forecasts ~82% of pre-Covid demand by March 2022 and possibly ~100% by H2FY23.
Modi Cabinet 2.0: Jyotiraditya Scindia given charge of Civil Aviation Ministry
Jyotiraditya Scindia has been appointed as the new Civil Aviation Ministry by the Modi government. Hardeep Puri, who headed the Ministry of Civil Aviation, will now head Urban Development and Petroleum Ministry, the government announced. Scindia is among the prominent new faces that have been inducted into the Modi Cabinet on Wednesday. Interestingly, his father […]
Airbus India liable to 18% GST on ‘intermediary services’ to overseas holding firm
Airbus India’s technical advisory and procurement services for its France-based holding company are ‘intermediary services’ and liable to 18 per cent GST, Authority for Advance Ruling has said. Airbus Group India had approached the Karnataka bench of the AAR, seeking a ruling on whether the services rendered by it to its holding company Airbus Invest […]
India’s domestic traffic was 71% lower in May 2021 compared to May 2019: IATA
India’s domestic traffic was 71 percent lower in May this year compared to the corresponding period in 2019 amid the emergence of more contagious Delta variant of coronavirus, global airlines body IATA said on Wednesday. Passenger traffic is measured in revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs), which is calculated by multiplying the number of seats that were […]
More people board domestic flights to travel in June leaving Covid-19 worries behind
As many as 30 lakh people boarded domestic flights in June to travel within India after the number of Covid-19 cases declined. This was a substantial increase post the second wave in May, where 19.8 lakh travelled with flights. In order to take passengers, 31,700 departures took place last month. This has also increased from […]
Jet Airways resolution: Shares to remain listed, new owners propose FPO
The new owners of Jet Airways have proposed to keep the airline listed and plans to bring a follow-on-public offer (FPO) for restoring minimum public shareholding, as per resolution plan mentioned in the written order of NCLT. The Murari Lal Jalan and Kalrock Capital consortium has proposed to issue 1 equity share for every 100 […]