An AirAsia India flight from Hyderabad with 174 passengers on board made an emergency landing at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport on Monday morning due to a hydraulic problem. The plane landed safely on runway 28 at the IGI at 11.14 a.m. A full emergency was declared at 11 a.m. and was withdrawn at 11.38 […]
Category: Civil Aviation
Smaller aircraft may soon take off from Tambaram Air Force station
Smaller aircraft, particularly ATRs, may soon take off from the Tambaram Air Force station, as the Chennai airport has been increasingly getting saturated. A mini terminal will be built for passengers to complete the check-in and check-out procedures at the air base. Officials of Airports Authority of India (AAI) said the plan was under consideration […]
Air space violation: Delhi-bound Georgian aircraft that took off from Karachi intercepted over Gujarat
A Georgian An-12 transport aircraft that took off from Karachi bound for New Delhi, was intercepted by Indian Air Force (IAF) fighters on Friday afternoon after it deviated from its flight path. The plane was forced to land at Saganer International Airport in Jaipur for investigations after it entered Indian air space from an unscheduled […]
AAI moves to take over Jet office space
Even as the deadline for bidding ended on Friday, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) started the process of taking over offices of Jet Airways at various airports, along with cancelling Airport Entry Passes of employees . While the Kolkata office has been sealed, the Udaipur office of the defunct airline was repossessed. In Chennai, […]
Etihad turns up at eleventh hour as lone bidder for Jet Airways
Etihad Airways PJSC, which holds 24% stake in Jet Airways on Friday submitted a binding bid to acquire additional minority stake in Jet Airways in the bank-led resolution plan. Lenders had put 75% stake of Jet Airways on sale. Etihad’s bid came just before the end of the deadline for receipt of binding bids invited […]
Air India to cut rates for last-minute passengers
Air India will offer a heavy discount to passengers booking a domestic flight for last-minute travel, the national carrier announced on Friday. The decision was taken at a review meeting at the airline’s headquarters here. Air India said travellers buying a ticket within three hours of departure could benefit from its offer. “The last-minute traveller… […]
Naresh Goyal hopes Jet Airways will fly again
Jet Airways founder and promoter Naresh Goyal has expressed the hope the airline will fly again after the completion of the bank- led resolution plan (BLRP). “At the onset of the 26th anniversary of Jet Airways, the mood was sombre, poignant. Neeta [his wife Anita Goyal] and I were moved beyond words to see … […]
IndiGo warns customers not to share sensitive information
Low-cost carrier IndiGo has said that its brand name is being misused by certain people who have managed to extract personal information and confidential bank details of gullible customers under a vishing scam. In a warning issued after several people approached the airline seeking their money back, IndiGo said, “Please be cautioned that certain people […]
Jet Airways employees protest government inaction
Two days away from the Jet Airways’s 26th anniversary on May 5, employees gathered at Azad Maidan on Friday to conduct a silent protest the government’s inaction in helping the cash-strapped airline. Dressed in their uniforms, the employees held placards which read ‘Hear Our Cry, Save Jet Airways,’ ‘We pay loads of tax, please don’t […]
Air India, Emirates await DGCA approval
Air India and Dubai-based Emirates are still awaiting the approval of the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to resume the operation of their wide-bodied aircraft at the Calicut airport. Both airlines have submitted reports on compatibility study and safety assessment for the purpose. Currently, only Saudia (Saudi Arabian Airlines) is operating wide-bodied aircraft after […]
Commercial flights yet to take off at Hindon
Two months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a civil terminal at Indian Air Force’s Hindon airbase in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad for the government’s low-cost flying scheme, flights are yet to take off. The ‘civil enclave’ at the airbase was envisaged as an alternative to the congested Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, which […]
IndiGo cancels 11 flights
IndiGo cancelled 11 flights to various destinations from Visakhapatnam in view of the bad weather on Thursday. The AirAsia flight from Kolkata to Visakhapatnam was diverted to Bhubaneswar due to strong winds. It, however, reached Visakhapatnam later, Dhananjaya Rao, officiating Airport Director, told The Hindu. The following were the cancelled IndiGo flights: 6E 879 Bengaluru […]