Category: Civil Aviation

As part of streamlining the parking system at Tiruchi airport, a revised parking fee structure will be in place from April 1. Airport Director K. Gunasekaran told reporters here on Saturday that the Airports Authority of India had decided to do away with the system of awarding contracts for collecting parking fee. It would collect […]

Indonesia’s national carrier Garuda will call off a multi-billion-dollar order for 49 Boeing 737 Max 8 jets after two fatal crashes involving the plane, the company said on Friday, in what is thought to be the first formal cancellation for the model. “We have sent a letter to Boeing requesting that the order be cancelled,” […]

After pulling out of Abu Dhabi, Manchester and Hong Kong over the past 48 hours, Jet Airways on Thursday slashed its domestic schedule by cutting departures from Delhi to all metro cities, except Mumbai. A look at the schedules from Delhi showed that, on Thursday, there were no domestic departures to Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai and […]

As Jet Airways makes an effort to get the cash-strapped airline back on track, its pilots have started to resign and move to other carriers. While 10 to 15 pilots from JetLite and Jet Konnect have joined Air India Express, many of the other Boeing 737-800 Next Generation (NG) pilots have opted for SpiceJet, which […]

SpiceJet on Friday said it was in discussion with various lessors to bring in more planes into its fleet. Twelve down The no-frills airline has grounded 12 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft following regulatory directives earlier this month. “In order to cater to the gap from the reduced fleet size due to grounding of Max fleet, […]

Calicut International Airport director K. Srinivasa Rao has said that action will be initiated against mischief makers trying to spread fake news via social and print media on hike in car parking fee at the airport from April 1. He added that steps had been taken to identify those behind the news. As such, no […]

The Central Railway (CR) will put in place a new system to inspect and repair foot overbridges (FOBs) in the Mumbai suburban section. CR will be soon appointing external agencies to continuously monitor the health of overbridges and conduct necessary repairs. Firms that are awarded the contracts will be required to provide periodic reports of […]

India’s fuel demand rose 3.8% in February as free cooking gas connections spurred LPG consumption while petrol and diesel use continued to rise. Fuel consumption in February totalled 17.41 million tonnes as compared to 16.77 million tonnes in the same month last year, data from the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) of the Oil […]

Aviation watchdog DGCA on Tuesday said that 41 Jet Airways flights are currently available for operation and there may be “further attrition” of flights “in coming weeks” as it observed the situation as “dynamic”. As per the Jet Airways’ website, it has a fleet of 119 aircraft in total. For the past few weeks, passengers […]

Jet Airways pilots on Tuesday threatened to stop flying from April 1, unless salaries were paid or a resolution plan was agreed upon by the airline management, Etihad and the banks by the month-end. The decision was taken at the annual general body meeting of their union, National Aviators Guild (NAG), in Mumbai on Tuesday. […]

The government is under pressure from stakeholders involved in airport decision-making and those working for development of the capital for seeking legal remedy to keep the Adani Enterprises Limited (AEL) from managing, operating and operating the Thiruvananthapuram international airport for the next 50 years. The move of the Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC), which […]

France’s Dassault Aviation forecast higher net sales for 2019 and more orders of planes as it posted a rise in annual sales and profits. The maker of Rafale warplanes and Falcon business jets said its 2018 operating profits had surged 87% from the previous year to 669 million euros ($761 million), while net sales rose […]