An Air India flight from New York to Delhi was diverted to London on Monday due to a medical emergency, according to an official. According to data available on the flight tracking website Flightradar24, the flight is being operated with a Boeing 777-337 (ER) aircraft. The official said the flight was diverted to London due […]
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IndiGo flight diverted to Lucknow after bomb hoax
An IndiGo flight from New Delhi to Odisha’s Deogarh was diverted to the Lucknow airport following a “specific bomb threat” which was later declared a hoax, the airlines said. Flight 6E 6191 was checked thoroughly at the Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (CCSIA) and was cleared for a takeoff 2.35 hours later, an airport official […]
Shivamogga Airport to be named after Kannada poet Kuvempu; trial run begins with air force craft
The much-awaited Shivamogga airport, which will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 27, will be named after noted Kannada poet and Jnanpith awardee Mahakavi Kuvempu, the Karnataka cabinet decided Monday. The state government also said that the proposal to name the airport after the revered poet will be submitted to the Centre […]
BEL signs MoU with DRDO for Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft programme
Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) Tuesday announced that it has signed an MoU with Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), a laboratory of Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO), for the fifth generation Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) programme. The MoU aims at leveraging the complementary strengths and capabilities of BEL and ADA, wherein both parties will cooperate for […]
Flight ops resume at Cooch Behar
AS PART of the Centre’s Regional Connectivity Udan Scheme, flight operations resumed on Tuesday from Cooch Behar Airport, as an India One Air flight to Kolkata took off at 3:05 pm. The flight was flagged off by Nisith Pramanik, Minister of State, Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports. No state […]
Jet Airways case: Bombay HC asks ED why ECIR against Naresh Goyal, wife can’t be quashed
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) why its money laundering case against Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal and wife Anita Goyal cannot be quashed as the scheduled offence has been already set aside by the court. Justice Revati Mohite-Dere and Justice Prithviraj K Chavan were hearing a plea filed by […]
More airports, better connectivity bringing people closer, boosting national progress: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the aviation sector is bringing people closer and boosting national progress with more airports and better connectivity. The prime minister shared a tweet by Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia about domestic air traffic touching a new post-COVID high of nearly 4.45 lakh on February 19. “More airports and […]
SpiceJet board to consider fund raising, convert liabilities into equity
SpiceJet on Tuesday said its board will meet on Friday to consider options to raise funds as well as to convert certain outstanding liabilities into equity shares of the company. The no-frills airline, which has been grappling with multiple headwinds, including legal woes, is looking to raise fresh capital through issuance of eligible securities to […]
Delhi airport drain project expected to be completed by June
The ongoing airport drain project aimed at providing relief from flooding and waterlogging in and around Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport and adjacent sectors of Dwarka during monsoon is expected to be completed by June. The project is among the first to have been taken up by Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena and is a […]
Air India will require more than 6,500 pilots for 470 planes: Report
Air India will require more than 6,500 pilots to operate 470 aircraft that are to be supplied by Airbus and Boeing in the coming years, according to industry sources. Seeking to expand fleet as well as operations, the airline has placed orders for acquiring a total of 840 aircraft that includes an option to buy […]
With option to buy 370 more planes, Air India’s mega 470-aircraft order could end up even bigger at 840
Air India’s mega 470-aircraft order to Boeing and Airbus could end up even bigger as the airline has an option to buy an additional 370 planes from the manufacturers, chief commercial and transformation officer Nipun Aggarwal said. The current 470-aircraft order is the largest placed by an airline in one go anywhere in the world, […]
Lufthansa IT meltdown strands thousands of passengers worldwide
An IT failure at Lufthansa stranded passengers and forced flights to Germany’s busiest airport to be cancelled or diverted on Wednesday, with the airline blaming botched railway engineering works that damaged broadband cables. More than 200 flights have been cancelled so far in Frankfurt, a vital international transit hub and one of Europe’s biggest airports, […]