Category: Civil Aviation

Sarang helicopter display, Suryakiran aerobatic team along with Rafale, Tejas, Jaguar, Sukhoi-30 MKI promise a scintillating aerial display and flypast at Aero India 2023. The vintage DAKOTA DC-3 aircraft will also perform at the Aero show. On Saturday, the dress rehearsals for the 14th edition of Aero India – taking place in Bengaluru from February […]

Delhi Police have traced two Kenyan IP addresses in connection with a case of cheating lodged by an IndiGo Airlines employee alleging that a person posed as the CEO of the company and asked employees to buy free gift cards on Amazon, officers said. The police stated that IndiGo officials received calls and messages on […]

New Zealand’s national carrier canceled dozens of flights Sunday as Aucklanders braced for a deluge from Cyclone Gabrielle, two weeks after a record-breaking storm swamped the nation’s largest city and killed four people. Air New Zealand said it was canceling all domestic flights to and from Auckland through midday Tuesday as well as many international […]

Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation has fined Tata Group’s no-frills carrier AIX Connect (formerly AirAsia India) Rs 20 lakh and suspended the airline’s head of training for three months for failing to conduct a few mandatory exercises during pilot proficiency and instrument rating checks. Additionally, the DGCA has slapped a fine of Rs […]

Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation has fined Tata Group’s no-frills carrier AIX Connect (formerly AirAsia India) Rs 20 lakh and suspended the airline’s head of training for three months for failing to conduct a few mandatory exercises during pilot proficiency and instrument rating checks. Additionally, the DGCA has slapped a fine of Rs […]

The Karnataka government has decided to name the new airport at Shivamogga after former chief minister B S Yediyurappa and will send a proposal with the recommendation to the Centre, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the airport on February 27, coinciding with Yediyurappa’s 80th birthday. Speaking at […]

Ahead of Aero India 2023, which is scheduled to commence on February 13, the air space in Bengaluru will be partially closed between February 8 and 17. However, with partial closure of the air space, some flyers have expressed displeasure over the inconvenience that will be caused in the coming days. As a result, Hari […]

International prosecutors said they had found “strong indications” Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the use in Ukraine of a Russian missile system which shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) over the east of the country in 2014. However, evidence of Putin’s and other Russian officials’ involvement was not conclusive enough to lead to a […]

The Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru recorded a passenger traffic recovery of 82 per cent in 2022 compared to the pre-pandemic year of 2019. A total of 27.5 mn passengers travelled through the Bengaluru airport in 2022. The airport witnessed 85 per cent recovery in the domestic sector and 65 per cent recovery in the […]

The GVK Group Tuesday denied any “pressure from the Adani Group or anyone else” to sell the Mumbai airport. The statement came after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged that the Mumbai airport “was taken away from GVK” using “agencies” by the government. In an interview to NDTV, GVK Group Vice Chairman Sanjay Reddy said, “There […]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of Christian Michel James, an alleged middlemen in AgustaWestland chopper scam case and stated that he can pursue remedy of regular bail before a trial court. A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala said Michel’s argument that he be […]

Two pilots walked away with minor injuries after a Boeing 737 jet, converted for firefighting, crashed in Australia, officials said Tuesday. The twin-engine tanker owned by Canadian-based Coulson Aviation crashed in Fitzgerald River National Park in southern Western Australia state while fighting wildfires late Monday. Both pilots received only minor injuries even though the plane […]