While nine-year-old Krishna Mandal was surprised that Mumbai’s tallest buildings were suddenly as small as his fingers, his 12-year-old brother Suraj wanted to catch the clouds and eat them. The duo squabbled over the window seat of an Air Asia flight they had boarded from Mumbai to Ranchi Thursday morning, recalled their father Rajendra Tulsi […]
Category: Civil Aviation
MP: Man hires 180-seater plane to ferry four family members to ‘avoid crowd’ at airport
A Bhopal-based high net worth individual hired a 180-seater A320 plane of a private carrier to ferry four family members to New Delhi, in a bid to avoid crowd at the airport and in-flight amid the COVID-19 outbreak, officials said on Thursday. The person, who is a liquor baron, chartered the aircraft to send to […]
Restrict flights from hotspot states: Karnataka to Centre
The Karnataka government has written to the Centre seeking to restrict the number of flights arriving from states with high prevalence of Covid-19, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa said here on Thursday. “We have requested the Central government to restrict the number of flights arriving from places with high prevalence of Covid-19. The ban on entry […]
As flyers test positive upon arrival, states look to tighten SOPs
Even as most states have strict quarantine and testing norms for passengers arriving by domestic flights, some like Delhi, Goa, etc had comparatively easier standard operating procedures (SOPs). But now with some passengers testing positive for coronavirus upon arrival, a further clampdown of stance by the states on free movement of air passengers could be […]
Confusion still prevails, 357 passengers arrive in Chandigarh
Confusion prevailed on day two at the Chandigarh International Airport in Mohali after Chandigarh-Mumbai flight got cancelled. A total of 357 domestic passengers arrived at the airport on different flights and 257 passengers departed from the airport till 6 pm. A statement issued by the airport said that “IndiGo flight from Mumbai was cancelled due […]
Domestic flight operations resume at Kolkata airport after two months
Domestic flight operations to and from Kolkata resumed on Thursday after a gap of two months due to the COVID-19 lockdown. Though domestic flight operations across the country began on May 25, they could not be restarted in Kolkata as the state machinery was involved in relief and restoration work after Cyclone Amphan whiplashed many […]
Boeing cuts 12,000 jobs, resumes production of grounded jet
Boeing is cutting more than 12,000 US jobs through layoffs and buyouts as the coronavirus pandemic seizes the travel industry. And the aircraft maker says more cuts are coming. Shortly after disclosing the job cuts, Boeing announced Wednesday that it has resumed production of the grounded 737 Max jetliner. Two deadly crashes of Max jets […]
IAF operationalises no.18 Squadron, equips it with LCA Tejas
The Indian Air Force on Wednesday inducted the first Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas FOC (Final Operational Clearance) standard and operationalised its Squadron 18 “Flying Bullets” at the Air Force Station at Sulur in the city’s outskirts. An Inter faith prayer was performed before induction of Tejas Mk-1, manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautical Ltd, Bengaluru, whose […]
Many left in the lurch as 82 flights are cancelled
Even as hundreds of people moved in and out of Delhi through the airport on its first day of operations, many were left disappointed after multiple flights were cancelled following late communications between states and the Centre. As many as 82 flights — departures and arrivals — were cancelled at Delhi airport on Monday. While […]
AirAsia Hyderabad flight develops technical glitch, carries out ‘precautionary’ engine shut down
Budget carrier AirAsia India on Tuesday said that one of its Hyderabad-bound flights from Jaipur faced a “technical” glitch, forcing it carry out a “precautionary” landing on one engine only. The incident that happened on Tuesday is being probed by regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation while a detailed inspection of the aircraft is being […]
No green strings attached in Lufthansa’s bailout package
Germany’s multi-billion euro bailout of Deutsche Lufthansa AG may cost the airline some precious airport slots, but one thing it won’t have to do is meet any new environmental rules. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government on Monday offered Lufthansa a 9 billion-euro ($9.9 billion) package to help the carrier survive the coronavirus pandemic. There was no […]
Mumbai airport operates 41 flights on Day 2
On the second day after Mumbai airport resumed restricted operations of domestic flights, 41 flights were operated by six airlines to 13 locations. Of this, 22 departed from the city and 19 arrived, ferrying a total of 4,224 passengers comprising 3,114 departing and 1,110 arriving fliers. Most passenger load continued to be for departures to […]