Category: Civil Aviation

IAG-owned British Airways is expected to announce a suspension of about 36,000 of its employees, BBC News reported on Wednesday. The airline has reached a broad deal with the Unite union that will include suspension of jobs of 80% of BA’s cabin crew, ground staff, engineers and those working at head office, the news agency […]

In the four Vibrant Gujarat summits, the 49 MoUs inked in the Civil Aviation sector worth over Rs 20,641 crore have been cancelled due to “lack of civil aviation policy,” the Gujarat government told the state legislature on Thursday. In reply to a question asked by Congress MLA from Kapadvanj, Kalabhai Dabhi during the Question […]

A man’s wristwatch valued at Rs 1.5 lakh was stolen at the checking counter at Pune International Airport on Thursday. The 44-year-old man, who is the complainant, lodged an FIR at Vimantal police station. The complainant had come from Dubai in a flight in the early hours of Thursday. At 1.40 am, he passed through […]

An Ahmedabad-Jaipur GoAir flight was delayed by at least 30 minutes after a pigeon boarded the aircraft along with passengers. In a video that has gone viral on social media, the pigeon is seen flying up and down the aisle as passengers and crew members duck to avoid it, and attempt to catch it. It […]

InterGlobe Aviation, the parent company of India’s largest airline IndiGo, Friday announced convening a meeting of shareholders on January 29, at the request of co-promoter Rakesh Gangwal, for removing various provisions in the company’s Articles of Association (AoA). In signs that the feud between the two promoter groups is continuing to persist, Gangwal — who […]

A GoAir flight en route to Bengaluru was on Monday grounded in Singapore following a technical issue. According to GoAir spokesperson, flight – G8 28 Singapore – Bengaluru had an air turn back on priority shortly after takeoff. “There were 158 passengers on board. The aircraft is currently being attended to by the GoAir engineering […]

Two Airbus A320neo aircraft of IndiGo and GoAir, operating on domestic and international routes, returned safely to their origin airports on Monday, following snags including high vibration and oil smell in cockpit, respectively. The aircraft have been grounded at Delhi and Singapore airports. “On 09-12-2019, Indigo A320 (Neo) Aircraft VT-ITK operating flight 6E-552 (Delhi-Hyderabad) was […]

A pilot travelling on a Pune-Delhi flIght as a passenger had to step in and operate an IndiGo flight after the airline received a message that only CAT IIIB-qualified pilots would be allowed to land the aircraft at Delhi due to dense fog. Advertising The flight departed for Delhi with the replaced pilot at 9.10 […]

IndiGo and Go Airlines India Ltd. use the same type of engine made by Pratt & Whitney that’s susceptible to mid-flight shutdowns. Yet IndiGo, one of Airbus SE’s biggest customers, is the only one to encounter turbine failures this year, drawing heavy scrutiny from the aviation regulator. The reason could be linked to how the […]

An order for IndiGo to ground some of its Airbus SE A320neo planes for engine upgrades could impede the expansion of one of the world’s fastest-growing airlines. For every addition to its fleet, IndiGo must ground an A320neo plane that hasn’t had its Pratt & Whitney engines modified, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said […]

Planning to fly from Bengaluru to Delhi and vice-versa? Options to do so have just got better as new non-stop flights are in operation now. In the latest, Go Air has introduced additional frequencies on its Bangaluru-Delhi sectors. The airline will now have non-stop flights from Bengaluru to Delhi four times a week, with fares […]

Boeing Co Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg will acknowledge on Tuesday that the aircraft manufacturer made mistakes, as he appears at a congressional hearing on two 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people, according to written testimony made public on Monday. “We have learned and are still learning from these accidents, Mr Chairman. We know we […]