Category: Civil Aviation

Phase I of Chennai International Airport’s new integrated terminal building (NITB) is scheduled to be commissioned by the end of this year, said the airport authorities. Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation V K Singh, alongside other senior officials, Sunday inspected the modernisation of works at the airport. “Inspected the ongoing Phase II of […]

The government on Monday scrapped the requirement to fill out Air Suvidha form for people flying into India from foreign countries amid declining coronavirus cases. The revised guidelines for international arrivals will be effective from November 22, according to a notification issued by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). Earlier, the guidelines […]

Nepal Airlines has decided to sell five of its troublesome Chinese planes after no one came forward to lease them from the loss-making national carrier despite a deadline extension, according to a media report on Saturday. While the Finance Ministry of Nepal is the owner of the Chinese planes, the state-owned Nepal Airlines is the […]

A Calicut-bound Air India flight from the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai was delayed by more than three hours on Sunday due to a “technical issue”, the airline said. There were 114 passengers on board the aircraft when it returned to the bay after the push back, an Air India spokesperson said in a […]

Air India CEO and MD Campbell Wilson on Saturday said the airline is in “deep discussions” with Boeing, Airbus and engine manufacturers for a ‘historic order of latest generation aircraft’. The Tata-owned airline is meeting its immediate needs by leasing planes and repairing grounded aircraft, he said. The airline has finalised leases for 30 additional […]

Tata Group-owned Air India is in talks with Boeing and Airbus about ordering new aircraft and is meeting its immediate needs by leasing planes and repairing grounded aircraft, the airline’s chief executive said on Saturday. The autos-to-steel conglomerate, which completed its purchase of Air India in January, faces an uphill struggle to upgrade an ageing […]

Air India will be introducing premium economy class in some of its long haul international flights next month, its chief Campbell Wilson said on Saturday as the Tata group-owned airline works on ways to expand its market share as well as the global network. In his speech at an event by the JRD Tata Memorial […]

Jet Airways, which is yet to resume operations under its new owner, will reduce salaries for various staff and send many employees on leave without pay, amid uncertainty over resumption of its operations. The measures, which will be effective from December 1, were revealed hours after the winning bidder Jalan-Kalrock Consortium (JKC) said it might […]

Domestic carrier Akasa Air announced its plans to launch services to Visakhapatnam from Bengaluru, starting December 10, which will be the airline’s 10th destination since its launch in August this year. The city-based airline recently announced connecting Pune and Bengaluru with double daily flights from November 26 and a third frequency on the route from […]

An aeroplane which was being transported on a truck got stuck under a bridge in Bapatla district, Andhra Pradesh, on Saturday evening. The video of the incident has since gone viral on social media platforms. According to reports, the decommissioned aeroplane was bought by the owner of the Hyderabad-based food joint ‘Pista House’ at an […]

The US has ordered Tata-group-owned Air India to pay a whopping $121.5 million as refunds and $1.4 million as penalties for extreme delays in providing refunds to passengers due to the cancellation or change in flights, mostly during the pandemic, officials said. Air India is among the six airlines that have agreed to cough up […]

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Tuesday handed over the last of the 16 Advanced Light helicopters Mark-III (ALH Mk-III) helicopters to the Indian Coast Guard at a programme in Bengaluru. HAL also received a Letter of Intent (LoI) from the maritime organisation for nine more ALH Mk-III helicopters. The Indian Coast Guard had signed a contract […]