PANAJI: An email about a bomb at the Dabolim airport in South Goa sent the authorities into a tizzy on Monday, prompting them to increase the security on the premises, a senior official said. Talking to PTI, airport director S V T Dhanamjaya Rao said his office received an email in the morning about a […]
Category: Civil Aviation
Adani, GMR, Fairfax look to bid for Puri international airport
BHUBANESWAR: Adani Group is reportedly keen on developing the proposed international airport at Puri. The group is among the top-three bidders, which participated in the second round discussion during the pre-bid meeting on Friday. Apart from Adani Group, representatives of two other business conglomerates – Fairfax India Holdings Corporation and GMR Group had also participated […]
Pay Rs 50K compensation, refund Rs 2Lakh: Consumer forum in Hyderabad to Ethiopian Airlines
HYDERABAD: The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission-II, Hyderabad, has ordered Ethiopian Airlines to pay a compensation of Rs 50,00,00 to a Hyderabad man along with a cumulative refund of Rs 2,04,128 on four air tickets for neither providing an alternative flight within the same fare nor reimbursing the original amount over flight cancellation in May […]
Bidar Airport records 62.8% growth in pax
BENGALURU: In keeping with the trend of consistent growth in aviation passenger traffic, airports across the country have recorded a growth of 15% during the fiscal 2023-2024 as comparred to the previous fiscal. International travel is driving the growth with 22.3% increase in international travel and 12.5% in domestic travel. Airports across Karnataka have performed […]
Air India Express flight from Saudi Arabia to Mangaluru diverted to Bengaluru
Bengaluru: An Air India Express flight with 130 passengers on board from Damman International Airport in Saudi Arabia to Mangaluru was diverted to Bengaluru on Saturday morning due to inclement weather. Flight IX 886 finally reached Mangaluru International Airport 7.15 hours later than scheduled. According to an Air India Express spokesperson, “Due to inclement weather, […]
Electric air taxis may serve Bengaluru in couple of years
NEW DELHI/BENGALURU: Get ready to travel from Central Delhi (Connaught Place) to Gurugram in Haryana in just 7 minutes as InterGlobe Enterprises, the promoter group of IndiGo, and US-based Archer Aviation will be launching their all-electric air taxi service in India in 2026. The cost of this 7-minute flight could be Rs 2,000-3,000 per passenger. […]
Man sexually assaults minor on flight from London, held
CHENNAI: A 31-year-old man was arrested under the POCSO Act for allegedly sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl on Monday while they were travelling on a Chennai-bound flight from London. The Meenambakkam AWPS police identified the suspect as Jawas George of Anna Nagar, who worked as a software engineer in Ireland. “The incident took place on […]
Pilot crisis: Vistara flyers stranded in Bengaluru for 13 hrs
KOCHI ; Over 80 passengers of Vistara Airline flight to Kochi were stranded at Bengaluru airport for almost 13 hours after the aircraft, scheduled for take-off at 7.30pm on Monday, did not take off for want of pilots. The flight UK505 left for Kochi only by 8.30am on Tuesday with the Tata-owned Vistara offering no […]
DGCA asks Vistara to submit daily report on flight cancellations, delays
NEW DELHI: Aviation watchdog DGCA has asked Vistara to submit a daily report on flight cancellations as well as delays, and is also monitoring the situation to ensure minimum inconvenience to passengers. The move comes against the backdrop of non-availability of pilots forcing Vistara to cancel a significant number of flights in recent days.
DGCA steps in as vistara faces crisis
NEW DELHI: From being the most acclaimed airline to cancelling over 100 flights in two days, full-service carrier Vistara is facing massive turbulence ahead of its merger with Air India, as currently there are not enough pilots to operate its flights. The condition at the airline has turned so severe that the aviation ministry and […]
Vistara sees significant flight cancellations; to cut operations due to non-availability of pilots
Bengaluru: Vistara flights across the country, including Bengaluru, suffered massive delays on Monday due to various reasons, including crew shortage. A flight from Bengaluru to Ahmedabad was delayed by 6.5 hours forcing many to cancel their trip. Vistara has now announced that it would be temporarily reducing some flights across the country.
Vistara flyers see red due to huge delays, airline to reduce flights
BENGALURU: Vistara flights across the country, including Bengaluru, suffered massive delays on Monday due to various reasons, including crew shortage. A Bengaluru-Ahmedabad flight was delayed by 6.5 hours, forcing many to cancel their trip. Vistara has now announced that it would be temporarily reducing some flights across the country. Flight UK 574 was scheduled to […]