Category: Civil Aviation

BENGALURU: A nightmare unfolded for a city-based entrepreneur who had been with his family to Andaman and Nicobar Islands to celebrate the 35th wedding anniversary of his parents. The reason: SpiceJet provided them tickets from Port Blair to Bengaluru on a Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, a flight that was grounded a month ago. Rahul […]

NEW DELHI: Air India said on Wednesday it had set up a high-level inquiry to probe a sexual harassment complaint filed against a commander by one of its woman pilots. According to a complaint filed by the pilot, the incident allegedly took place on May 5 in Hyderabad where she was being trained by the […]

NEW DELHI: India’s largest carrier IndiGo is coming up with a three-day summer sale, where it would offer 10 lakh seats at a starting price of Rs 999 for domestic flights and Rs 3,499 for international flights. The tickets can be booked between May 14 and 16 this year for travels between May 29 and […]

HYDERABAD: A plane made and emergency landing at the Hyderabad airport to usher in the birth of a newborn. The incident took place on May 8, when the flight originating from Riyadh to Philippines made an urgent request to land at Hyderabad in order to help one of the passengers going through labour. The flight […]

NEW DELHI: US aerospace giant Lockheed Martin says it will not sell its newly rolled out F-21 fighter jet to any other country if India places an order for 114 planes, a move aimed at pitching itself ahead of its US, European and Russian competitors for the mega deal. Vivek Lall, vice president of Strategy […]

MUMBAI: SBI Capital Markets, the investment banking arm of State Bank of India that is handling the bid for the Jet Airways stake, is on the lookout for industrial houses and investors willing to pick up a majority stake in the beleaguered airline after the lone bidder, Eithad, insisted on remaining a minority stakeholder. The […]

TORREON: The wreckage of a private jet that was flying from Las Vegas to Monterrey, in northern Mexico, was found Monday, an official said, after the plane disappeared with 14 people believed to be on board. Air-traffic controllers said they lost contact with the Bombardier Challenger 601 jet on Sunday evening, after it abruptly lost […]

NEW DELHI: Air India’s New York office transferred $300,000 to a bank account in Nigeria instead of remitting the sum to a US-based firm Pratt & Whitney for supplying spare parts. The incident is learnt to have taken place in June 2017 but the airline has failed to retrieve the amount from the Nigerian bank […]

JACKSONVILLE (Florida): A charter plane carrying 143 people and travelling from Cuba to north Florida ended up in a river at the end of a runway Friday night, though no critical injuries or deaths were reported, officials said. A Boeing 737 arriving at Naval Air Station Jacksonville from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, with 136 […]

KOLKATA: After hours of closure due to severe cyclonic storm Fani, operations at Kolkata airport resumed on Saturday morning, an official said. “Air India AI 743 to Agartala is the first departure from Kolkata at 0957 hours while GoAir’s G8 101 DEL CCU is the first flight to land into Kolkata at around 1010 hours,” […]

NEW DELHI: National carrier Air India on Saturday waived charges for carrying relief materials to victims of cyclone ‘Fani’ on its flights from Delhi to Odisha. Cyclone Fani hit Odisha’s bordering state West Bengal by crossing Kharagpur. It is expected to continue further in North-East direction with the wind speed of 90 km/hour, said India […]

MUMBAI: SpiceJet has announced introduction of 12 new flights from New Delhi and Mumbai to other destinations. Of the 12 new services, which commence from May 11, six are to and from Mumbai while the rest connects the national Capital, Spicejet said in a statement. The airline will deploy Boeing 737 NG aircraft on these […]