MYSURU: Here’s a good news for Mysureans; the Alliance Air has come forward to start Kochi-Hyderabad flight via Mysuru soon. The flight connecting prominent metro cities like Kochi and Hyderabad with Mysuru will boost tourism and investments in the region, sources said. I’Though six more routes have been cleared under Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagarik […]
Category: Civil Aviation
Two foreigners detained at TN airports for possessing drones
CHENNAI: A Norwegian and a Belgian national on tourist visas, were detained by the airport authorities in two separate incidents after they tried to smuggle out drones, banned in India. Airport sources said that 45-year-old Morten Aakre, who flew from Coimbatore to Chennai and was on his way to Bangkok, was intercepted by the Customs […]
Passengers weary as Jet Airways, other airlines continue cancelling flights
NEW DELHI: Ongoing financial and operational turbulence in a few domestic airlines has resulted in the cancellation of over a hundred flights per day and, if trends are to be believed, it is unlikely that there will be any relief to air passengers in the near future. Debt-laden Jet Airways has grounded a total of […]
Amid debt crisis, Jet Airways union meets HR head, seeks clarity on their future
MUMBAI: Alleging the Jet Airways management of indulging in unfair labour practices, the airline’s officers and employees association has accused it of “removing” workers clandestinely citing operations reasons. Earlier in the day, the negotiation committee of the association headed by its president and NCP lawmaker Kiran Pawaskar, held a three-hour meeting with the HR department […]
Tamil Nadu CM Palaniswami’s flight schedule altered after Spicejet aircraft develops technical snag
CHENNAI: Chief Minister Edapaddi K Palaniswamy’s schedule to Kanyakumari to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi was slightly altered after his early morning Spicejet flight to Thoothkudi airport suffered technical glitch over Kancheepuram sirspace and was forced to return back to Chennai Airport. According to Air Traffic Control official, the flight to Thoothkudi, which had 60 […]
Don’t hand over airport to private entity: Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan to PM Narendra Modi
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him not to hand over the international airport here to a private entity. The Adani Enterprises Ltd had emerged as the highest bidder for managing, operating and developing six airports of Airports Authority of India, including that in Thiruvananthapuram, which are […]
Air India to not accept passengers with cancelled tickets of cash-strapped Jet Airways
NEW DELHI: As Jet Airways continue to face severe financial problems, Air India said Friday it would not accept any passengers that have got cancelled tickets of the former airline. Generally, when an airline cancels a flight due to some exigencies, other airlines accommodate the former’s passengers in their flights. The airline, which has got […]
Jet Airways share price rises 5.32 per cent
NEW DELHI: Shares of debt-laden Jet Airways rose as much as 6.3 per cent on BSE in early trade on Friday and closed at Rs 234.64, up 5.32 per cent than previous day’s closing, following reports that its founder Naresh Goyal might step down as chairman. Meanwhile, Goyal, in a letter to employees on Friday, […]
GoAir Bhubaneswar-Kolkata flight experiences severe air turbulence, two crew members injured
KOLKATA: Two cabin crew members suffered “minor” injuries when a Kolkata-bound GoAir flight from Bhubaneswar experienced severe air turbulence Tuesday, the airline said. However, none of the passengers was hurt and the aircraft made a safe landing at Kolkata airport, it said. The number of passengers on board the turbulence-hit aircraft was not immediately known. […]
Air traffic leads to speculation
BENGALURU: BY the time residents of Bengaluru woke up on Tuesday morning, the news of air strike by the Indian Air Force to terrorist camps in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir was all over the news. This is exactly what peeved the residents of Bengaluru as they saw military aircraft flying in the city on Tuesday morning. […]
Security beefed up at Kempegowda International Airport, railway stations
BENGALURU: Following India’s retaliatory strikes on terror camps and launch pads in Pakistan on Tuesday, security has been tightened in public places in the city such as railway stations and Kempegowda International Airport. “We have increased physical screening and intensified pat-down checks. More personnel have been deployed to take care of security,” a top Central […]
Adani flies away with Trivandrum Airport operational bid; state loses
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Adani Enterprises has won the operational bid for the Trivandrum International Airport on expected lines. The state had made the ‘costliest gambling’ while putting up a fight to retain the airport in public sector. But despite boasting ‘successful and tested’ credentials, Kerala failed to put pressure on the Centre and ended up on […]