Category: Civil Aviation

NEW DELHI: Pilot unions of Air India have written to the company asking that their flying allowances be paid by February 10 otherwise they will not accept any changes in the duty roster, which has already been issued for February.

NEW DELHI: Two days after one of its passengers found a cockroach in the food served aboard a Bhopal-Mumbai flight, Air India on Monday apologised and said it has initiated “corrective action internally”.

VIJAYAWADA: Under the UDAN scheme, Vijayawada international airport is going to get connected with airports of tier 2 and tier 3 cities across the country. Under this scheme, the newly-inaugurated Kurnool Airport is also going to be connected to Vijayawada and Hyderabad. Apart from the Airport at Kurnool, five airports of Andhra Pradesh — Kadapa, […]

BENGALURU: Rather than suffer the delays caused by fog at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA), what if passengers were to be alerted in advance about the same? Not only would it improve the passenger experience at the airport, but authorities feel that a predictive model regarding the onset and duration of fog cover would also help […]

LONDON: The extradition of Vijay Mallya, accused of conspiracy to defraud banks and money laundering offences, has been approved by UK Home Secretary, the British government said on Monday, in a major blow to the liquor baron and boosting India’s efforts to bring back the fugitive businessman.

LONDON: UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid on Monday ordered the extradition of Vijay Mallya to India who is wanted in India for alleged fraud and money laundering charges amounting to an estimated Rs 9,000 crores.

LONDON: Hours after his extradition to India was approved by the UK government, fugitive business tycoon Vijay Mallya on Monday said he will initiate the appeal process. The 63-year-old business tycoon had been found to have a case to answer before the Indian courts by Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London on December 10, 2018.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state government on Friday felt the heat in connection with the privatisation of Trivandrum airport with the employees owing allegiance to the Airport Authority Employees Union (AAEU) thwarting the attempt of the officials of the KSIDC and its technical consultant KPMG to inspect the airport and documents.

BENGALURU: “Patriotism is not outburst of emotions on national holidays, but it is the home of the brave….” said a Facebook post from Squadron Leader Samir Abrol, one of the two IAF pilots killed in Friday’s Mirage-2000 crash at the HAL airport.

BENGALURU: Syed Irfan was taking a break from his morning shift at the canteen of a private company with its office adjacent to the HAL Airport and was sipping a cup of tea when he heard a loud noise followed by growing flames and thick plumes of black smoke.

BENGALURU: Following the crash of Mirage-2000, the defence public sector undertaking Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) came under fire on Twitter. HAL had upgraded the ill-fated aircraft before being handed over to the IAF.

Jet Airways which is struggling under a pile of debt of 1.14 billion USD has reportedly accepted the conditions set by its partner Etihad for offering a lifeline to the domestic carrier.