BENGALURU: Leading budget carrier IndiGo operator InterGlobe Aviation Ltd would build a Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility at the Bengaluru airport on the city’s northern outskirts, said the airport operator on Thursday.
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State-of the-art hangar to come up at Kempegowda International Airport
BENGALURU: A state-of-the-art Maintenance Repair and Overhaul facility will become operational at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) from March 2020.
Crisis-ridden Jet Airways CEO asks employees to be patient
NEW DELHI: Jet Airways CEO Vinay Dube told its employees on Thursday that the situation of the crisis-ridden airline might get tougher and asked them to be patient.
SC dismisses PIL against appointment of Rakesh Asthana as DG civil aviation security
NEW DELHi: The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed a PIL challenging the appointment of former CBI special director Rakesh Asthana as director general of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS).
Actively engaged with aircraft lessors; providing updates to DGCA: Jet Airways
NEW DELHI: Jet Airways is actively engaged with all its aircraft lessors and are being updated about efforts to improve liquidity, the airline said Wednesday amid flight cancellations due to the grounding of aircraft.
Air india remains a knotty problem
What started as a massive exercise to privatize the loss-making state-run carrier Air India, ended up with the government stuck infusing more taxpayers’ money into the debt-ridden airline. Going ahead, sources say it is unlikely that the government will stop infusing capital. Air India has had some long-standing problems which has eaten into its profitability, […]
FIR against Spicejet CMD Ajay Singh, seven others in cheating case; airline denies charges
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police has registered an FIR against Spicejet Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) Ajay Singh and seven other directors of the airline in a cheating case, officials said on Tuesday.
Flying concrete punches holes in Air India aircraft
TIRUPATI: An Air India aircraft bound for Hyderabad was damaged while taking off at the Tirupati international airport here on Tuesday afternoon. Sources told TNIE that loose concrete from the runway flew off while the flight was taking off and hit its belly and wings.
Hyderabad airport to double cargo-handling capacity
HYDERABAD: GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL), which operates the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here, is in the process of doubling the cargo-handling capacity in the next couple of years, a top official said on Tuesday.
Jet Airways grounds 3 more planes cancelling 20 flights on lease rental default
MUMBAI: Crisis-ridden Jet Airways on Tuesday was forced to ground three of its Boeing 737 planes due to non-payment of lease rentals, leading to cancellation of around 20 domestic flights, according to sources.
Debt respite for Jet Airways? SBI set to swap part of its loans into 15 per cent stake in airline
Jet Airways, which is struggling under a pile of debt, may get some respite. India’s largest lender State Bank of India is set to swap part of its loans into a stake of at least 15 percent in Jet Airways, people with knowledge of the matter said.
11 return flights serving food stocked from India; will save Rs 49 crore annually: Air India official
NEW DELHI: Air India has started serving food stocked from India on 11 return flights from eight foreign cities, and it plans to save around Rs 49 crore annually through this measure, a senior official said Monday.