The Delhi High Court on Monday asked Air India to consider paying at least one month’s salary to its pilots, engaged on contractual basis, whose services were suspended in April and later terminated in August, saying that employees cannot be left to hang high and dry. Justice Navin Chawla asked the counsel for national carrier […]
Category: Civil Aviation
PIA engineers blamed for 2016 crash in probe report
Nearly four years after a Pakistan International Airlines’ flight crashed in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, killing 47 people, a probe report has said that the aircraft had three “technical anomalies” for which the airline’s engineers were responsible, according to a media report. The plane crashed near Havelian in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province on December 7, 2016, killing all 47 […]
AAI team inspects Rourkela Airport
With the Rourkela Airport set to start commercial flight services soon, a two-member team of the Airport Authority of India (AAI) visited the airport for an inspection on Friday. The team, including senior officials of a few private air carriers, inspected the infrastructure and other facilities of the airport, which is run by Rourkela Steel […]
IAF chief Bhadauria flies Light Combat Helicopter over Bengaluru
Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria flew the home-grown Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) over this aerospace city for an hour, an official said on Friday. “Bhadauria flew the twin-seater LCH for a hour, taking off around noon from our airport in the city’s eastern suburb, with our deputy chief test […]
SpiceJet shares jump 12 pc after US FAA approved return of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft
Shares of SpiceJet zoomed over 12 per cent on Thursday after Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the US approved the return of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to commercial service. Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday said it will study FAA’s decision and take “some time” before taking a final call on allowing Boeing […]
Riyadh-New Delhi GoAir flight makes medical emergency landing at Karachi Int’l airport
A GoAir flight was diverted and landed in Karachi International airport on November 17, due to a medical emergency with a passenger on board suffered cardiac arrest and later died. The original flight route was Riyadh-New Delhi. A 30-year-old male passenger fainted and died of cardiac arrest on board flight G8-6658A. “The passenger was administered […]
Domestic air passenger volume falls 57 pc to 52.71 lakh in October
Domestic air passenger volume fell 57.21 per cent to 52.71 lakh in October over the year ago period, as airlines continued to operate at a much lower capacity, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation’s (DGCA) data showed on Wednesday. The number of total passengers carried by domestic airlines in October last year stood at 1.23 […]
GoAir plane makes emergency landing at Karachi; passenger dies due to cardiac arrest
A Delhi-bound GoAir plane made an emergency landing at Karachi on Tuesday after a passenger onboard suffered cardiac arrest and later died, according to an airline official. The flight — G8-6658 — from Riyadh later landed at Delhi airport early morning on Wednesday. The male passenger, who was administered all possible medical help onboard, was […]
Ganjam airport demand: Bar body decries apathy
The demand for a full-fledged state -of -the- art national standard domestic air port at south Odisha’s commercial and educational hub Brahmapur got a fillip following an unanimous resolution adopted by the Ganjam Bar Association in this regard. The resolution strongly urged the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation to establish a national standard air port […]
Dhanipur airstrip will be connected with Jewar Int’l Airport
For the Master Plan 2031, special attention is being given to industries. Preparations are going on to connect Dhanipur airstrip and its three flying clubs to Jewar International Airport to start air taxi and air ambulance up to Jewar and NCR in the future. In these flying clubs, drone cameras flying training, training of airport […]
SpiceJet Q2 net loss narrows to Rs 112.6 cr
Budget carrier SpiceJet on Wednesday reported a net loss of Rs 112.6 crore for the quarter ended September. It had posted a net loss of Rs 462.6 crore for the corresponding period of the previous financial year. The airline’s total income stood at Rs 1,305 crore in the second quarter of 2020-21, significantly lower than […]
Govt increases domestic flights’ cap from 60 pc to 70 pc of pre-COVID levels
The cap on the number of domestic flights that Indian airlines are permitted to operate was increased from 60 per cent to 70 per cent of their pre-COVID levels on Wednesday, said Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri. The Civil Aviation Ministry had said on September 2 that the Indian airlines can operate maximum 60 […]