Category: Civil Aviation

An aircraft of a private airlines was succesfully test landed at the newly constructed Donyi Polo airport in Arunachal Pradesh near here on Tuesday scripting a new chapter in the country’s aviation history. The airport after it is commissioned will be the first in Arunachal Pradesh, the eastern most state of the country, and bring […]

A bomb threat on a flight arriving from Moscow was received by the CISF at the international airport here in the early hours of Friday, police said. According to the police, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) received an e-mail warning of a bomb on the flight. The flight landed at the Delhi airport between […]

Singapore Airlines on Thursday said it is in confidential discussions with the Tatas for a possible merger of Vistara and Air India. In a regulatory filing, SIA said discussions with Tatas are ongoing and no definitive terms have been agreed upon between the parties. “In line with its multi-hub strategy, SIA is currently in confidential […]

A plane from Moscow carrying 400 people made an emergency landing in the national capital on Friday following a bomb threat, according to officials. The Aeroflot aircraft operating flight SU 232 landed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here at 2.48 am. The passengers and crew were evacuated safely, they said. According to the police, […]

IndiGo will soon lease up to four wide-body Boeing 777 planes to cover the shortfall in its global operations, according to officials. The airline said the wet-leasing of “certain aircraft” will be done as an interim measure. IndiGo, which has so far only been operating narrow-body Airbus planes, ATRs, and freighters, will now be having […]

A MiG 29K fighter jet of the Indian Navy developed a technical malfunction while returning to a base in Goa on Wednesday morning and the pilot ejected safely, officials said. The aircraft was on a routine sortie over the sea off Goa. “The pilot ejected safely and has been recovered in a swift search and […]

Direct passenger flight services between India and China are unlikely to resume in the near future unless Beijing modifies its policy of sudden cancellation of scheduled flights every time some passengers are tested positive for COVID on arrival in Chinese airports, informed sources here said. Flight services between the two countries have been disrupted ever […]

A Turkish Airlines plane flying from Istanbul to Singapore made an emergency landing in the Calcutta airport on Thursday after a 69-year-old passenger fell seriously ill mid-air, an official said here. The elderly passenger suffered from bouts of convulsions and was bleeding from the nose and mouth, the official said. Seeing his condition, the pilot […]

Akasa Air will allow pets in the cabin and cargo hold. The weight allowed will be 7 kg. Bookings will begin on October 15 for flights from November 1. The company also announced it will get an aircraft every 15 days. By the end of the fiscal, Akasa will have a fleet of 18 aircraft. […]

In a move to help the cash-strapped aviation sector, the government has modified the norms to allow airlines to avail themselves of loans up to 100 per cent of their requirement under the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS). Version 3.0 of the scheme has been modified to enhance “the maximum loan amount eligibility for […]

Myanmar’s military government accused rebel forces in the eastern state of Kayah of firing at a passenger plane as it was preparing to land on Friday, wounding a passenger who was hit by a bullet that penetrated the fuselage. Rebel groups denied the allegation. State television MRTV said the Myanmar National Airlines plane, carrying 63 […]

Air India has announced 20 additional flights every week to Birmingham, London and San Francisco, including direct flights from Mumbai and Bangalore with effect from December as it expands its international network. The airline will connect Mumbai with San Francisco with a thrice-weekly service from December 2, and reinstate a three-times-weekly flight from Bangalore for […]