Category: Civil Aviation

Pakistan on Monday, for the first time, indicated that F-16s may have been used to hit Indian fighter jets on February 27 and said that Islamabad retains the right to use “anything and everything” in its defence. Pakistan’s military spokesman Maj. Gen. Asif Ghafoor in his statement referred to what he said was “repeated Indian […]

Black box data from a doomed Ethiopian Airlines flight suggests the crash was caused by a faulty sensor that erroneously activated an automated system on the Boeing 737 Max, a series of events suspected in an Indonesian disaster involving the same jet last year. Data from a vane-like device, called the angle-of-attack sensor, incorrectly activated […]

Jet Airways has expressed its inability to clear salary dues of its pilots, saying it can pay only the balance 87.50 per cent of December pay, amid the looming threat of pilots going on strike from April 1. Meanwhile, the airline’s pilots body, the National Aviators Guild (NAG), has called an ‘open house’ of its […]

Fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya claimed on Sunday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent statement confirming the seizure of Rs 14,000 crore worth of his assets had vindicated his claim of being a “poster boy” for the BJP-led government. In his characteristic style of issuing statements through social media, the 62-year-old said that by Modi’s […]

Over 1,000 pilots of the struggling private carrier Jet Airways have decided to go ahead with their “no flying” call from April 1 following the airline failing to receive funds from the banks Friday, its pilots’ guild has said. The airline said in a statement that every effort was being made to restore normalcy of […]

Banks will evaluate the funding needs of Jet Airways amid the ongoing process of finding an investor for the crisis-hit airline. The airline has reportedly initiated discussion with banks, led by the State Bank of India, for a short-term working capital requirement of around Rs 1,500 crore. “Some of the lessors have said they are […]

Air India has instructed its pilots not to order “special meals” for themselves during flights as they are required to adhere to a “meal schedule laid down by the company”, according to an internal communication of the national carrier. “It has been brought to the notice of the undersigned that flight crew are ordering special […]

Followers of a religious guru parked their vehicles in front of the terminal building of the city airport for more than half an hour on Thursday afternoon, officials said. When challenged by marshals, the followers produced pieces of paper purportedly issued by police authorising them to park their vehicles in front of the terminal. Earlier […]

The Tatas on Wednesday ventured into airports when it teamed up with an affiliate of Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC and SSG Capital Management (SSG) to pick up a stake in the airport business of GMR Infrastructure. The consortium will invest Rs 8,000 crore in GMR Airports — a Rs 1,000-crore equity infusion in GMR […]

Jet Airways hopes to have nearly 80 planes — almost 80 per cent of its fleet — back in the skies by the end of next month. A day after Naresh Goyal stepped down from the board of directors, and lenders prepared to take a 50.5 per cent stake in Jet Airways, senior executives of […]

Civil aviation regulator DGCA on Thursday said it was too early to take a call on the solution given by Boeing for the 737 MAX planes, which have been grounded globally following two fatal accidents in the past five months. “Too early to say… we shall share the significant development once that happens,” a senior […]

Aday after the bailout of Jet Airways, Vijay Mallya, owner of now defunct Kingfisher Airlines, has hit out at the Modi government for not doing anything for him and accused the state-owned banks of adopting “double standards”. In a series of tweets, the fugitive liquor baron said he had not been recognised for his investments […]