Category: Civil Aviation

Some lessors of India’s Jet Airways have begun terminating lease deals over unpaid dues and are preparing to move the leased planes abroad, escalating a crisis for the carrier, five sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Two lessors have applied to the Directorate-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), India’s aviation regulator, to deregister at […]

By July, Birsa Munda Airport in Ranchi will have a new air traffic control (ATC) tower which will offer better visibility for flight operators who will also have at their disposal better equipment that include the latest in radar, weather forecasting technology and communication systems. Ranchi Airport director Pravat Ranjan Beuria said work on the […]

The security alert sounded for all airports following the Pulwama attack on January 14 has been extended indefinitely, a move that has dashed hopes of an early end to long queues triggered by the beef up. “We were informed at a meeting on Tuesday that the security alert has been extended for an indefinite period. […]

The US is issuing an emergency order grounding all Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9 aircraft “effective immediately” in the wake of the crash of an Ethiopian Airliner that killed 157 people, President Donald Trump said. Many countries have already barred the Boeing 737 Max 8 from its airspace, but until Trump’s announcement, the […]

Families of some of the 157 victims of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 stormed out of a meeting with the airline on Thursday, complaining they were not being given timely information, as others paid their respects at the burnt crash site. The airline had called a meeting with families in a hotel in Addis Ababa but […]

The Centre has grounded Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft from flying in Indian skies and will not take any deliveries of the narrowbody jet until safety concerns are cleared, an official from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said. Spot airfares, meanwhile, saw a steep rise across important routes on Wednesday and Thursday, according […]

Boeing Corporation appears to be waffling in its response to the crisis that has enveloped the Boeing 737 Max planes after two crashes within a space of five months. In its latest statement after the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash on Sunday and a mass grounding of the new-age Boeing 737 Max, the aircraft maker said: […]

Boeing’s newest version of its best-selling airliner ever was supposed to boost its fortunes for years to come. Instead it has turned into the company’s biggest headache, with more than 40 countries — including the US, which had been one of the last holdouts — grounding the 737 Max 8 after a second fatal crash […]

Civil aviation regulator DGCA late on Tuesday night decided to ground all Boeing 737 Max immediately in the country, after several nations across the world had taken such a step for passenger safety following twin crashes in the past few months. “DGCA has taken the decision to ground the Boeing 737 Max planes immediately. These […]

The grounding of the Boeing B737 MAX globally could result in compensation claims from different airlines, including SpiceJet. The Indian airline company’s operations have been affected by the aviation regulator’s decision following two crashes in the past five months. “The aircraft manufacturer is bound to compensate the airline if it is conclusively proved that the […]

Former finance minister P. Chidambaram lambasted the Narendra Modi government’s response to questions over the Rafale deal before reiterating that the French fighter aircraft’s purchase would be scanned in detail after a change of guard in Delhi. “In any other country, a parliamentary committee would immediately be formed to look into such a matter. But […]

The Narendra Modi government’s Rafale narrative is becoming curiouser and curiouser. The “war capacity” of combat aircraft has fallen into the hands of “the enemy/our adversaries” and “jeopardised” national security because of “theft” by “unauthorised photocopying”, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Wednesday. Two of those the Modi government has held guilty of aiding […]