PUNE: Air India has launched a special, 96-hour sale across its domestic and international route network, offering travellers a chance to plan their upcoming trips at attractive fares. On domestic routes, the one-way, all-inclusive fares start from Rs. 1470 for Economy, and Rs. 10,130 for Business Class. Similar attractive fares are available for select international […]
Category: Civil Aviation
About to operate Pune flight, IndiGo pilot collapses at Nagpur boarding gate; dies
NEW DELHI: An IndiGo pilot collapsed at a Nagpur Airport boarding gate on Thursday afternoon as he was about to board an aircraft to fly it to Pune. He was administered first aid and rushed to a hospital bit but could not be saved. This is the second death of a commercial Indian pilot in […]
IndiGo’s flight services to Tashkent approved by DGCA
NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has approved flights of IndiGo to Tashkent, Uzbekistan. On Wednesday, the airline announced that it would start services to Tashkent from September 22. A senior official on Thursday said the regulator has approved operations of IndiGo to Tashkent with effect from September 6. This means that […]
DGCA approves IndiGo’s flight services to Tashkent
NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has approved flights of IndiGo to Tashkent, Uzbekistan. On Wednesday, the airline announced that it would start services to Tashkent from September 22. A senior official on Thursday said the regulator has approved operations of IndiGo to Tashkent with effect from September 6. This means that […]
Hot beverage spills, child suffers burn injury on Delhi-Frankfurt flight
NEW DELHI: A 10-year-old child flying from Delhi to Frankfurt last week sustained burn injuries when hot beverage spilled on her on a Vistara flight. While the child’s family has accused the airline of handling the issue “poorly” and that “the crew did not apologise,” Vistara says the airline and the crew followed all norms. […]
Pilot who operated SpiceJet first flight dies on Delhi-Doha flight
NEW DELHI: A senior pilot — who had operated SpiceJet’s inaugural flight in 2003 and was currently working with Qatar Airways — died while flying as a passenger from Delhi to Doha on Wednesday morning. The Qatar Airways flight, QR 579, diverted to Dubai due to the medical emergency when the pilot, 51, fell ill […]
IndiGo promoter Shobha Gangwal sells Rs 2.8k cr stake
NEW DELHI: InterGlobe Aviation’s promoter Shobha Gangwal on Wednesday sold a nearly 2.9% stake in the company for a little over Rs 2,800 crore through open market transactions. Shobha Gangwal is the wife of Rakesh Gangwal, the co-founder of the company, which is the parent of the country’s largest airline IndiGo. The shares were sold […]
Gangwals may sell 5.6% in IndiGo for $450mn
EW DELHI: IndiGo co-founder Rakesh Gangwal’s family is likely to sell 5.6% stake in the airline’s holding company InterGlobe Aviation (IGA) through a block deal worth up to $450 million on Wednesday, sources said. Gangwals currently hold 29.7% stake in the airline. Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, and Goldman Sachs will reportedly be conducting the block […]
No-fly zone near hotel for G-20 meets
Bengaluru: The police commissioner has declared a ‘temporary no-fly zone’ within 1km radius of Hotel Taj West End on the eve of the G-20 4th digital economy working group and digital economy ministers’ meetings from August 16-20.Flying of drones, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), glider aircraft, all small and non-scheduled aircraft will be prohibited in the […]
Hunt on for passenger who took techie’s bag at KIA
BENGALURU: A 28-year-old software engineer returning from Germany stepped out of Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) without picking up one of his bags. It, however, had been collected by another passenger. Satish (name changed), 28, a resident of Thimmaiah Layout in Whitefield, landed here on an Emirates flight around 3am on July 30. He told KIA […]
Aircraft data theft: No HC relief for engineer
BENGALURU: The high court has dismissed the petition filed by an engineer who allegedly uploaded defence secrets, especially source code pertaining to the design of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), on the dark web. “Dark web is a sophisticated anonymous internet network used by both criminals and other individuals for manifold reasons. Regulating its usage has […]
Drones to give wings to rural women, create 2 crore ‘lakhpati didis’
NEW DELHI: Pitching for leveraging the potential of science and technology in rural development, PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced a new scheme to train members of 15,000 women’s self-help groups (SHGs) in the use of drones in the farm sector, and said his government was working with the aim of creating 2 crore ‘lakhpati […]