NEW DELHI: In a relief to air travellers ahead of coming festive season, IndiGo fleet will see “little or no impact” due to the latest issue being faced by Pratt & Whitney (PW) engines of microscopic contaminants in a metal used in a part of the engine core. Thirteen (PW) engines — of which 11 […]
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Delhi-Newark: United to have double daily non-stop flights
NEW DELHI: United Airlines will have a double daily between Delhi and Newark (New York) – its only India route at the moment – this winter. This is the first seasonal enhancement by the airline – which has otherwise suspended several India routes like Mumbai-Newark and Delhi-Chicago/San Francisco. While Delta is yet to resume India […]
Boeing 737 MAX’s anti-ice system gets regulator red flag
MUMBAI: US aviation regulator Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a directive to all airlines operating Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, asking them to limit engine anti-icing under certain circumstances as it could lead to overheating and even breaking away of parts of the engine. The FAA airworthiness directive released on Tuesday further states the broken […]
IndiGo starts flights between Delhi and Tbilisi
PUNE: IndiGo has commenced direct tri-weekly flights to Tbilisi from Delhi, starting from August 8, its officials said on Tuesday. The city, which is the capital of Georgia, Tbilisi marks the 29th international and 107th overall destination in the 6E network. “IndiGo proudly becomes the first airline to provide direct connectivity between the two cities, […]
FAA issues safety warning for B737 MAX jet engines
MUMBAI: The US aviation regulator has warned airlines operating Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to limit engine anti-icing as under certain circumstances, the outer casing of the engine could overheat beyond its design limit and break away midair. The broken part could damage the aircraft or injure passengers in window seats seated in the rear section […]
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft may be ready for crewed flights by March 2023
Boeing has repeatedly delayed its Starliner program due to technical issues in recent months. According to a report by CNBC, the company announced that it is confident to have these issues ironed out by March 2023. The company has also reportedly promised that the Starliner spacecraft will be ready to test its reusable crew capsule […]
Gujarat high court acquits Salla in plane hijacking case
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court on Tuesday acquitted Mumbai businessman Birju Salla quashing the National Investigation Agency (NIA) court’s order that had sentenced him to life for planting a threat note on a Mumbai-Delhi Jet Airways flight on October 30, 2017, which led to its emergency landing at Ahmedabad airport. The bench comprising Justice A […]
Airport drama after woman utters ‘B’ word
KOLKATA: The CISF, in coordination with airline officials, conducted a secondary ladder point checking (SLPC) on a passenger after she uttered the word, “bomb”, while standing in a queue at a boarding gate to catch a Bagdogra flight on Sunday afternoon. The incident took place around 1pm when the woman, who was travelling with a […]
Bag with 80k, docus found 6 days after flyer left it
BENGALURU: A handbag with Rs 80,000 and documents, which a passenger had forgotten and left behind during pre-departure security check at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) at the end of July, has been found with all items intact. The passenger is now waiting for a friend to deliver the handbag to him at his Delhi home. […]
HC acquits man in 2017 Jet Airways threat case
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court acquitted Mumbai businessman Birju Salla on Tuesday, overturning an NIA court’s earlier ruling that had sentenced him to life imprisonment. Salla had been convicted of placing a threat note on a Mumbai-Delhi Jet Airways flight on October 30, 2017, which resulted in an emergency landing at Ahmedabad airport. The bench […]
Six passengers left behind as Bengaluru to Mangaluru flight departs 12 minutes early
MANGALURU: Six passengers, who had booked tickets on IndiGo flight 6E 6162 from Bengaluru to Mangaluru, were stranded despite being at Kempegowda International Airport as the flight took off 12 minutes earlier than the scheduled departure time on Friday. According to one of the passengers, who is a government official, the flight was scheduled to […]
166 people put on no fly list in last two years
NEW DELHI: Nearly 170 people have been put on no fly list in the last two years for unruly onboard behaviour. Union minister of state for aviation, Gen V K Singh (retd), said in Rajya Sabha on Monday that “166 passengers were put on the ‘no fly list’ from 2021 to August 2023 and banned […]