Category: Civil Aviation

MUMBAI: The National Aviators Guild (NAG), the domestic pilots union of the crippled Jet Airways, on Tuesday demanded interest on their delayed salaries along with timely payment, saying the prevailing situation is not “ideal” for them to be in the cockpits. In two separate communications to director-general of civil aviation BS Bhullar and Jet Airways […]

MUMBAI: Air India has reduced by half it’s free check-in bag allowance on its Mumbai-Newark economy class tickets booked from April 1 onwards. The check-in bag allowance reduction will also apply on flights from Mumbai that go beyond Newark to interior destinations in the US and Canada. “Because of obstructions along the take-off path of […]

Troubled Jet Airways missed a $109 million loan repayment due to HSBC Bank this week, people with knowledge of the matter said. The money was due on March 28, and was part of a two-tranche facility totaling $140 million that the company took from HSBC in 2014, according to the people, who asked not to […]

NEW DELHI: Jet Airways’ pilots on Sunday deferred their decision to go on a mass strike a day after the debt-laden carrier said it will soon pay the remaining December salaries + to its employees. The cash-strapped airline’s pilots’ body held an emergency meeting in Mumbai today where it decided to give more time to […]

New Delhi, Mar 31 () The consortium of lenders to Jet Airways is considering roping in former SBI chief A K Purwar as chairman of the interim management committee as the cash-strapped airline looks for a new investor, a senior official said. The official of the State Bank of India (SBI) also said the lenders […]

CHENNAI: SpiceJet on Sunday launched 14 direct flights connecting metro cities with non-metros. They include a daily flight from Chennai to Patna. The Chennai-Patna flight (SG 735) will depart at 6.25pm and reach Patna at 8.50pm. In the return direction, the flight (SG736) will depart from Patna at 9.20pm and reach Chennai at 11.45pm. The […]

NEW DELHI: An IndiGo flight operating from Delhi to Istanbul had to divert to Kuwait on Friday after getting a snag warning in one of the two Pratt & Whitney (PW) engines powering the Airbus A320 Neo. Directorate General of Civil Aviation is probing the latest trouble in the snag-prone PW engines of A320/321 new […]

KOLKATA: Full emergency was declared at the Kolkata airport on Friday after a Guwahati bound Alliance Air flight from Kolkata returned back eight minutes since its departure after the pilot complained of some technical problem at the aircraft. Airport officials said the flight 9I733 took off for Guwahati at 10.28am with 16 passengers and while […]

NEW DELHI: Air India on Friday was again found to be using boarding passes carrying photographs of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani, days after the national carrier decided to roll back such passes amid criticism over alleged poll code violation. On Friday evening, a passenger who took an Air India […]

NEW DELHI: An IndiGo flight operating from Delhi to Istanbul had to divert to Kuwait on Friday after getting a snag warning on one of the two Pratt & Whitney (PW) engines powering the Airbus A320 Neo. Since twin engine planes can land safely on one engine, this flight 6E-11 did so in Kuwait which […]

NEW DELHI: The pilots of Jet Airways will stop flying from April 1, since the airline has not got the interim funding from lenders due to which they have not been told about their four month salary dues. The strike may be averted only if a firm commitment on salary payment is made in next […]

HYDERABAD: Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Hyderabad has clinched the coveted Best Regional Airport and the Best Airport Staff Service Awards, both in India/Central Asia category in the Skytrax World Airport Awards-2019. Operated by GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL), the awards were presented during the Skytrax World Airport Awards, 2019 held at Passenger Terminal […]