Category: Civil Aviation

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Air passengers face the grim prospects of high air fares and fewer flight choices as several airlines cancel operations due to a number of reasons including the grounding of 737-MAX aircraft. According to industry insiders, some sectors have shown a rise of more than 100% in last minute bookings. “With an unprecedented number […]

Hyderabad: The impact of SpiceJet’s move to ground its entire fleet of B 737 Max aircraft, keeping with the instruction of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), was felt on three sectors connecting Hyderabad, on Wednesday. According to the schedule, flights to Bengaluru (SG 567), Ahmedabad (SG 512) and Mumbai (SG 468) were cancelled […]

New Delhi, Mar 14 () Shares of SpiceJet bounced back Thursday, rising by over 3 per cent, on emergence of value buying. The stock gained 3.24 per cent to close at Rs 79.65 on BSE. During the day, it went up by 3.88 per cent to Rs 80.15. On the volume front, 17.58 lakh shares […]

NEW DELHI: Spot airfares have sharply risen with the full effect of SpiceJet’s 12 Boeing 737 Max grounding being felt on Thursday. While the airline claimed about 35 of its daily flights will be affected, sources say the number could be much higher. Aviation authorities say the number of flights actually cancelled may be available […]

NEW DELHI: Air India will club its Mumbai-New York (JFK) with Mumbai-Newark (EWR) nonstop from Saturday (March 16) to May 31, 2019. The combined Mumbai-EWR flight will operate as AI 191 at 1.30 am, reaching Newark at 8.15 am. The combined EWR-Mumbai will operate as AI 144 and leave EWR at 2.15 pm to reach […]

NEW DELHI: All the Boeing 737 Max of SpiceJet will be grounded before 4 pm on Wednesday. Late on Tuesday night + , India had ordered grounding of this aircraft with immediate effect. The country has also banned overflying of Boeing 737 Max in its airspace from 4 pm on Wednesday, the same time by […]

NEW DELHI: Aviation authorities will meet Indian carriers at 4 pm on Wednesday to figure out a way to handle the crisis caused by grounding of large number of Boeing 737 Max aircraft that is leading to significant flight cancellations and resultantly pushing up spot airfares. Aviation secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola and DGCA chief B […]

NEW DELHI: Jet informed the BSE on Tuesday that it has grounded four more aircraft “due to non-payment to lessors”, taking the number of planes taken out of operations due to payment woes to 32. Apart from these, several other planes are not flying for want of repairs, spares and engines and dues to other […]

NEW DELHI: India late on Tuesday night ordered the immediate grounding of the Boeing 737 Max. “Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has taken the decision to ground the Boeing 737-MAX planes immediately. These planes will be grounded till appropriate modifications and safety measures are undertaken to ensure their safe operations. As always, passenger safety […]

NEW DELHI: India saw 6.3 crore international travellers last year, up 7.3% from 5.9 crore in 2017. While Jet Airways remained the single largest airline for flying people in and out of India, its financial troubles coupled with the downsizing of partner Etihad saw the two airlines together account for 1-crore-six-lakh international travellers, down from […]

NEW DELHI: India will issue additional safety measures for operating the Boeing 737 Max which two of its airlines – SpiceJet and Jet Airways – have latest by Tuesday. Ethiopian Airlines and Chinese and Indonesian aviation regulators on Monday ordered grounding of the B737 Max following two crashes of this plane within five months in […]

NEW DELHI: Terrain, pull up is a dreaded warning in cockpits as it tells pilots their aircraft is about to hit ground and needs to be pulled up immediately to avoid an accident. Jet Airways chairman Naresh Goyal has virtually sounded a similar warning to Etihad while seeking Rs 750 crore as urgent interim funding […]