NEW DELHI: The Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport on Tuesday became the first in the country to successfully carry out performance trials with the ‘TaxiBot’ on the Airbus A320 family. The four-hour performance was carried out for an IndiGo aircraft with three Airbus operators also present, an official said. TaxiBot is a special taxiing machine […]
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Passengers create ruckus as SpiceJet flight gets delayed due to runway closure at Delhi airport
NEW DELHI: Passengers created a ruckus at the Delhi airport in the wee hours of Wednesday as a SpiceJet flight to Hyderabad, which was set to depart from Terminal 1, got delayed due to runway closure and unsuccessful attempts at changing terminals. “The incoming aircraft, which was to operate the Delhi-Hyderabad flight, landed at Delhi […]
Ruckus at IGI after flight is delayed by six hours
NEW DELHI: There was ruckus at Indira Gandhi International airport in the early hours of Wednesday after a SpiceJet flight from Delhi to Hyderabad was reportedly delayed for over six hours. At first, the flight was rescheduled and later due to runway closure due to a maintenance issue. Passengers took to twitter to highlight their […]
DGCA report: Passenger alerted crew to broken winglet in 2016 Mumbai mishap
MUMBAI: An IndiGo A320 aircraft bound for Jaipur was taxing toward the Mumbai airport runway when its upturned wingtip hit a much larger A330 aircraft that was on an adjacent taxiway. The left-hand side wing’s upturned portion sheared off and fell onto the tarmac. Pilots felt the aircraft shake even as they kept their eyes […]
DGCA finally pays salaries but not GST
MUMBAI: Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) finally paid its flight operations inspectors (FOIs) salaries for December and January on Wednesday. “While the December salary was paid in the morning, the salary for January came later in the day. It came as a surprise, a huge relief,” said a source. But the ‘GST component’ of […]
Airbus opens commercial pilot training centre in Gurugram
NEW DELHI: Estimating that India will need 25,000 pilots in the next two decades, European aerospace major Airbus has opened a training centre for commercial pilots and maintenance engineers in Gurugram. The training centre has an A320 flight simulator for full-flight simulation, along with programmes on aircraft procedure training, computer-based classroom training, and standard pilot […]
AAI to upgrade Chennai airport’s passenger service
CHENNAI: Following the recent dip in the rating of Chennai airport’s quality of service, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has stepped up efforts to offer better service within the limitations caused by ongoing construction of a new terminal and a multilevel car park. Concerns related to baggage delivery, flight information boards, retail shops with […]
After AI & Jet, DGCA delaying pilots’ salaries
MUMBAI: After Air India and Jet Airways, now Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has been delaying its pilots’ salaries. The last salary DGCA paid its flight operations inspectors was over two months ago for November. Since then, neither have the inspectors received any word from DGCA on when the December and January salaries will […]
Singapore Airlines to use A350 aircraft on Bengaluru-Singapore route from May 18
New Delhi, Feb 18 () Singapore Airlines announced Monday that it will use its A350 medium-haul aircraft on the Bengaluru-Singapore route for its night flights from May 18. It will be the first airline to start A350 services from the Bengaluru International Airport. The airline said flight number SQ504, which departs from Singapore at 10.20 […]
Aircraft to Chennai from Colombo suffers tyre burst after touchdown
CHENNAI: A Colombo-Chennai SriLankan Airlines flight suffered a tyre burst soon after landing at Chennai airport on Sunday. Passengers on the flight disembarked safely. Airport sources said the A321 aircraft with 140 passengers touched down around 8.30am and suffered a tyre-burst when the aircraft was taxiing from the main runway. The plane’s tyre was damaged […]
Andal airport gets second service; Air India starts flight operation between Hyderabad and Durgapur
KOLKATA: The Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport at Andal near Durgapur received its second service on Sunday as Air India that had already been running three flights a week to Delhi began another thrice-a-week operation between Hyderabad and the industrial belt in Burdwan. The inaugural flight – an Airbus A319 – touched down at Andal with […]
Nagpur-bound IndiGo flight diverted to Hyderabad
HYDERABAD: An IndiGo flight from Mumbai to Nagpur was diverted to the city’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), on Saturday morning, leaving several passengers inconvenienced. According to airline staff, the aircraft, 6E 482, was diverted to Hyderabad due to VIP movement in Nagpur. It reached its destination around 1.30pm, instead of its scheduled arrival time […]