BENGALURU: Imagine standing at a height of 131ft and watching flights landing and taking off from Bengaluru just before you lift off in one yourself. This could become a reality from September 1 as construction work on the tallest passenger twin viewing towers at Terminal 2 of Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) is moving rapidly, with […]
Category: Civil Aviation
HC quashes case against 2 for flying drone during PM visit
Mumbai: In a relief for two men who were booked for operating a drone over Pedder Road a day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Mumbai in June last year, the Bombay high court has quashed criminal proceedings against them. Justices Nitin Sambre and R N Laddha allowed the petition by Tirthankar Ganguly (43) […]
Oman Air flight to Muscat returns to Kozhikode following technical snag
KOZHIKODE: An Oman Air flight from Kozhikode to Muscat was forced to turn back to the international airport here on Tuesday minutes after take-off due to a technical snag, airport authorities said. The flight — WY 298 — with 169 people onboard which took off from the Karipur airport at 9.15 AM turned back barely […]
Fire scare on engine of under maintenance SpiceJet Q400 at IGI; no one hurt & aircraft safe
NEW DELHI: The engine of an under maintenance SpiceJet turboprop aircraft caught fire on Tuesday at Delhi Airport. An aircraft maintenance engineer (AME) observed fire warning on one of the engines while carrying out engine ground run at idle power at bay. A fire extinguisher was discharged and fire tenders were called in. The aircraft […]
Air India introduces Upgrade+ for its flyers
PUNE: Air India on Tuesday introduced its latest offering, Upgrade+, for guests with eligible bookings to purchase instant, confirmed upgrades to the front cabins at fixed prices. Upgrade+ enables Air India guests to opt for upgrades to premium cabins between 72 hours and 12 hours before a flight, subject to availability. Alternatively, Air India guests […]
SpiceJet no longer under enhanced surveillance: DGCA
NEW DELHI: SpiceJet is no longer under the “enhanced surveillance” of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). The regulator in Tuesday said the airline is being taken off that list after 51 spot checks of 23 aircraft, both Boeing 737 and Q400, did not reveal anything “significant” barring “routine nature” findings. The airline was […]
Parliamentary panel suggests setting up specialised security agency for airports
NEW DELHI: A Parliamentary panel on Monday asked the government to look at the feasibility of setting up a specialised security agency for airports amid rising air passenger traffic. Besides, the committee has proposed constituting a special airline wing to deal with police and courts in unruly air passenger behaviour cases and urged aviation regulator […]
HAL stock up 5 times, joke’s on Rahul Gandhi, says BJP
NEW DELHI: Citing the five-fold rise of the share price of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, BJP on Monday hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders, recalling their protests in 2019 in which they alleged that the PM Narendra Modi government had “destroyed” the state-owned defence public sector major. Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar […]
HAL stocks soar: BJP attacks Rahul Gandhi for ‘fake’ campaign against PM Modi
NEW DELHI: With the aerospace and defence company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s (HAL) shares registering impressive growth, the BJP has hit Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hard for running a campaign against Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing the latter of weakening the public sector company. According to a report by news agency ANI, the shares of HAL […]
Chennai police ban flying of drones
CHENNAI: Owing to the G-20 working group meeting on disaster risk reduction, police have warned people against flying drones in core areas of the city. The meet is to take place in Chennai and Mahabalipuram from July 23 to 26. Foreign delegates will be staying in hotels such as ITC Grand Chola in Guindy, and […]
Go First cancels flights until July 25th due to operational reasons
NEW DELHI: Due to operational reasons, aviation company, Go First on Sunday announced the cancellation of its flights until July 25. The announcement was made via a Twitter post on Sunday. Go First said: “We regret to inform that due to operational reasons, Go First flights scheduled till 25th July 2023 have been cancelled. We […]
Data engineer tries to open plane’s emergency door midair, held at Bengaluru airport
BENGALURU: A 29-year-old data engineer was arrested for allegedly trying to open the emergency door of an aircraft on a Paris-Bengaluru flight in the wee hours of July 16. Accused Venkat Mohit Pathipati from Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh works as a data engineer in a US grocery company and was flying to Bengaluru to visit […]