In the wake of two mid-air “peeing” incidents on Air India flights— both involving drunk men urinating on female co-passengers —it is not surprising that some Indians are now calling for a ban on serving liquor on international flights. LocalCircles, a community social media platform, conducted a survey asking if governments should in fact ban […]
Category: Civil Aviation
IndiGo commenced flight between Pune and Dehradun
PUNE: IndiGo has commenced the first direct flight between Dehradun and Pune, its officials said on Wednesday. This new route has been introduced to cater to the increasing demand for direct connectivity between both destinations. The flight between the two cities operates six days a week, except on Saturdays. Speaking on the occasion, Vinay Malhotra, […]
DGCA to seek report from SpiceJet on Delhi airport incident
NEW DELHI: Aviation watchdog DGCA will seek a report from SpiceJet on an incident at Delhi airport this week where passengers of a Bengaluru-bound flight had to wait for a long time at the aerobridge. A passenger had shared on social media a video and his experience about co-passengers having had to wait for a […]
Akasa Air to start operations from Mopa from January 11
PANAJI: Akasa Air will commence operations from Manohar International Airport from Wednesday onwards with five flights to Mumbai and Bengaluru. The airline will add more flights to Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru in the coming fortnight, said Akasa Air’s chief commercial officer Praveen Iyer. Mopa will be Akasa Air’s twelfth destination but the airline is betting […]
Amazon signs contract with Quikjet for freighter ops in India
BENGALURU: Amazon has expanded its cargo freighter operations in India by signing a contract with Quikjet Airlines, a Bengaluru-based freighter operator that received the air operator certificate (AOC) a few months ago. Quikjet runs daily freighter operations, and the AOC is valid through 2027, sources told TOI. The company completed trial runs over the last […]
Two IndiGo flyers held for having alcohol on a domestic flight
NEW DELHI:IndiGo handed over two passengers to Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) at Patna Airport on Sunday night for allegedly having alcohol while on a flight to the city from Delhi. According to sources, the new noticed two people consuming alcohol on 6E-6383 which had taken off from Delhi at 9.09 pm on Sunday (Jan […]
Unruly flyer incidents: DGCA issues another show-cause notice to ‘lackadaisical’ Air India
NEW DELHI: Air India is yet again under regulatory fire for not reporting two incidents of unruly passengers on a Paris-Delhi flight on December 6, 2022. In the first incident, which sparked a major controversy, a flyer urinated on a vacant seat and blanket next to him when the lady co-passenger had gone to the […]
DGCA issues notice to Air India over unruly flyers on Paris flight
MUMBAI: The civil aviation regulator on Monday issued Air India a showcause notice for its “lackadaisical and delayed” response to two unruly passenger incidents that occurred on its flight from Paris to Delhi last month. It is the second showcause notice issued to Air India over not following the laid-down norms for handling unruly passengers. […]
Flight takes off from Bengaluru as 54 passengers wait on bus
BENGALURU: Foggy communication struck aviation just as fog in north India did on Monday as a Go First flight to Delhi from Bengaluru took off without 54 passengers who had checked in, cleared security and boarded one among four buses that were to take them to the parked aircraft. The airline flew the stranded passengers […]
DGCA issues advisory to airlines, reiterating the norms laid down to handle unruly passengers
MUMBAI: The Indian civil aviation regulator on Friday issued an advisory to all airlines underscoring the need to follow the laid-down procedures when handling unruly passengers. The advisory reiterated the relevant sections of law which demand that the crew should report the matter to the airline and security agencies concerned and hand over the unruly […]
Air India CEO apologises for urinating incidence; crew, pilot de-rostered; reviews alcohol policy
NEW DELHI: Tata Group-owned Air India CEO Campbell Wilson on Saturday apologised for a flyer urinating on a fellow female passenger on a flight from New York in November, and said four cabin crew and a pilot have been de-rostered and the airline is reviewing policy of serving alcohol on flights. Facing backlash for the […]
Airlines in India to add 100 aircraft per year to fly 412 million passengers
NEW DELHI: As Indigo Airline has expanded its fleet to 300 aircraft, the countrys airlines’ fleet is likely to add over 100 aircraft every year till the next few years as per the expected growth in the aviation sector. Civil Aviation Ministry officials said that there were about 400 aircraft in 2013 and in 2021-22, […]