Category: Civil Aviation

PUNE: Vistara on Friday announced daily non-stop flights between Delhi and Bali, starting December 1. This makes Vistara the only airline offering direct connectivity between the two cities currently. Vistara will be deploying its A321LR aircraft, with a three-class configuration, giving its customers the option to fly in Business, Premium Economy, or Economy cabins when […]

MUMBAI: Vistara, a joint venture of Tata group and Singapore Airlines on Friday announced daily non-stop flights between Delhi and Denpasar, Bali from December 01. Currently no airline flies non-stop from India to the Bali province of Indonesia. The airline, which will operate the route with its A321LR aircraft, announced all-inclusive return fares starting at […]

NEW DELHI: Air India has launched a “peer support programme” (PSP) for its pilots. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had earlier this year asked all airlines to do this “to assist the mental well being of crew”. In his weekly update to Air Indians, the airline’s MD & CEO Campbell Wilson said Friday: […]

MUMBAI: Taking action against SpiceJet for alleged deficiencies in pilot training, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) levied a penalty of twenty lakhs on the airline and suspended its head of training for a period of three months in two orders issued recently. The issue pertains to the findings of a three day inspection […]

MUMBAI: Orange is the new black for low-cost carriers. While red and blue have been the favourite colours for full-service carriers, orange and white are increasingly being used by low-cost carriers in their logo and livery. After Akasa, Air India Express is the latest low-cost airline to sport an orange and white livery. The Tatas […]

PUNE: Air India on Wednesday announced a special sale on its India-Singapore and India-Bangkok routes, offering travellers unmissable fares in economy and business class for travel until March next year. On bookings made from India, the all-inclusive, Economy round-trip fares on select India-Singapore routes start from Rs.13330, and on select India-Bangkok routes from Rs. 17045. […]

PUNE: Air India Express and AirAsia India on Wednesday unveiled a common, refreshed branding as ‘Air India Express’, on a new Boeing 737 –8 aircraft. With a modern look and bold, bright colours and aircraft livery, the airline invited guests to “Fly as you are,” announcing its intention to differentiate itself with a by making […]

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MUMBAI: AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes has the corporate world divided over a new kind of multitasking. On Monday, the airline top honco posted a photo of him seated in a meeting, shirtless, while a masseuse stands behind him kneading his left shoulder. The masseuse is in her work clothes, with an apron, face mask and […]

NEW DELHI: Seeking to put the debilitating pilot exodus behind him, Akasa co-founder & CEO Vinay Dube on Tuesday said an order for “three digit aircraft will be placed within the next 75 days”. While the airline is learnt to be planning to raise $400 million, it claims to have adequate funds to place the […]

NEW DELHI: A wide body Airbus A340 that was to bring back Indians from Israel on Sunday developed a snag on landing in Tel Aviv. The aircraft, wet leased by SpiceJet (leased along with operating crew), had flown from Delhi to Tel Aviv with no passenger to bring back people from there. “On reaching Tel […]

GUWAHATI: The Guwahati airport has handled 4.6 lakh passengers in September, an increase of 22 per cent compared to the same month last year, Chief Airport Officer Utpal Baruah said on Saturday. The international airport also handled almost 4,000 air traffic movements in September, which is 19 per cent higher than that (3,216) in that […]