Category: Civil Aviation

A Hyderabad-bound Vistara flight from Mumbai returned to the city soon after taking off from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport here due to a technical snag and landed back safely, the airline said on Sunday. The incident took place on Saturday.

A Chinook helicopter of the Indian Air Force made a precautionary landing following a “technical snag” in Punjab’s Sangrur district on Sunday, police said. The helicopter landed on an open ground at Dhadrian village of Longowal in Sangrur around 1 pm, a police official said, adding both crew members and the helicopter were safe.

A Chinook helicopter of the Indian Air Force made an emergency landing following a “technical snag” in Sunam on Sunday. The helicopter landed on an open ground in Dhadrian village around 1 pm, a police official said, adding that both crew members and the helicopter were safe. After knowing about helicopter’s emergency landing in the […]

China’s challenger to Airbus and Boeing’s passenger jets, the narrow-body C919 manufactured by the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), has made its first trip outside Chinese territory, staging a fly-by at the Singapore Airshow on Sunday. China has invested heavily in its attempt to break the hold of the dominant two Western planemakers on […]

Due to ongoing farm protests leading to restrictions on the land route, the Amritsar-New Delhi airfare has seen a six times increase. On normal days, the fare ranged between Rs 3,500-4,000 one-way per seat. Yet, it has skyrocketed to Rs 12,000-25,000. There are three airlines, Air India, Vistara and Indigo, which operate 10 direct flights […]

Singapore-headquartered BOC Aviation Ltd on Wednesday said it had entered into a finance lease transaction with InterGlobe Aviation Ltd (IndiGo). The deal has been signed for four Airbus A320NEO aircraft.

Chandigarh-Delhi airfare continues to be in the range of Rs 11,000-17,000 till February 17. The blockades on the highway effected in view of the farmers’ protest have also affected the Chandigarh-Delhi taxi service. Vikram singh Pundir of the Tricity Cab Union said, “No one from our group of 800 taxi drivers ventured on the Chandigarh-Delhi […]

The National Company Law Tribunal on Tuesday extended the deadline for another 60 days to complete the resolution process of grounded airline Go First. A two-member bench of the Delhi-based NCLT admitted the plea filed by the resolution professional (RP) of Go First seeking an extension of the timeline to complete the corporate insolvency resolution […]

The domestic airline industry will see operating profit rise more than 20% next fiscal, after a near-tripling this fiscal, fuelled by a strong recovery in passenger traffic, ability to pass on volatile fuel prices to flyers, and reduced fluctuation in foreign exchange rates, according to CRISIL Ratings. The domestic airline industry will see operating profit […]

The Chandigarh-Delhi airfares have gone through the roof with one way ticket costing around five times the normal rate. The air ticket from Chandigarh to Delhi and vice versa, which costs around Rs 3,000 on normal days, is available for rates from Rs 9,104 to Rs 17,021 for February 13. The surge is unusually high […]

The government is planning to expand the Gaggal airport and hearings for the rehabilitation plan to be outlaid for the affected families are going on. People doing business on rented and leased properties in the area are alleging that they have been left out of the relief and rehabilitation proceeding going on for the acquisition […]

Crisis-hit SpiceJet plans to hand out pink slips to at least 1,000 employees in the coming days as the airline works to significantly reduce costs and streamline operations of its depleted aircraft fleet, officials said on Monday. Faced with financial woes and legal battles, the no-frills carrier might ask more staff to leave as there […]