IndiGo today commenced a direct flight between Dharamsala and Delhi. Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur participated in the inaugural ceremony of the IndiGo flight to Dharamsala, virtually. Talking to The Tribune, he said it was the fifth commercial flight to operate between Delhi and Dharamsala form the Gaggal airport in Kangra district. […]
Category: Civil Aviation
Coast Guard helicopter crashes soon after takeoff at CIAL, pilot’s ‘presence of mind’ saves three on board
One person was injured when a Coast Guard helicopter crashed on Sunday just after takeoff from its enclave at the Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) here, but the “presence of mind” of the pilot saved the lives of three persons onboard, a release said. The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) said the ALH Mk III chopper […]
Air India and Nepal Airlines aircraft almost collided mid-air; 3 air traffic controllers suspended
A major tragedy was averted on Friday when an Air India and a Nepal Airlines aircraft came close to collision mid-air but the warning systems alerted the pilots whose timely action prevented the disaster, authorities said here on Sunday. The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has suspended three employees of the air traffic controller […]
Akasa Air to hire nearly 1,000 people by Mar 2024; to place ‘three-digit’ aircraft order by year-end: CEO Vinay Dube
Akasa Air plans to hire nearly 1,000 people and take the total staff strength to more than 3,000 by the end of March 2024 as the airline continues to expand its fleet as well as routes, according to its chief Vinay Dube. The airline, which took to the skies a little over seven months ago, […]
BSF seizes arms and ammunition dropped by drone in Gurdaspur sector
The Border Security Force has seized five pistols and ammunition dropped by a drone in the Gurdaspur sector during the wee hours of Friday. “On March 24, at about 2.28 am, BSF troops deployed along the Indo-Pakistan border in area of Metla near Gurdaspur detected a drone infiltrating into the Indian territory from Pakistan,” a […]
2 held for unruly behaviour after drinking on board Dubai-Mumbai flight
Two passengers on board a Dubai-Mumbai IndiGo flight were arrested for allegedly hurling abuses at crew and co-passengers in an inebriated condition, a police official said on Thursday. They were placed under arrest after the flight landed in Mumbai on Wednesday and were granted bail by a court here, the official said. “The two accused […]
Rs 50L okayed to repair Bhuntar airport hangar
After the Airports Authority of India (AAI) started building a link taxi track costing Rs 57 lakh at the Kullu-Manali Airport in Bhuntar, the state government has announced Rs 50 lakh for the repair of the hangar. The NCC management took up the issue of taxi track with the AAI last year and the latter […]
Vijay Mallya bought properties worth Rs 330 crore in England, France even as Kingfisher Airlines was in crisis: CBI
Beleaguered businessman Vijay Mallya bought properties worth Rs 330 crore in England and France during 2015-16 even as his Kingfisher Airlines was facing a cash crunch at that time and banks had not recovered the loans defaulted by the liquor baron, the CBI has claimed in its supplementary chargesheet filed in a court here. Mallya […]
Govt to raise Rs 2,800 cr by selling stake in HAL
The Finance Ministry on Thursday decided to exercise the green shoe option as the offer-for-sale of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) has received a good response, with the issue subscribing 4.5 times on day one. “Offer for Sale (OFS) of government shares in HAL got great response on day one. Issue subscribed 4.5 times of base […]
BSF personnel repel Pak drone
BSF personnel stationed near the International Border with Pakistan in Samba district repelled a drone that entered the Indian territory early on Wednesday morning. A major search operation was launched to detect if it had dropped anything. Nothing could be found. The incident took place at around 2.30 am when the drone entered from Pakistan’s […]
Mulling drone use to monitor new AIIMS’ progress: Govt
A project review committee has been constituted to monitor delay in the completion of new AIIMS projects and use of drones for the purpose of progress monitoring was also being mulled, the Centre informed a parliamentary panel, which earlier red-flagged delay in the new AIIMS projects and non-functionality of some of those made operational. The […]
Ahmedabad-Chd-Srinagar flight on summer schedule
With summer flight schedule kicking in from March 26, 51 flights (arrivals and departures each) will be operational on a daily basis at Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport, Chandigarh. A new flight, Ahmedabad-Chandigarh-Srinagar (arrival 7:35 am, departure 8:05 am), has been added to the schedule this summer. From April 15, a new flight, Chandigarh-Bengaluru, is […]