Category: Civil Aviation

Italian airline Neos Air is going to commence flights connecting Amritsar with Toronto in Canada and New York in the US via its hub at Milan Malpensa Airport from April 6. Neos Air commenced scheduled services between Milan Malpensa and Amritsar in mid-December 2022. The airline first started operations to Amritsar during the pandemic. The […]

The state government has asked an NGO to conduct a social impact survey of the project for the expansion of the Gaggal airport. NGO members, who have been assigned the task of conducting the survey, yesterday faced resistance from people of Gaggal, whose land will be acquired for airport expansion. A social impact survey is […]

Indian budget carrier IndiGo is in talks with both Boeing and its current supplier Airbus to order more than 500 passenger jets, potentially smashing an industry record set by domestic rival Air India a few weeks ago, industry sources said. India’s largest airline has until now been an exclusive buyer of narrow-body jets from Airbus […]

The Justice Department on Thursday arrested two Kansas men on allegations that the pair illegally exported aviation-related technology to Russia and provided repair services for the equipment. Cyril Gregory Buyanovsky and Douglas Robertson are charged with conspiracy, exporting controlled goods without a license, falsifying and failing to file electronic export information, and smuggling goods in […]

The Tourism Industry Stakeholders’ Association has demanded an increase in the number of flights, capacity of heli taxi and changes in the timings so that the inflow of tourists travelling from Chandigarh to Shimla can be improved. Association president Mohinder Seth says, “The footfall of tourists has been declining in Shimla in the recent times […]

A drone that was shot down by the Border Security Force along the India-Pakistan international border in Punjab last year had taken flight and had ‘footprints’ in China and Pakistan, a BSF spokesperson said on Wednesday quoting a forensic analysis report. The quadcopter was downed on December 25, 2022 near the Rajatal border post in […]

Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) deal with Tata Sons will inject a further $267 million into Air India. It will give SIA a 25.1% stake in the Air India Group following its takeover by Tata and merger with Vistara Airlines. The November 2022 deal between SIA and Tata Sons to further inject $267 million into Air India […]

The Union Cabinet has approved procurement of 70 HTT-40 Basic Trainer Aircraft from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force (IAF) at a cost of Rs 6,828.36 crore. The aircraft will be supplied over a period of six years. The Cabinet has also approved to sign a contract with Larsen & Toubro Limited […]

The Union Cabinet has approved procurement of 70 HTT-40 Basic Trainer Aircraft from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force at a cost of Rs 6,828.36 crore. The aircrafts will be supplied over a period of six years. The Cabinet has approved to sign a contract with Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) for […]

The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Sunday airlifted 388 passengers from Jammu to the Union Territory of Ladakh, a defence spokesman said. The passengers had been stranded in Jammu. 2 IL-76 aircrafts were pressed into service from Jammu Air Force Station under Operation Sadbhavana.

The Border Security Force shot down a drone that had entered the Indian airspace from Pakistan in the Amritsar Sector during the wee hours on Sunday. “On February 26 around 2.11 am, BSF troops deployed at the border heard a buzzing sound of a suspected drone entering from Pakistan into the Indian territory near Shahjada […]

All five people aboard a medical transport flight, including a patient, were killed in a plane crash in a mountainous area in northern Nevada. The Lyon County Sheriff’s office said authorities began receiving calls about the crash on Friday night near Stagecoach, Nevada, around 9:15 pm and found the wreckage two hours later. Stagecoach, a […]