Category: Civil Aviation

The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Monday ferried 81 stranded people between the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, a week after airlifting 286 passengers, an official said. “Eighty-one passengers were airlifted by AN-32, locally known as Kargil Courier. While 53 passengers were airlifted from Kargil to Jammu, 28 others were ferried from […]

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur today directed officers to speed up construction work of five heliports at Kangnidhar in Mandi district, SASE (Manali) in Kullu district, Baddi in Solan district and Shimla and Rampur in Shimla district so that the people could benefit at the earliest. Presiding over a meeting here, he said the government […]

The first domestic flight connecting Mumbai and the Doaba region couldn’t take off from Adampur airport on Monday due to bad weather. With this, the airport authorities announced that the SpiceJet flight will remain cancelled till further notice. Apart from bad weather conditions, the unavailability of passengers on the route was reported as the prime […]

A private operator started daily flights between Amritsar and Pune with a short halt in Delhi. Sameep Singh Gumtala, convener, Fly Amritsar Initiative, said according to the schedule released on Indigo’s website, booking of flight is available till March 27, 2021. The flight operating as Indigo #6E286 departs from Amritsar at 15:45 pm and reaches […]

After four days of inclement weather triggering heavy snow and rain, there was marked improvement on Thursday as the local Meteorological (MeT) Department forecast mainly dry weather in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh for the next seven days. The air traffic was restored from the Srinagar international airport on Thursday after remaining shut for three […]

The global airlines body, International Air Transport Association (IATA), in its latest report has said that the domestic passenger traffic growth in India was 49.6 per cent lower in November last year as compared to the corresponding month in 2019. “In India, domestic Revenue Passenger Kilometres (RPKs) contracted by 49.6 per cent year-on-year in November […]

Jalandhar: Due to inclement weather conditions, the only Delhi-Adampur flight of Doaba region has been suspended till Friday. This comes amid limited transportation modes to the national capital due to farmers’ protest at the Delhi-Haryana border. While the bus service from Jalandhar to New Delhi has already been discontinued, there are only two regular trains […]

IndiGo airlines on Tuesday said a passenger whose connecting flight is cancelled can now rebook that part of the journey or take the refund for the same. In a press release, the airline said: “The new additional option will allow a customer whose connecting flight has been cancelled, to either rebook partially – i.e. from […]

Air India has rescheduled Amritsar-Nanded-Amritsar flight from today onwards. The flight will now take off from Amritsar airport at 8.10 am on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. The same flight would again take passengers from Nanded at 11.45 am and reach Amritsar at 2.20 pm. Earlier, Air India had resumed direct air links between Amritsar and […]

The first domestic flight connecting Mumbai and the Doaba region couldn’t take off from Adampur airport on Thursday due to bad weather conditions. Now, it is up to the passengers to deal with inconvenience as it remains for next five days. As per reports, the only Mumbai-bound SpiceJet flight from Adampur has been suspended for […]

The Delhi international airport is geared up to ensure safe flight operations amid increasing fog in the city, operator DIAL said on Tuesday. The airport utilises an Airport Collaborative Decision Making (ACDM) cell—which has representatives of domestic airlines, air traffic control and the Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL)—for better coordination when visibility reduces due to […]

A Delhi court has refused to cancel the non-bailable warrants (NBWs) against Shravan Gupta, a former managing director of realty major Emmar MGF, in connection with AgustaWestland VVIP chopper money laundering case. The court dismissed Gupta’s application seeking cancellation of the NBWs, saying it was “without any merit”.