The flights between Delhi and Bathinda resumed today after a gap of three and a half years in the wake of Covid pandemic. Gaurav Preet Singh Brar of Muktsar was a pilot of the first Air Alliance flight which landed at the Civil Airport Virk Kalan in Bathinda, under the “UDAN” scheme. A total of […]
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Israel crisis: Air India cancels Tel Aviv flights till October 14
Air India on Sunday said it has cancelled its flights to and from Tel Aviv till October 14. Israel came under attack by Hamas militants on Saturday and since then, both sides are engaged in fighting in which scores of people have died. “Our flights to and from Tel Aviv will remain suspended till 14th […]
Air India’s new look
Tata Group-owned Air India on Saturday shared the first look of its new A350 planes after a paint job in France’s Toulouse. The planes will arrive in India this winter, informed the airline The airline had rebranded itself earlier this year with a new red-purple-gold look and a new logo ‘The Vista’. A staggering $400 […]
Ambala civil airport likely to be ready in 6 months: Anil Vij
Haryana Home and Health Minister Anil Vij today said the Haryana State Roads and Bridge Development Corporation Limited will start the construction work of the Civil Enclave, a domestic airport, soon after the foundation stone-laying ceremony on October 15 and the enclave is expected to be ready in six months. Vij said, “With the construction […]
Air India opens mega warehouse in Delhi
Air India on Friday said it has commissioned a mega warehouse facility in Delhi for storing over 1,000,000 engineering spares for aircraft maintenance. Spread across 54,000 sq ft and located near Terminal 3, at Delhi Airport’s cargo complex, the centralised warehousing facility will improve the turnaround time of flights operating out of Delhi, the company […]
HAL hands over first LCA Tejas twin-seater aircraft to IAF
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited on Wednesday handed over the first LCA Tejas twin-seater and all-weather multi-role 4.5 generation aircraft to the Indian Air Force The Bengaluru-headquartered company said the variant had all capabilities to support training requirements of the IAF and augment itself to the role of fighter as well.
HAL hands over first LCA Tejas twin-seater aircraft to IAF
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited on Wednesday handed over the first LCA Tejas twin seater aircraft to the Indian Air Force. The Bengaluru-headquartered company said the twin-seater variant has all the capabilities to support the training requirements of the IAF and augments itself to the role of fighter as well in case of necessity. Union Minister of […]
IAF to buy 156 more ‘Prachand’ Light Combat choppers for deployment along China, Pak border
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): In what could be termed as one of the biggest pushes for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ in the defence sector, the Indian Air Force is going to place orders for 156 more Prachand Light Combat Helicopters, with HAL, which would be deployed at both the China […]
Govt hiring new plane: Activist; warned by cops
An RTI activist and the police had a slugfest on X today when the former posted that the government had sought bids for hiring an 8-10 seater plane. Manik Goyal posted screenshots of the government advertisement on X but the official handle of the Punjab Police replied with a warning to him to remove the […]
Soon, fly from Ambala Cantt
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar will perform the ‘bhoomi pujan’ of Civil Enclave, a civil airport, at Ambala Cantonment on October 15. Giving this information, Haryana Home and Health Minister Anil Vij said under UDAN, a regional connectivity scheme, 20 acres had now been registered in the GLR (General Land Register) records in the name […]
Jalan-Kalrock Consortium infuses additional Rs 100 cr in Jet Airways
Jalan-Kalrock Consortium, the winning bidder for the revival of grounded carrier Jet Airways, on Friday said it has infused an additional Rs 100 crore in the airline as per the court-approved resolution plan. With this, the consortium has “fulfilled” its total financial commitment of Rs 350 crore to revive the airline, which would pave the […]
Air India passenger suffers serious burns after crew accidentally spills ‘coffee’; airline apologises
A passenger onboard an Air India flight from the national capital to San Francisco earlier this month suffered burns after a cabin crew member accidentally spilled coffee on her, and the airline has apologised for the incident. The passenger took to social media to narrate her experience, saying “Air India delivered distressing experience that took […]