Category: Civil Aviation

Two seaplanes collided in mid-air on Monday over southeastern Alaska, killing at least three of those aboard, injuring 10 others and leaving three people missing, US Coast Guard and Federal Aviation Administration officials said. The two aircraft – one with 11 passengers and crew, the other with five people aboard – went down over water […]

Air passengers seeking to travel last minute for emergencies or other exigencies will soon find some relief with the national carrier on Saturday announcing a plan to offer last minute tickets at hefty discounts. Air India spokesperson Dhananjay Kumar said on Saturday the discounts would normally exceed 40 per cent of the selling price. “The […]

An Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft overshot the main runway while departing from the Mumbai airport on Tuesday night, an official said. Due to the incident, aircraft movement was diverted to the secondary runway, the official of the Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) said on Wednesday. “We confirm that an Air Force aircraft departing from […]

Forty-one people, including at least two children, are believed to have died when a Russian passenger plane made an emergency landing and was engulfed in flames at Moscow’s busiest airport on Sunday, investigators said. Dramatic footage shared on social media showed Aeroflot’s Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft, land at Sheremetyevo international airport, flames and black smoke […]

A Boeing jetliner with 143 people aboard from the US outpost at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, slid off a runway into a shallow river in Jacksonville, Florida, on Friday while attempting to land at a military base there during a thunderstorm, injuring 21 people. There were no reports of fatalities or critical injuries. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s […]

Two flights, which were set to land at the Chandigarh Airport, were diverted to Amritsar and Lucknow due to poor weather in the city today. “The flights were diverted because of high-wind speed and a thick cloud cover. To ensure safety of passengers, the flights were diverted,” said a spokesperson for the airport. A GoAir […]

International airports in the northern region are getting busier as the number of people opting for air travel has been growing exponentially. In 2018-19, Srinagar International Airport witnessed a 12.2% growth in passenger traffic (domestic and international) followed by Sri Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport, Amritsar (8.8%). Chandigarh International Airport, however, witnessed a marginal […]

An IL-76 pilot has achieved the distinction of having completed 1,000 incident-free landings of the Russian-origin heavy lift aircraft at Leh and Thoise. Group Captain Sandeep Singh Chhabra achieved the feat on April 30. Commissioned into the transport stream of Indian Air Force on June 13, 1992, Gp Capt Chhabra initially flew the AN-32 in […]

After nearly three years, budget carrier IndiGo has decided to hike the salaries of its pilots and cabin crew as well other categories of employees effective this month. The commanders at the largest carrier had last month objected to the hiring of pilots from the now-grounded Jet Airways with additional sops like joining bonus, alleging […]

In a clear indication of lack of support from the lenders on further funding, Jet Airways chief executive Vinay Dube has said it is painful that there is no commitment on the part of all stakeholders on paying salaries to the employees which are due in a few days. The now grounded airline has not […]

The grounding of Jet Airways is turning into a quick windfall and long-term opportunity for international airlines keen to scoop up nearly a million outbound passengers from what was once the nation’s biggest airline. Jet, which previously had a fleet of around 120 largely Boeing Co planes, was forced to indefinitely halt all flight operations […]

A GoAir plane, carrying 151 passengers, to the national capital was diverted to Nagpur due to a “technical glitch” in the pressurisation system, according to the airline. The A320 ceo aircraft was flying from Bengaluru on Friday. In a statement, the airline said flight G8-7001 was diverted to Nagpur after the pilot “suspected a technical […]