Category: Civil Aviation

Hundreds of Air India passengers were left stranded at several airports across the world as its check-in software stopped functioning for around six hours, the airline said on Saturday. According to airline sources, the software, which is of Atlanta-based SITA company, was not functioning approximately from 3 am to 9 am on Saturday. Consequently, boarding […]

Two senior executives of Vistara tendered an apology to Major General GD Bakshi (retd) following a controversy over the airline tweeting, and later deleting, a photo of him with its crew members inside a plane. The full service carrier, on Sunday, tweeted the photo saying it was honoured to have Bakshi on board. The tweet […]

Shares of Jet Airways, which has shut down operations temporarily, continued to fall for the third day in a row on Monday, tumbling over 23 per cent. The scrip dived 19.34 per cent to Rs 132.20–its 52-week low–on the BSE. At the NSE, shares plunged 23.17 per cent to hit a one-year low of Rs […]

The Civil Aviation Ministry has asked domestic carriers to desist from raising fares on routes connecting far-flung areas especially in the northeast, in the wake of the grounding of Jet Airways. “The Ministry has advised airlines’ to not raise fares on routes that connect smaller cities and towns especially in the northeast, Srinagar and Port […]

The Kangra Travel Agents’ Association on Sunday appealed to Union Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu to reduce airfare between Dharamsala and New Delhi, which it said was beyond the reach of the common man at present. Members of the association said since the tourist season was about to begin, the Centre should implement the new […]

Dharamsala today got connected with Jaipur by air as Spicejet introduced a flight between the two cities. The one-and-a-half-hour flight between the two tourist cities will operate on a daily basis. The 90-seater SpiceJet aircraft took off from the Jaipur airport at 6.05 am with full passenger capacity and landed at the Dharamshala airport at […]

A major crisis at the struggling carrier Jet Airways was averted Sunday after its pilots’ body, National Aviator’s Guild (NAG), deferred till April 15 its call for halting operations. The decision was taken at an open house meeting of NAG members which took place in both Mumbai and Delhi on Sunday afternoon, NAG president Karan […]

To stave off any haircut in Jet Airways, the lenders of the company have already started approaching prospective investors, informed sources said on Friday. Accordingly, the lenders led by the State Bank of India (SBI) have approached various prospective buyers from conglomerates to a global private equity firm for sale of their stake in the […]

Jet Airways’ investors are cheering this week’s government-led rescue deal, but the cash-strapped Indian airline’s future looks mired in uncertainty as convincing a new investor to come on Board may not be easy. The airline, which was on the brink of bankruptcy, was bailed out on Monday by state-run banks, which have temporarily taken a […]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court was today told that the Chandigarh International Airport will operate 24×7 from April 10. Air India (AI) too will launch a flight to Delhi between 6 am and 7 am for onward journey to 15 international destinations. To begin with, 31 flights will take off from March 31. The […]

From March 31, the frequency of flights at the city airport will be increased to 34 with addition of seven domestic flights. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) today announced its summer schedule, which will remain effective from March 31 to October 26. According to the schedule, the Chandigarh airport will see arrival and departure […]