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November 24th, 2021 7:18 PM 0 COMMENTS

ATR Announces New Pratt & Whitney Engine Series at Dubai Airshow 2021

Franco-Italian aircraft manufacturer ATR announced a new engine series -- Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127XT engine – at the recently held Dubai Airshow 2021. ATR claims a 20% reduction in maintenance costs and a 3% reduction in fuel consumption in this new engine. Air Corsica, a flagship carrier of the French insular region Corsica, ordered the new engine series and became its launch customer at Dubai Airshow 2021. “ATR focuses... Read More

November 20th, 2021 10:58 PM 0 COMMENTS

IndiGo Resumes Meals for Flights With Under 2 Hours Duration

In a recent development, IndiGo has said that it will be resuming meals for all of its flights which are under two hours in duration. It is worth noting that, a few days back, the Civil Aviation Ministry had allowed all the domestic airlines in India to serve meals to customers inside the flights. Earlier, airlines operating flights with under two hours duration weren’t allowed to serve meals. “Effective 19th... Read More

November 19th, 2021 9:33 PM 0 COMMENTS

India and Singapore to Resume Commercial Flights Soon

The commercial flights between India and Singapore have now been suspended for around two years, however, according to recent sources, the air commute between the two countries might resume very soon. This development is taking place as India will now become a part of Singapore’s Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL). VTL allows countries to quarantine free travel to Singapore and it is expected that India will join the list on November... Read More

November 18th, 2021 10:54 PM 0 COMMENTS

Air India Pilots to Take ‘Industrial Action’ if Payment Issues are Not Resolved

eeee The pilots of Air India have been complaining about the payment issues for a while now and it doesn’t look like things are getting any better. In the recent development of events, around 900 pilots who represent their two unions Indian Pilots’ Guild (IPG) and Indian Commercial Pilots’ Association (ICPA) have set off the warning for ‘industrial action’ if the payment issues are not resolved soon. The pilots have... Read More

November 14th, 2021 6:27 PM 0 COMMENTS

Counter Drone Systems Could Be Acquired by AAI Next Year Worth Rs 9.9 Crore

According to an official released document, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) is probably going to acquire two counter-drone systems in 2022-23 that may cost around Rs 9.9 Crore. Counter drone systems are the systems that are capable of detecting and/or intercepting unmanned aircraft systems while in flight. The decision must have come after two bombs were dropped at Indian Air Force Station at Jammu airport in June of this... Read More

November 2nd, 2021 6:19 PM 0 COMMENTS

Winter Schedule in India Goes into Effect, Indigo Expands Further

In the recent development of events, the winter schedule was released for the aviation industry, which came into effect from October 31st, 2021. The approval of 108 airports was cleared by the regulators. The winter schedule sees a dip of 4.38% as compared to the previous schedule of 2019, with SpiceJet contributing with the maximum reduction of 30%. The country currently has over 100 operational airports, 27 of which have... Read More

November 1st, 2021 8:42 PM 0 COMMENTS

Indigo Initiates Six New Flights from Country, Expands Its Domestic Network

In the recent development of events, Indigo has launched six new flights on Monday connecting the city of Kanpur to some major cities of the country, namely Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad. The airlines said in a statement that the flights would operate every day of the week except for Sunday. The Civil Aviation Minister of the country, Jyotiraditya Scindia flagged the approval of the flight’s operation on Monday. The launch... Read More

October 30th, 2021 6:18 PM 0 COMMENTS

Pune Airport to Resume its Operations from Today, Was Closed for 14 Days

The Pune airport reopened for business today after being closed for civilian operations for the past 14 days. The Pune airport was shut closed from October 16 to October 29 as resurfacing work for a runway was in process. The officials are claiming that MES or Military Engineering Services have pulled off this resurfacing task in a record 14-day time as compared to 28-35 normal working days. The flights were... Read More

October 12th, 2021 9:44 PM 0 COMMENTS

Restrictions on Domestic Airlines Lifted, Airlines to Function at Their Full Capacity

A major step was taken by the aviation ministry today where the restrictions on domestic airlines were lifted so as to bring ease in the flight operations in the country. The decision came about in just three months after Jyotiraditya Scindia took charge as the Minister of Civil Aviation and lifts any restrictions that were imposed in the May of last year after the nationwide lockdown due to Covid-19. An... Read More

August 10th, 2021 5:20 PM 0 COMMENTS

DGCA Wants Airlines to Keep a Check on Third-Party Platforms

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has asked the airlines to keep a check on the flight fares that the third-party platforms are reflecting. In the last few days, a lot of confusion has stirred amongst the public related to the flight fares. Naturally, because of the limited number of international flights, the tickets will get a little expensive. But there were people claiming that the flight tickets for... Read More

June 3rd, 2021 11:42 PM 0 COMMENTS

Air India Disinvestment to Complete Before December 31, 2021

The national air carrier, Air India, has been operating under a loss for years now and has a mountain of debt on its shoulders. Thus the government had earlier decided to sell a 76% majority stake of the airline to interested buyers. However, there were no takers for the airline at that point in time. In the second round of attempt, the Modi government might actually sell the airline to... Read More

February 8th, 2021 11:32 AM 0 COMMENTS

Bilaspur Airport to See Domestic Flights from March 1, 2021 Under UDAN: Report

While addressing a press conference at the Kushabhau Thakre Parisar, BJP’s state office in Chattisgarh, Hardeep Singh Puri confirmed that Bilaspur airport would get to see domestic flights from March 1, 2021. These flights will be conducted under the regional connectivity scheme, ‘UDAN’ of the government. It is worth noting that Bilaspur airport got upgraded from the ‘2C’ category to the ‘3C’ category just a few days back. The ‘3C’... Read More

January 5th, 2021 5:49 PM 0 COMMENTS

Chennai to Get Second Airport in Parandur Soon

Chennai is very soon going to get another airport in the city. As of now, all that is needed is the approval of the Civil Aviation Ministry. The ministry wanted a thorough technical study to be done before a location for the second airport in Tamil Nadu's capital could be finalised. As per a New Indian Express report, the state government has landed upon two destinations - Parandur and Cheyyar.... Read More

November 5th, 2020 7:02 PM 0 COMMENTS

Indian Airlines Can Fly Up to 60% of Pre-COVID Domestic Flights Till February 24

The Indian government had earlier issued an order stating that the airlines could operate up to 60% of the pre-COVID domestic flights. But there was a question as to until when will the airlines operate up to 60% of their pre-COVID domestic flights. As per a PTI report, the Civil Aviation Ministry has cleared through an order issued on October 29, 2020, that this system of flying will remain in... Read More

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