July 16th, 2020 5:59 AM 0 COMMENTS

Air India Adopts Steps to Make Its Grounded Planes Operational, Earmarks INR 500 Crore for the Purpose

To raise the market share and to take advantage of the holiday season, Air India has decided to make its grounded aircraft operational. For the purpose, the national air carrier has earmarked a total of INR 500 crores. Air India has around 19 aircraft grounded due to various reasons. Many of them require expensive spare parts and solving of technical glitches. About ten of the grounded aircraft are Airbus A320... Read More

July 16th, 2020 4:57 AM 0 COMMENTS

Air India Assets Holding Raises Rs 21,985 Crore By Bond Sale

Air India Assets Holding Ltd (AIAHL) was a special body formed by the government to overtake the debt of Air India. In a short span of one month, AIAHL has been successful in raising funds for three times already. In the recent bond sale issue, it managed to successfully raise over Rs 21,985 crore since September 16, 2019. The recent third bond issue that AIAHL rolled out was fully subscribed... Read More

July 16th, 2020 3:56 AM 0 COMMENTS

IndiGo Flight Returns Back to Chennai Due to Pratt and Whitney Engine Issue Mid Air

As per a latest report from PTI, on Thursday, an IndiGo flight suffered mid-air engine failure with a “loud bang”. The flight which suffered the engine failure while in operation was an Airbus A320Neo aircraft from IndiGo’s fleet. Following this incident, the civil aviation ministry has taken a serious note of the matter and investigations are already on. Going by the words of the sources, the engine failure has been... Read More

July 16th, 2020 3:51 AM 2 COMMENTS

5 New Flights in State After SpiceJet UP Govt Agreement Signed

Uttar Pradesh Government and the private budget carrier SpiceJet has signed a new deal for operating on five new routes in the state. The SpiceJet UP Govt agreement was done on Wednesday this week and will now need clearance from Union Civil Aviation ministry. The five new routes in which SpiceJet will operate its new flights are Varanasi-Kolkata, Varanasi-Bengaluru, Kanpur-Mumbai, Kanpur-Bengaluru and Gorakhpur-Bengaluru. SpiceJet UP Govt Agreement to Bring 5 New... Read More

July 16th, 2020 3:49 AM 0 COMMENTS

Calicut Airport May Soon Resume the Operations of Wide-Bodied Aircraft of Air India, Emirates

The wide-bodied aircraft of Air India and Emirates may soon commence operations from Calicut International Airport, possibly from next month. The airlines have submitted the reports of compatibility, safety and mitigation assessments necessary for the operation to the authorities. However, the airlines are yet to receive ‘No Objection Certificate’ (NOC) from civil aviation authority, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). Currently, Saudi Arabian Airlines is operating wide-bodied aircraft from... Read More

April 13th, 2020 12:19 PM 0 COMMENTS

Flight Costs Are Going To Skyrocket Post Lockdown

Once the lockdown is removed and commercial airline operations resume, flight costs are going to skyrocket. As of now, the airlines are in distress over ceased operations. There is no cash inflow yet there are fixed costs for the airlines that are to be met. It is expected that the flight tickets are going to increase three-fold in price. The reason is not only the losses airlines faced during the... Read More

October 11th, 2019 3:03 PM 0 COMMENTS

Air India Subsidiary Alliance Air Bags Permission for International Flights to Sri Lanka

Alliance Air had pitched a plan to the Civil Aviation ministry about Alliance Air’s potential international routes. Now in a new update as reported by IANS, it has come up that the Civil Aviation Ministry has approved Alliance Air’s plans of international flights to Sri Lanka. It is crucial to note that Alliance Air’s parent company, Air India remains at the top of the government’s agenda for a big divestment... Read More

July 23rd, 2019 11:52 AM 0 COMMENTS

SpiceJet’s Direct Flights to New Delhi from Mangaluru to Resume from August 4

SpiceJet will resume its Mangaluru-Delhi direct flights from August 4, 2019. The flight will leave Mangaluru International Airport at 6.15 am and arrive in Delhi at 8.55 am. On its return journey, it will leave New Delhi at 8.30 pm and will arrive at 11.15 pm. Meanwhile, SpiceJet captured its highest domestic market share in five years at 15.6% this June. IndiGo continued to maintain its top market share by... Read More

July 2nd, 2019 6:38 PM 0 COMMENTS

UDAN International Scheme Commences With SpiceJet’s New Guwahati-Dhaka Service

SpiceJet has commenced service between Guwahati and Dhaka under the International Air Connectivity Scheme (IACS) from 1 July 2019. The flight will depart Guwahati at 11.55 am, while it will leave Dhaka at 2.10 pm every day. The service between Guwahati-Dhaka is the first to fly under the UDAN International scheme. The promotional airfare for a one-way trip between Guwahati and Dhaka costs INR 3,355. The first flight between the... Read More

June 27th, 2019 2:39 PM 0 COMMENTS

Air India to Fly on the International Routes of Jet Airways in Five Countries

Air India will fly on the routes of the grounded Jet Airways in five countries, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said in a written reply to Rajya Sabha. The route allocation is temporary until the end of the summer schedule this year. “Bilateral rights of Jet Airways have been temporarily allocated to Air India/Air India Express till end of summer schedule 2019 for the sectors as follows - India-Dubai... Read More

June 12th, 2019 8:40 AM 0 COMMENTS

Government may remove the landing charges of aircraft with less than 80 seats

According to a report by The Economic Times, the government may waive the landing charges at 15 defence airports for aircraft having less than 80 seats. The smaller aircraft help in establishing air connectivity to the regional parts of the country and waiving landing charges may boost the regional connectivity, says the report. Landing charges is a fee collected by the airports from the airlines depending on the weight of... Read More

January 9th, 2019 2:11 AM 1 COMMENTS

GoAir Faces Similar Engine Issues Like IndiGo, Grounds 7 Planes

The news about the frequently recurring glitches in the Pratt and Whitney engines in the A320neos inducted by the Indian domestic carriers in the 2016 have come into the limelight lately for all the wrong reasons. First the reports were from the low-cost carrier IndiGo, and now GoAir has also come up with updates informing about the same. The Wadia-Group owned no-frills carrier has also reportedly grounded as much as... Read More

December 17th, 2018 7:59 PM 0 COMMENTS

Gulf Airlines Awaits Permission From DGCA to Operate Two Daily Flights to Kannur International Airport

Gulf Airlines may operate two daily flights to Kannur International Airport, says a report published by Arabian Business. According to the report, the airline has applied for permission to the Indian aviation authority the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and is awaiting its approval. On similar ground, few Indian airlines may also receive permission to operate to various airports in the Middle East. In an exclusive interview provided to... Read More

December 3rd, 2018 5:05 AM 0 COMMENTS

No Need to Remove Laptops From Handbags for Passengers at Mumbai, Delhi and Hyderabad Airports

The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has granted permission to the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) to check the passengers’ handbags without removing the laptops and fluid items from it. This experimental arrangement will be practised at Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi; Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai; and Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad. “On an experimental basis, BCAS has allowed handbag scanners where laptops, liquids item not to be... Read More

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