October 31st, 2019 2:35 PM 0 COMMENTS

DGCA Regulates IndiGo, GoAir To Upgrade Their Pratt Engines Under 15 Days

Earlier this year, the Indian aviation regulator DGCA directed all the domestic airlines to make extra checks on their A320neo aircraft equipped with Pratt & Whitney engines to match the new safety protocols. In another directive released by DGCA, the aviation watchdog has asked the domestic carriers IndiGo and GoAir to modify a number of their Airbus A320neo aircraft equipped with Pratt & Whitney engines, which are prone to in-flight... Read More

October 10th, 2019 7:25 PM 0 COMMENTS

Hindon Airport to Witness First Commercial Flight Tomorrow Seven Months After Inauguration

Hindon airport has been inaugurated for seven months now. The airport which is situated beside the IAF’s Hindon airbase has seen no flights till now. However, things are about to change now as we have got the update about the first flight that will take off from the Hindon airport in a few days’ time. A nine-seater plane operated by private airlines, Air Heritage will take off tomorrow from the... Read More

July 17th, 2019 2:51 PM 0 COMMENTS

Pakistan Reopens Airspace Saving the Operating Cost for Indian Domestic Carriers

In a relief to passengers travelling to the west, Pakistan has opened the airspace after 140 days. The re-opening drops the travel times and reduces the operating expenses for the airlines. It is worth noting that after the closure of the Pakistani airspace, the flights had to be diverted to a different route which was costing the airlines more fuel. Pakistan closed the airspace after India’s strike on Balakot terror... Read More

July 3rd, 2019 11:00 AM 0 COMMENTS

DGCA to Conduct an Audit of Airlines Involved in Runway Overshoots

In the wake of a series of runway incidents, occurred in last five days, the aviation watchdog Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is likely to conduct audits of the airlines involved in the incidents of runway veer off. The regulator has also issued an advisory to the airlines. We are going to audit the operations of some airlines. The advisory for all airlines is also released, a DGCA official... Read More

June 6th, 2019 10:38 AM 0 COMMENTS

Flash Sale: GoAir Offers Flight Tickets From INR 1399

GoAir has announced flash sale where it offers tickets starting from INR 1399 (all inclusive). The offers are for travel between 15 June 2019 and 31 July 2019. The cheapest flight ticket is on the Bagdogra-Guwahati route starting at INR 1,399. There are several offers below INR 2000 on Bagdogra-Kolkata, Bengaluru-Nagpur, Delhi-Lucknow, Kolkata-Hyderabad; Hyderabad-Ahmedabad; Kolkata-Guwahati; Patna-Ranchi; Jaipur-Ahmedabad; Bengaluru-Kannur; Guwahati-Bagdogra; Kolkata-Bagdogra; Pune-Ahmedabad; Nagpur-Bengaluru; Kolkata-Patna; routes. The booking is open on GoAir... Read More

June 5th, 2019 9:21 PM 0 COMMENTS

Kannur Airport Seeks Flybus Services to Connect Mysuru, Kodagu to Airport

Kannur International Airport authorities have requested Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation for Flybus service from Mysuru, Virajpet and Madikeri to the Kannur airport. The bus connectivity will help the flyers from Mysuru and Kodagu regions. MD of Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation Shivayogi Kalasad confirmed the request from Kannur International airport to The Hindu and also said that it had given a positive response to the initiative. However, the authorities... Read More

May 25th, 2019 6:43 PM 0 COMMENTS

SpiceJet Adds 20 New Domestic Services on Routes Vacated by Jet Airways

SpiceJet has announced the launch of 20 new daily domestic flights, most of them connecting Mumbai with metro and non-metro cities. There are new services to destinations such as Trivandrum, Vijayawada, Tirupati, Hyderabad, Kanpur, Kolkata, Patna, etc. The new services will be launched from May 26-30. SpiceJet’s new services are said to be open for booking from its official website. SpiceJet has taken the slots vacated by the grounding of... Read More

February 1st, 2019 3:24 PM 0 COMMENTS

AAI to Finish Hindon Air Base Work By March 2019, Enclave to Handle Regional RCS Flights

The subsidised regional connectivity rolled out by the government with the name of UDAN seeks to connect the unserved or underserved airports of India with various routes to tier I and tier II cities. As part of UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) the government is also building a civil aviation enclave called the Hindon air base near Delhi from which planes up to 80-seater will be able to take... Read More

December 5th, 2018 7:43 AM 2 COMMENTS

Flights from Delhi to Kannur from Hindon Air Force Station, Delhi NCR from mid-February 2019

The flights under the government subsidised Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) UDAN-II to places such as Pithoragarh, Jaisalmer, Gorakhpur, Allahabad and Kannur will fly from Hindon Air Force Station in Delhi NCR from the mid-February 2019, according to a report published by Times of India. Currently, Airports Authority of India (AAI) is constructing a public terminal at Hindon Air Force Station to handle the operations. The construction will end by mid-February... Read More

November 21st, 2018 4:16 AM 0 COMMENTS

The Fare for New Late-night Flights of Air India starts at Rs. 1000

The booking for new Air India late-night flights connecting cities like Bengaluru, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Coimbatore and Goa has started at a low fare price of Rs. 1000. The services of the new flights commence from November 30. The new services cover three routes -- to and fro between Bengaluru and Ahmedabad; to and fro between Delhi and Coimbatore; and to and fro between Goa and Delhi. They help the passengers... Read More

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