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Fog-induced chaos: Regulators impose fines on 3 airlines, Mumbai airport

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) imposed a total fine of Rs 2.7 crore on the aforementioned four major aviation sector players in India

New FDTL norms will not affect Akasa Air's flight schedule: CEO Vinay Dube

The new mandate has increased weekly rest periods for flight crew to 48 hours in a week from the previous 36 hours

Passenger vehicle sales to grow 3-4% in 2024: Hyundai COO Tarun Garg

He said that the Indian PV industry expected volume sales growth of 3.5 to 5 per cent in 2023 but eventually it went up to 8.2 %. Hyundai's domestic sales increased by 9 % in 2023 to 602,111 units

Aviation chaos: Fog pushes govt to hold midnight meet, set up war rooms

IndiGo, Mumbai airport slapped show-cause notices over security rule violations

Fog impact: Give real-time update on flight delays, DGCA tells airlines

Scindia asks DIAL to expedite refurbishment of 4th runway

IndiGo cornered bigger share of India's skies in 2023, shows DGCA data

Overall, Indian airlines carried 153.2 million domestic passengers in 2023 compared to 123.2 million in 2022, recording an annual growth of 23.36 per cent

BMW Group India races to new peak in record year for luxury car sales

India head says no firm should get preferential treatment

Bengaluru pips Delhi in terms of highest number of private cars in India

The drop is due to the Supreme Court's decision in October 2018 to ban diesel vehicles of more than 10 years of age and petrol vehicles of more than 15 years of age in Delhi to cut down pollution

Domestic two-wheeler sales zoomed 9% in 2023 fuelled by rural demand uptick

The 2023 sales are still much below the pre-pandemic peak observed in 2018 when 21.645 million units of two-wheelers were sold

Food regulator FSSAI inspects flight kitchens following live worm fiasco

Indigo says it has undertaken a review of catering partner's production, packaging processes

Maruti to build second car plant in Gujarat, will invest Rs 35,000 cr

New plant will have annual production capacity of 1 mn units; will start operation in 2028-29

Washer found missing on a B737 Max plane in India during inspection: DGCA

Aircraft released after rectification; all B737 Max airplanes inspected as per Boeing's instructions

Renault plans 5 new cars in next 3 years, seeks regulatory clarity

Renault is planning to launch a total of five cars -- including B plus segment sport utility vehicle (SUV), a C segment SUV and an electric vehicle (EV) -- in India in the next three years

48 hrs weekly rest, only 2 night landings in rules to avoid crew fatigue

The revision in FDTL regulations is expected to influence flight schedules and may result in certain implications when it comes to operating costs, aviation sources said

DGCA confirms satisfactory checks on B737 Max after Alaska incident

Air India Express, SpiceJet, and Akasa Air have 32 operational B737-8 Max aircraft in their fleet in the country. The Indian airlines did not find anything adverse during the inspections

Diplomatic row leads Maldivian storm spread to travel, trade, celebland

As #BoycottMaldives trended, a travel technology firm decided to indefinitely suspend all flight bookings to the island nation. Meanwhile, searches for Lakshadweep shot up manyfold

Aiming for double digit volume growth in 2024: Mercedes-Benz India MD & CEO

The German carmaker, which leads the luxury car market in the country, recorded a 10 per cent year-on-year growth to 17,408 units in 2023

Merger into Air India likely by mid 2025, says Vistara CEO Kannan

Kannan emphasised that the airline is cash flow positive and will not require any capital infusion from its stakeholders in the near future

Arbitral tribunal asks AAI to refund annual fees to Adani-owned MIAL

MIAL, a step-down subsidiary of Adani Enterprises Limited, operates Mumbai airport, India's second busiest

Different shades: Black is the new white for car buyers in India

In 2021, only 14.8 per cent of the cars sold in India were black. That increased to 15.5 per cent in 2022 and further to 19.5 per cent in 2023