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Airbus faces new quality problem causing delays to several A320 deliveries

The suspected production flaw is delaying some deliveries but there are no immediate indications that it has reached aircraft in service, the sources said, asking not to be named

Centre confirms GPS spoofing at Delhi, other major airports; orders probe

Days after Delhi airport reported GPS spoofing incidents, the Civil Aviation Ministry has confirmed similar signal interference at major airports nationwide and directed agencies to trace the source

All probable causes of Air India plane crash are being investigated: Govt

A total of 260 people, including 241 passengers and crew members, died when a London Gatwick-bound Air India Boeing 787-8 aircraft crashed soon after take off from Ahmedabad on June 12

Airbus says majority of recalled 6,000 A320-family jets now modified

But some require a longer process and Colombia's Avianca continued to halt bookings for dates until December 8

How flying from Delhi or Mumbai airports may soon get more expensive

A recalculation of airport asset values has left Delhi and Mumbai airports seeking major tariff recovery, which may raise the risk of steep fee hikes for flyers and higher operating costs for airlines

Cyclone Ditwah: Stranded Indians in Sri Lanka reach Thiruvananthapuram

IAF aircraft operated from Colombo to Thiruvananthapuram reached here by 7.30 pm, according to the spokesperson

British Airways sees potential in India, will look to expand services: COO

The airline plans to have a third daily flight from the national capital to London from next year, subject to regulatory approvals

All airlines have updated their software on A320 family planes: DGCA

In a statement, the regulator said a total of 323 A320 family planes of IndiGo, Air India and Air India Express - which are "operational" - have been upgraded

Airlines complete software upgrades for 323 operational A320 family planes

On Friday, Airbus said intense solar radiation might corrupt data critical to flight controls in a significant number of A320 family aircraft

Over 90% of Air India A320 fleet reset, operations continue smoothly

The airline added that its engineering and ground teams worked round the clock to ensure there were no cancellations and minimal impact on flight schedules

IndiGo announces mandatory Airbus system upgrade across entire A320 fleet

The airline noted that with the completion of this technical requirement, all updated aircraft are now operating with the latest approved configuration

Global airlines race to fix Airbus jets, US reports little disruption

Airlines worked through the night after global regulators told them to remedy the problem before resuming flights

Software updates completed for 80% of affected A320 planes in India: DGCA

The software upgrades are being undertaken at the bases of the airlines in Delhi, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Kolkata

AIESL providing all support to airlines on upgrade to A320 planes: CEO

Airbus has flagged a potential issue related to the flight controls of the A320 family planes due to intense solar radiation and airlines are carrying out software upgrades

All about the Airbus A320 software glitch that sparked major recall

Airbus has instructed airlines to quickly update software on nearly 6,000 A320 aircraft after a JetBlue incident linked to data errors caused by solar radiation

Global flights in chaos as top-selling Airbus A320 planes hit by recall

Airlines rushed to implement the updates for affected A320 jetliners, grounding flights and upending plans for thousands of travellers, in a rare global recall of Airbus's top-selling je

Airbus software glitch: IndiGo, AI to ground 350 A320 jets for the weekend

Over 350 A320 aircraft of IndiGo and Air India to be grounded for mandatory software upgrade after a JetBlue A320 flight suffered a sudden pitch-down incident on October 30 in US

Flight delays, cancellations likely as over 200 A320 jets face safety fix

Indian operators have about 560 A320 family aircraft and 200-250 of them will need software changes or hardware realignment, they added

Intense solar radiation may affect many A320 family jets in India: Airbus

Airbus said intense solar radiation might corrupt data critical to flight controls in a significant number of A320 family aircraft and that the software changes required would lead to disruptions

Ahmedabad-bound Air India flight returns to Delhi after false smoke alert

The Delhi-Ahmedabad flight AI2939, operated with an Airbus A320 aircraft, had around 170 people onboard