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Avoid sending correspondence on behalf of Jet: JKC to panel member

Chhawchharia had on January 2 sent a letter to JKC wherein he objected to Sanjiv Kapoor using designation of Jet Airways CEO as the airline is yet to be handed over to JKC

Bangalore airport incident: Go First begins probe, offers free tickets

Passengers were accommodated on alternate airlines to Delhi and onward to other destinations," said the airline

Akasa Air to launch Goa operations from Panaji on Wednesday: Co-founder

Akasa Air will launch its Goa operations from Panaji on Wednesday, with daily services to Mumbai and Bengaluru, the airline's co-founder and chief commercial officer Praveen Iyer said on Tuesday. Goa will be the 12th city on its network in the country. "Akasa Air will be offering double daily flights from Goa to Mumbai, and from Goa to Bengaluru from January 11, 2023. From February 1, 2023, the airline will increase its frequency from Goa to Bengaluru by adding an additional flight each day," he said. The first Akasa Air flight QP1392 on the Bengaluru-Goa route is scheduled to land at 10 am at the newly inaugurated Manohar International Airport (Mopa) on Wednesday. "Goa is one of India's most popular tourist destinations and has recently also emerged as a manufacturing base for several leading companies. The launch of Goa as the latest destination on Akasa Air's network, facilitating connectivity to Mumbai and Bengaluru, reiterates the airline's commitment to strengthen important .

We sincerely apologise: Go First after flight takes off without 55 flyers

Go First's Delhi-bound flight G8-116 left behind 55 passengers in a coach at Bengaluru airport

Nothing suspicious found on Moscow-Goa flight: Jamnagar Airport director

According to the airport director, the flight will depart from Jamnagar to Goa between 10.30 am and 11 am

Home Affairs Ministry holds high-level review meeting on airport security

According to sources, the recent incidents of misbehaviour in airlines were discussed during the meeting, which lasted for more than half an hour

Two air passengers arrested in Patna for travelling in drunken state

When the flight landed, the CISF officials took them and were handed over to the Patna police

Flights on busiest domestic routes up but still lag pre-Covid peak

Among the top 10, Delhi-Srinagar was the only route that has crossed its pre-Covid peak

Drunk man not in senses, buck stops with pilot: Mishra's co-passenger

A drunk person may not be in his senses but the flight crew showed no compassion and failed in their responsibility, said a US-based doctor seated next to the man who urinated on a woman in an inebriated state on an Air India flight from New York to Delhi. In an interview to PTI, Dr Sugata Bhattacharjee narrated the sordid events in the business class cabin of Flight AI102 on November 26, which have become front page news after they came to light last week. Bhattacharjee, who is based in New Hampshire state, wrote an elaborate complaint to Air India immediately after the flight landed, detailing his experience with his co-passenger Shankar Mishra and his interactions with the cabin crew He told PTI he is speaking out now to elaborate on the complaint because of claims by Mishra's father that his son is innocent and may have been a victim of extortion. "It was a moral call for me, it was morality and I thought it was my moral obligation to stand and make a complaint and I did," he .

Unruly Air India passenger handed over to London police in Sep: Reports

The drunk passenger allegedly attempted to touch an eight-year-old girl inappropriately, according to a complaint by the girl's mother and 20-year-old brother travelling with her on the flight

2 Russian passengers offloaded in Goa for 'misbehaving' with Go First crew

According to the spokesperson, the two foreign nationals abused the crew, and were "teasing the crew, passing remarks on her"

Domestic air passenger traffic grew 15% to 12.9 mn in Dec 2022: Report

Domestic air passenger traffic grew 15 per cent year-on-year to around 129 lakh in December 2022 but remained 1 per cent lower than the pre-pandemic level (December 2019), rating agency Icra said on Thursday. Icra has also maintained a 'Negative' outlook on the Indian aviation industry. In the April-December period of the current fiscal, domestic passenger traffic is estimated at around 986 lakh, registering around 63 per cent year-on-year growth and lower by approximately 9 per cent compared to April-December 2019 (pre-COVID levels), it said. At the same time, the airlines deployed slightly higher capacity (less than 1 per cent) in the previous month over the year-ago period, the rating agency said, adding that it, however, was lower by around 7 per cent than the pre-COVID levels. According to Icra, the domestic aviation industry operated at an estimated passenger load factor of around 91 per cent in December 2022 against approximately 80 per cent in December 2021 and about 88 per

People from smaller cities flying high on UDAN; more routes to be added

Since its implementation, the scheme has been able to provide air connectivity to Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities at affordable airfares and has transformed the way people travel

Soon, no need to take out electronics from baggage for scanning at airport

Aviation security watchdog BCAS has recommended installation of scanners based on computer tomography technology at airports whereby passengers will not be required to take out electronic devices from their hand baggage before going through the scanner. Currently, the scanners used at airports provide a two-dimensional view of the objects inside a hand baggage. Jaideep Prasad, Joint Director General of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), on Wednesday said the regulator has proposed installing scanners based on computer tomography technology at airports that will provide a three-dimensional view of the objects in hand baggage. "With such scanners, passengers will not be required to take out their electronic devices from hand baggage before going through the scanner," he told PTI. Installation of such scanners is also expected to help in speeding up the security check in process at airports. Specific details about the recommendation could not be immediately ascertained. I

Air India pilot refuses to fly dog; Here are the rules for flying pets

He said that the airline staff told him that the commander of the flight was not okay with the pet being on board and refused permission

Four issues between lenders and Jalan-Kalrock delay Jet Airways take-off

In this complex game of claims and counter-claims, Jet Airways, which was supposed to take to the skies again by October this year, remains firmly on the ground

Approval granted this year for 340 addl posts of air traffic controllers

The civil aviation ministry on Friday said approval has been granted for the creation of 340 additional posts of Air Traffic Controllers (ATCOs) this year amid their acute shortage. Also, 50 new routes commenced on regional connectivity routes in 2022. In a brief about the major activities taken up by the ministry this year, an official release said that more than 22,500 Indian nationals were safely rescued from Ukraine by operating 90 evacuation flights under Operation Ganga. "The country was facing acute shortage of ATCOs. The Ministry, with concurrence of DPE, approved creation of 340 more posts of ATCOs," it said. Details about the current number of ATCOs could not immediately ascertained. Meanwhile, 11 aircraft were leased by aircraft leasing entities registered from Gujarat International Finance Tec-City GIFT IFSC at the end of September. "International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) issued 'Framework for Aircraft Leases' on May 18, 2022 to enable the aircraft

India boosts facilities at Delhi airport to ease year-end travel congestion

Like in other countries, air travel in India has picked up as Covid-19 restrictions have eased

Need wide-body planes for capturing long-haul segment: Jyotiraditya Scindia

India's civil aviation market is poised for a double-digit growth in the next decade and the country's carriers should have more wide-body planes to capture the long haul segment, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Thursday. At the event for inaugurating Air India's direct flight from Mumbai to San Francisco, he also said that discussions have happened with airlines and the effort is to make Delhi the country's first international hub. "We have 86 international carriers coming into India and only 5 national carriers taking people to international destinations outside India. However, these 5 carriers that fly overseas hold 36 per cent market share. We have to look at increasing international to international traffic. That is why I have been urging all our carriers that we need to have more wide-body aircraft so that we can capture the long haul route market," he said here. He also said that Indian carriers' share of international to international traffic is only ...

Holiday rush sparks chaos at Delhi IGI airport as passengers miss flights

The chaos at Delhi airport also puts the focus back on a proposed second airport for Mumbai