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Domestic air passenger traffic grows by 4% in Oct owing to festive season

The domestic air traffic last month consisted of 12.31 million passengers compared to 11.84 million passengers in the same month last year

Emirates announces $16-billion deal to buy 50 Airbus 350s; delivery in 2023

Emirates serves a global network spanning over 158 destinations in 84 countries

Replacing Pratt engines in IndiGo fleet by January 31 a challenge: CEO

DUBAI (Reuters) - Replacing all Pratt & Whitney engines on IndiGo's fleet of almost 100 Airbus planes by Jan. 31, as ordered by India's aviation watchdog, will be challenging but the airline aims to complete the work, its chief executive officer said on Monday.

'Golden age' for aviation sector; huge opportunities ahead: IndiGo chief

Bringing ATF under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) has been a long pending demand of the airline industry

Promoters' feud had zero impact, there's agreement on strategy: IndiGo CEO

About the feud, Dutta said as far as the airline is concerned, it was only directly involved in the Related Party Transactions

Mumbai-bound Air India flight grounded in Dubai due to technical snag

The Air India flight was airborne on time around 4 am early in the morning today but some errors were detected in the air pressure maintenance system after an hour

Adani Enterprises, DIAL among 4 bidders for Rs 29,560 cr Jewar airport

The first phase of the airport would be spread over 1,334 hectare and cost Rs 4,588 crore as it is expected to be completed by 2023

Hindujas not planning to invest in India's aviation sector: Dheeraj Hinduja

Hinduja is a diversified group present across 38 countries, with interests in automobiles, power, chemicals, finance and other sectors

DGCA finds safety lapses in airline ground handling after nationwide audit

Inspections at major airports reveal unsecured containers and foreign object debris in apron area of airports

IndiGo says systems back to normal after outage hits flyers across network

Hassled travellers affected by IndiGo's outage posted pictures on Twitter of long lines at check-in counters at major airports

More flights to take to the skies this winter despite economic slowdown

The number of weekly flights in the upcoming winter schedule is 1.2 per cent higher than the 23,117 operated during the previous winter schedule

DGCA orders check for cracks in 23 SpiceJet Boeing 737-NG aircrafts

Nineteen passenger aircraft above 26,000 flight cycles and four freighters having above 36,000 cycles of SpiceJet will be affected by the order

Civil aviation minister directs setting up mechanism to monitor airfare

He, however, said the government currently does not have any intention to regularise the fares

Govt may sell part of Air India to foreign airline for Rs 30,000 cr: Report

The government will also likely invite preliminary bids for the carrier by October 10

Flyers to be under watch at airports for signs of nervousness, anxiety

A team of 50 officials being trained by the US to spot clues for malicious intent

More airlines ban MacBook Pro laptops in checked luggage over fire concerns

The models in question are some 15-inch MacBook Pros sold from September 2015 to February 2017

Indian aviation has a drinking problem and DGCA plans to fix it. Here's how

The DGCA rules state that pilots and cabin crews who fail the alcohol test the first time are barred from flying for three months

DGCA to conduct quarterly safety audits of airside operations at airports

The regulator has told the operators that it has developed a detailed checklist to benchmark safety standards for the operations on the airside

J&K turmoil: Security beefed up at airports; vehicles to undergo checks

A fresh alert was issued on Tuesday in view of the situation in Jammu and Kashmir

A widening financial toll for Boeing from fallout of 737 Max grounding

Since the March 10 crash of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max 8 jet, Boeing has dropped 15%