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India's airline sector on to a smooth flight despite air pocketsr

Taking off with much fanfare and crash landing has been the regular feature one sees in the Indian aviation sector ever since it was opened up

Lenders to Go First await NCLT's verdict to chalk-out strategy

There was no meeting on Thursday. Banks have already reviewed the situation on Wednesday

Go First in a tailspin, files for insolvency; blames P&W engines

Airline suspends all flights till Friday

Air India, SpiceJet, and Go First lost domestic market share in Q4FY23

India's largest carrier IndiGo increased its domestic market share from 53.8% in Q4 of FY22 to 55.7% in Q4 of FY23

DGCA issues advisory to airlines over norms to deal with unruly passengers

Aviation regulator DGCA on Monday issued an advisory to airlines reiterating the existing provisions in place to deal with unruly passengers. The advisory comes against the backdrop of rising incidents of unruly passengers onboard flights and also on a day when a male passenger was deboarded by Air India from a Delhi-London flight for causing physical harm to two cabin crew members. In an advisory, DGCA said there are provisions under the Civil Aviation Requirement (CAR) for action to be taken by the airline to deal with unruly passengers. Besides, it said the responsibilities of pilots, cabin crew members and the director of inflight services are also mentioned in the CAR. DGCA said that in the recent past, it has noticed a few incidents such as smoking in aircraft, consumption of alcoholic beverages resulting in unruly behaviour, altercations between passengers and sometimes inappropriate touching or sexual harassment by the passengers onboard an aircraft during the flight, where

Flyers gone rogue can throw aircraft ops in peril, DGCA tells airlines

Directive comes after a spate of incidents; aviation regulator says pilots, cabin crew and airline execs have failed to take appropriate action against unruly passengers in recent past

2,613 significant tech snags reported by many airlines in last 5 yrs: Govt

A total of 2,613 technical snag related occurrences have been reported by various airlines in the country in the last five years, the Parliament was told on Thursday

Aviation ministry lists five-point action plan to decongest Delhi airport

A surge in air travel has strained the infrastructure at the country's busiest airport and forced the civil aviation ministry to order a reduction and shifting of peak-hour flights

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

Jet Airways asks 60% staff to go on leave without pay for 3 months

This news comes after Jet Airways's revival plan hit another roadblock on November 18, after the new owner Jalan-Kalrock told the NCLAT of its inability to pay additional money

Year-end fares go through the roof as airlines fly on low capacity

More than 75 planes are grounded; Goa to see 11% fewer flights in December

69% Go First flights delayed on average in past three days; DGCA to probe

Airline forced to raise utilisation of its operational planes; delay as high as 82% on Saturday

Indian airlines revamp their in-flight menus amid intense competition

Air India latest carrier to update menu, but others have tweaked their offerings too

Could an Indian airline be in race for SriLankan Airlines stake buy?

Even if things improve, it would be hard to keep funding the airline's operations, as the airline has been bleeding money for a while.

India's air traffic may grow annually by average 7% till 2040: Boeing

Boeing said on Thursday that India has on average 23 million people travelling using trains daily and even if one per cent of them shift to the aviation market, the air traffic will double

478 glitches faced by Indian airlines in a year; Air India alone faced 184

Indigo followed Air India with 98 glitches. Spicejet faced 77 such glitches and stood third on the list

Akasa Air to launch daily flights on Chennai-Mumbai route from Sept 15

The airliner as part of pan-India network connectivity, would also add new routes between Ahmedabad and Bengaluru routes from August 23.

Labour pain for pvt domestic airlines as staff threaten mass leave over pay

Aviation regulator DGCA forced to interfere as mass leaves threaten operation and safety

Air India mulls working with private ground handlers after flight delays

AIASL serves Air India at all airports except Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mangalore, and Thiruvananthapuram

Tata group's Air India takeover worries Singapore's antitrust body

Says move could limit competition on India-Singapore routes