Though the Indian airlines have been hiring pilots and cabin crew in line with the huge number of aircraft orders and trying to meet the demand in collaborations with some flying schools in the domestic and international markets , industry experts say that not much attention is being paid towards the current shortage and the …
Mumbai: A business-class passenger of a Tata Group-owned Air India New Delhi-Newark flight has alleged that he was served “uncooked” food by the airline and the seats were dirty, describing the journey as “no less than a nightmare”. In a post on the microblogging platform ‘X’ on Saturday, passenger Vineeth K said that even though …
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has told CNBC-TV18 that SpiceJet is operating on cash-and-carry mode at all its airports in India. An airport operator puts an airline on cash-and-carry mode after its dues exceed the limit granted by the airport operator against the bank guarantee or security deposits. “As on date, M/s SpiceJet Ltd. …
Dubai: Dubai-based Emirates sees enough room in India for multiple wide-body aircraft operators to flourish, a senior executive said, at a time airlines in the south Asian nation have ordered 100 such long-haul planes to meet the burgeoning demand on international routes. The airline, with an all wide-body fleet, is unfazed by the latest 30-wide-body …
Airline says it has adopted ‘more cautious approach’ after incident that killed one person and injured dozens. Singapore Airlines (SIA) has changed its seat belt rules and altered at least one flight route after a bout of extreme turbulence killed one passenger and left dozens of others hospitalised. A 73-year-old British man died of a …
India’s largest domestic airline IndiGo has set a clear target for itself with its first wide-body aircraft order that placed recently. It wants to develop multiple hubs in the country, providing direct connectivity to faraway destinations from different metro cities with Airbus A350 and Airbus A321 XLR (extra long range) aircraft, set to join its …
Aviation has had a turbulent start in 2024, starting with the write off of A350 in Japan after the collision of Japanese coast guard aircraft while landing to the incident in Portland where the Alaska Airlines 737 MAX9 had its door blown off. Passenger oxygen masks hang from the roof next to a missing window …
UPS In a boost for UPS’s drone delivery ambitions, the company has been given clearance by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fly its machines beyond the line of sight, meaning they can now fly greater distances to a delivery location. Before the FAA’s approval, drone flights by the shipping giant needed someone on the …
Image Source: PTI Domestic air passenger traffic jumps 25% in July According to the latest data shared by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), domestic air passenger traffic volume surged by 25% year-on-year to 1.21 crore passengers in July. DGCA data revealed that domestic carriers transported 97.05 lakh passengers in July 2022. IndiGo, a …
NASA’s X-59 supersonic aircraft. Lockheed Martin/Garry Tice NASA’s X-59 supersonic aircraft. Lockheed Martin/Martin Tice NASA’s groundbreaking X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) plane is preparing for its inaugural test flight later this year. The X-59, developed by NASA, aims to reduce the deafening sonic boom associated with supersonic flights. By minimizing this explosive noise to a …