Boynton Beach: He was a computer engineer, but the urge to fly like his father — a retired pilot for the Indian Navy who turned commercial pilot — was so strong. A year ago, Abhishek Patter left his job and home in India and went to Florida for flight school. Just few days ago, the
Bengaluru: A consumer court recently ordered commercial airline SpiceJet to pay over Rs 18,000 to a Bengalurean after it failed to load his check-in bag on his flight to Delhi in 2019, upsetting his work plans. The verdict came after the passenger complained of deficiency in service and dereliction of duty. Naveen BM, 37, from
Srinagar: Authorities on Wednesday deboarded passengers from a flight of Indigo airlines after it came in “close proximity” of accumulated snow at Srinagar airport. Sharad Kumar, Director, Airport Authority of India, said the passengers were shifted to other aircraft in order to avoid any incident, reported news agency GNS. “There was the possibility of an
Hyderabad: Air India has introduced the first-ever non-stop services between Hyderabad and Chicago. Coming close on the heels of the launch of the non-stop Bengaluru-San Francisco service, this flight is set to fulfil a long-standing demand for a direct air-link between the two major cities. Flight AI 108 from Chicago to Hyderabad will operate on
GoAir is India’s third-largest domestic airline this winter, up by one place year-on-year. This is from the decline of Air India, which was third. Its winter 2020 capacity fell by 46% against 19% for GoAir. As always, this says nothing of loads, yields, or financial performance. Delhi is GoAir’s top airport this winter, with just
Kolkata: Although the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has given the green signal for flights from United Kingdom to India amidst the outbreak of what is being termed as a mutated version of the Covid-19 which is far more contagious, flights to Kolkata from the European country continues to remain suspended for now. The last
Full-service carrier Vistara said on Monday it will be operating daily flights between Delhi and Sharjah from January 20 onwards. “The airline will operate its Airbus A320neo aircraft on this route as part of the ‘air bubble agreement’ between India and the UAE, complementing its services to or from Dubai,” it said in a press
Patna: Budget carrier SpiceJet flagged off its maiden daily flight to Ahmedabad on Monday from Darbhanga airport under the Centre’s RCS-Udan (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) scheme. The direct flight landed at 1.20pm and departed for Ahmedabad at 1.55pm. The airline will operate Boeing 737-700 aircraft between Darbhanga and Ahmedabad. The airline staff welcomed the
Ludhiana: The first consignment of Covid vaccine Covishield, manufactured by Serum Institute of India, arrived in Punjab on Tuesday. The first consignment contains 2.04 lakh doses. The consignment arrived at the Chandigarh International Airport in Mohali around 1 pm. Airport CEO Ajay Bhardwaj confirmed the arrival. Hussan Lal, Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, told
Hyderabad: GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo (GHAC) handled the first consignment of COVID-19 vaccines on Tuesday. The shipment arrived at the Cargo terminal by the Spicejet Freighter, SG-7466 at 1130 hours from Pune, a release here said. The Covishield vaccine consignment was handled as per the special protocol ensuring cool-chain integrity. A dedicated Vaccine Task Force that
