According to the private airport operator, passenger traffic at Bangalore airport surged by 96% to 31.91 million in FY2022-23 from the previous year’s 16.28 million. BIAL disclosed that domestic traffic grew by 85.2% to 28.12 million in FY23 compared to 15.18 million in FY22, while international traffic increased more than three-fold to 3.78 million from
Go First Airlines has refuted recent reports claiming that the Wadia Group, the owners of the Indian low-cost airline, was seeking to leave the aviation industry in order to cease its financial losses. An official from the company has stated that there are no plans to sell any shares or leave the aviation business. The
SpiceJet flight SG-8373, traveling from Delhi to Srinagar, had to return to the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi on Tuesday due to a false warning in the cockpit. The AFT cargo fire light in the cockpit illuminated, prompting the pilot to take necessary action, the airline said in a statement on the same day.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has taken action against crew members and IndiGo Airlines following three tail strike incidents in the past three months. According to a senior DGCA official, IndiGo aircraft experienced three tail strikes in the last three months. One incident occurred on February 2, while the other two occurred on
Air Mauritius has announced that it will resume its flight services to Delhi from May 3, 2023. The airline had discontinued these flights due to the pandemic. At present, Air Mauritius operates six weekly direct flights to Mumbai. The bi-weekly flight services to Delhi will be operated with a 254-seater Airbus A330 aircraft in a
Passengers on a Lufthansa flight bound for Delhi were left stranded on Saturday. This happened after a technical issue forced the aircraft to return to Frankfurt, Germany. The flight, LH-0760, was being operated by a Boeing 747-400 aircraft. According to a passenger on the flight, the aircraft had been airborne for almost two hours when
On Saturday afternoon, an IndiGo flight en route to Bagdogra had to return to Delhi due to a technical problem. While the exact nature of the issue is still unknown, a source claimed that the aircraft had to make an emergency landing. However, IndiGo has said that flight 6E 6282 from Delhi to Bagdogra returned
There’s some positive news for airlines as Boeing appears to have regained its strength, putting it in direct competition with Airbus once again. During the initial three months of 2023, Boeing outpaced its European competitor by delivering 130 jetliners, compared to Airbus’s 127. Boeing’s March delivery numbers were particularly impressive, with the company delivering 64
Despite a drop in incidents since the peak in 2021, a zero-tolerance approach to inappropriate behavior is still in place. Since late 2021, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has referred more than 250 cases of unruly passengers to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for a potential criminal prosecution, with an additional 17 cases referred
KSU Aviation and Air India have joined forces to launch TaxiBot operations at Delhi and Bengaluru airports, aimed at reducing carbon footprint and saving jet fuel for its Airbus A320 family of aircraft. According to the company’s statement, the adoption of TaxiBots has the potential to save approximately 15,000 tonnes in fuel consumption over the
