United Airlines, Air Canada, US Airways, and Air Sahara were Ronojoy Dutta’s stamping grounds, before IndiGo. Since then, it hasn’t been clear blue skies for the man. He now sees tailwinds emerging. United Airlines, Air Canada, US Airways, and Air Sahara were Ronojoy Dutta’s stamping grounds, before taking over as chief executive officer of InterGlobe
Thiruvananthapuram: The Thiruvananthapuram airport has been privatised disregarding the protests by the airport staff and the state government, which had later lost steam. Now it’s only a matter of months before the winning concessionaire, Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL), takes over the airport’s reins from the Airports Authority of India (AAI). A senior AAI officer said
Mumbai: The Jet Airways Aircraft Maintenance and Engineers Workers Association (JAMEWA) has filed an application with the NCLT to expedite the insolvency process of the airlines before the end of this month so that it can get ‘summer slots’. According to the application filed on Wednesday, “for summer months the international slots will be allocated
Passenger flights to Pakyong Airport in Sikkim would resume with a SpiceJet plane from Delhi scheduled to touch down at the state’s lone airport around noon on Saturday, almost 20 months after all commercial operations had been suspended because of various reasons. This will be the first commercial flight between Delhi and Pakyong, which is
Hyderabad: The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad witnessed a sharp drop of 72 per cent in passenger traffic during April to December 2020, in comparison to the corresponding period in 2019. Among the other major airports in India, the buzzing Mumbai port took the worst beating. The passenger traffic nosedived by 83 per cent
Vistara flight was grounded at the Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport in Patna on Saturday after a bid hit the aircraft. The Bengaluru-Patna flight, UK-718 was landing at the Patna airport at the time of the incident.ADVERTISING Initial inputs suggest that all passengers onboard the flight are safe but the aircraft itself suffered minor damage.
Air Chief Marshal Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria said on Saturday that eight Rafale aircraft had arrived in India and three were expected to arrive by the end of this month. The Air Chief was speaking at a press conference after the conclusion of the Indian and French Air Force ‘Exercise Desert Night-21’
Customs officials on Sunday arrested two Ugandan nationals for allegedly trying to smuggle heroin worth Rs 68 crore into the country at the Indira Gandhi International airport, an official statement by the department said. It is believed to be one of the biggest drug busts of heroin/narcotics at any international airport across the country, the
Two new airlines have begun flights to Sri Lanka while five others await approval, Manager Air Services and Traffic Rights at the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL) Ishara Gunawardana said. He said Ethiopian Airlines and Maldivian Airlines started operations to Sri Lanka last month. Ethiopian Airlines mainly carry cargo and will also bring
Despite the government allowing 80% of scheduled flight capacity to be operated on domestic flights, Indian airlines are running their operations at a significantly lower capacity. In the latest update on domestic aviation, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said Saturday that 2.57 lakh passengers flew on 2,211 flights on Friday with total flight movements
