According to a senior official, India, and Russia have tentatively agreed to amend their bilateral air services agreement. This agreement would allow Russian carriers to operate up to 64 weekly flights to different cities in India. Currently, under the present agreement, India permits Russia to conduct a maximum of 52 civilian flights per week. An
According to officials, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the aviation regulator, has granted Air India’s request to permit pilots to operate two types of Boeing wide-body aircraft, a long-standing request. Air India will initially train eight designated examiners to operate the Boeing 777 and 787 planes. The senior DGCA official stated that they
Boeing, the American aircraft manufacturer, has joined forces with GMR Aero Technic of India to establish a facility in Asia for converting commercial airplanes into cargo planes. This move aims to capitalize on the increasing worldwide demand for cargo transportation. The conversion of passenger planes into freight carriers will take place in Hyderabad, where Boeing
On Thursday, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) utilized the Irrevocable De-registration and Export Request Authorisations (IDERA) to deregister two Boeing 737s leased to SpiceJet. According to a senior regulator official, the occurrence is a result of the Irrevocable De-registration and Export Request Authorisations (IDERA) provisions. According to a report from TOI, two Dublin-based
According to media reports, a female passenger who was 24 years old was apprehended for smoking in the lavatory of an IndiGo flight from Kolkata to Bengaluru on March 5th. The incident resulted in the passenger’s arrest. According to an IANS report, the cabin crew detected the smell of smoke coming from the lavatory and
Emirates, a leading Gulf carrier, has stated that the Indian aviation market is sufficiently vast to allow all players to thrive profitably, and the airline remains committed to pursuing its strategies regardless of its competitors’ actions. Despite Air India’s recent expansion of its fleet and operations, Emirates, which exclusively utilizes wide-body A380s and B777s, maintains
According to a report released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Tuesday, the number of accidents in the global commercial aviation industry increased to 39 last year, resulting in an accident rate of 1.21 per every 826,088 flights. On a positive note, the fatal accident rate in the industry saw an improvement, decreasing
According to reports from the news agency Press Trust of India, a drunken student on an American Airlines flight from New York to New Delhi, identified as a student at a US university, urinates on another male passenger while sleeping. Someone hit the victim with urine on American Airlines flight AA292, and the victim complained
According to industry sources, IndiGo, a budget airline based in India, is reportedly engaging in discussions with Boeing and its present supplier Airbus to procure over 500 passenger planes. Last month, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire revealed that IndiGo, India’s biggest airline, was on the verge of placing an order for several hundred planes
Vistara, the full-service airline established as a collaboration between the Tata Group and Singapore Airlines, is broadening its international offerings in the Gulf region by launching a daily non-stop flight connecting Mumbai and Dammam in Saudi Arabia. The new service, which commences on March 1, will be serviced by A320 neo aircraft. Vinod Kannan, the
