On Monday, Boeing announced the launch of its Global Support Centre (GSC) in India. This GSC will provide customized operational efficiency and safety improvement projects for its airline customers, civil aviation regulatory authorities, and other industry stakeholders. Additionally, the aircraft maker is establishing a new logistics center in the country to expand its presence in
Union Minister V K Singh declared on Monday that the government is taking a variety of steps to establish an aviation hub in India, such as airlines inducting wide-body aircraft and expanding their fleet size. In response to a question posed in the Rajya Sabha, he said that the Civil Aviation Ministry has consulted stakeholders
On Sunday, an Air Asia aircraft was “grounded” at a runway in Pune by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) after one of the flight’s tyres was found to be “cracked”. The flight regulator said that pieces of the tread of the tyre had been found on the Bengaluru runway, from which the plane
On Friday, IndiGo flight 6E 291, which was scheduled to take off from Delhi to Leh at 8.20 am, was delayed and eventually cancelled. The plane, which had around 180 passengers, eventually took off at 1.30 pm, but couldn’t land at its destination. Instead, it flew over Leh and then returned to Delhi. According to
Noida International Airport (NIA) has announced that Air India SATS (AISATS) will be developing a multi-modal cargo hub (MMCH) on 80 acres of land. This cargo hub will provide a quick, convenient and intermodal connection to and from manufacturing hubs in India. This cargo and logistics infrastructure and ecosystem will enable a differentiated catchment and
Air India SATS, in partnership with Zurich Airport, will be constructing an integrated multimodal cargo hub at the upcoming Jewar airport in Uttar Pradesh. On Friday, N Chandrasekaran, Chairman of the Tata Group, announced their plans to connect every part of Uttar Pradesh with the rest of India, and potentially with significant destinations around the
Up to 170 passengers were left stranded at the Mumbai airport, their Air India Express flight to Dubai having been delayed by 13 hours due to a technical issue. Scheduled to depart at 3 pm on Thursday, the plane eventually left at 4 am on Friday. In response, the Tata Group-owned Air India Express provided
Vistara, the full-service airline, is proud to announce the launch of its flight services to Mauritius from Mumbai, starting March 26. The flights will take place five times a week with a recently inducted long range A321 aircraft, with a three class configuration (business, premium economy and economy). This marks the 12th international destination that
Indian airlines are expected to place orders for 1,500-1,700 aircraft over the next 12-24+ months, according to aviation consultancy CAPA. This is driven by the immense potential of the Indian market, which is considered to be one of the most promising aviation markets post-COVID. Air India is expected to make the first move, with reports
Domestic air passenger traffic in India touche 1.25 crore in January this year, an increase of 96 per cent compared to the year-ago period, according to rating agency Icra. Although the traffic remained around 2 per cent lower compared to the pre-Covid levels in January 2020, Icra maintained a negative outlook on the Indian aviation
