Air India, India’s leading airline and a Star Alliance member, has resumed non-stop flights between Milan (MXP) and Delhi (DEL). Yesterday, the inaugural flight, AI138, departed Milan’s Malpensa Airport at 20:00 hours (local time) with 249 passengers on board, and is expected to land at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport at 08:00 hours (local time).
Domestic airline Go First announced on Monday that it will be operate charter flights for the G20 Summit hosted by India this year. The summit, with the motto “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” or “One Earth, One Family, One Future”, will take place in India from September 9th to 10th. Over 200 meetings related to the G20 have
Vistara, the full-service airline jointly owned by the Tata Group and Singapore Airlines, announced on Monday that it had received its Airbus A321LR plane from Germany on February 4. This is the first time an Indian carrier has operated this long range variant of the A320Neo plane. In 2018, Vistara had placed an order for
In the past year, 63 people in India have been placed on the aviation no-fly list due to unruly behaviour. This is according to the Minister of State for Aviation, VK Singh, as he informed the Rajya Sabha today. The list includes two recent cases of urinating on a flight. The Civil Aviation Requirements (CAR)
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has imposed a fine of Rs 70 lakh on Tata-owned airline Air Vistara for failing to meet the minimum number of flights operated to underserved areas in the Northeast in April 2022. The airline had paid the fine under protest, claiming that it had deployed the requisite number
Air India Express Boeing 737-800 aircraft with 184 passengers on board made an emergency landing at the Kozhikode International Airport in India after the plane’s engine caught fire during takeoff. An Air India Express flight to Calicut returned to Abu Dhabi airport after flames were seen coming from one of the engines shortly after takeoff,
The Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday has allocated Rs 3,113.36 crore for the Civil Aviation Ministry, which is a sharp reduction compared to the estimated Rs 10,667 crore for the 2022-23 financial year. This amount consists of Rs 3,026.70 crore from revenue and Rs 86.66 crore from the capital and
In Union Budget 2023-24, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced measures to improve regional air connectivity in India. She said that 50 additional airports, heliports, water aerodromes, and advanced landing grounds will be built and revived to enhance connectivity. This move is expected to further push the ongoing UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik) scheme which
Jet Airways’ employees’ pending provident fund dues are paid, and lenders have asked the grounded airline, the Jalan-Kalrock consortium, to revise their resolution plan. The recent order from the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has allowed the transfer of ownership of Jet Airways to the consortium. But the lenders have challenged it citing non-completion of
The Last Goodbye The Boeing 747, also known as the “Queen of the Skies”, has been a part of aviation history since its introduction in 1969. The jumbo jet revolutionized air travel and was the first wide-body aircraft that could carry more than 400 passengers, allowing airlines to offer cheaper fares and more destinations. However,
