Boynton Beach: He was a computer engineer, but the urge to fly like his father — a retired pilot for the Indian Navy who turned commercial pilot — was so strong. A year ago, Abhishek Patter left his job and home in India and went to Florida for flight school. Just few days ago, the
To say that airlines in 2020 witnessed turmoil would be an understatement. In what is aviation’s most turbulent year, airlines have collectively lost $120 billion and counting. The losses are expected to worsen. From the beginning of the year till date, around fifty airlines have shut shop. Many others have continued only by virtue of
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
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
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’
The total outstanding dues of major domestic airlines to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) as of January 1 stand at Rs 137.16 crore, CNBC-TV18 has learnt. AAI charges airlines for using air navigation services, landing, parking among other facilities. The highest pending dues are of SpiceJet and GoAir at Rs 33.74 crore and Rs
Jodhpur: The Indian Air Force has deployed its Rafale, Sukhoi and Mirage 2000 combat jets besides other key assets in a five-day mega air exercise with French air and space force that begins near Jodhpur on Wednesday. The Indian Air Force (IAF) said its deployment at the ‘Ex-Desert Knight 21’ will also include IL-78 flight
Kolkata: Although the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has given the green signal for flights from United Kingdom to India amidst the outbreak of what is being termed as a mutated version of the Covid-19 which is far more contagious, flights to Kolkata from the European country continues to remain suspended for now. The last
Full-service carrier Vistara said on Monday it will be operating daily flights between Delhi and Sharjah from January 20 onwards. “The airline will operate its Airbus A320neo aircraft on this route as part of the ‘air bubble agreement’ between India and the UAE, complementing its services to or from Dubai,” it said in a press
