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).
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
The Budget announcement to revive 50 airports, heliports, water aerodromes and advanced landing grounds is a major boost to the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) in India. The government had launched the RCS-UDAN in October 2016 to provide air connectivity to unserved and underserved airports in the country and make
An unfortunate incident occurred on January 30, when an IndiGo passenger, who was to travel to Patna from Delhi airport, boarded a different flight and landed at Udaipur instead. Aviation regulator, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), is now probing the incident. According to a DGCA source, the passenger had booked an IndiGo flight for
Digi Yatra is a revolutionary paperless check-in and boarding service that is making air travel easier and more convenient for passengers. The service, which was launched in December last year, allows passengers to check-in and board their flights by simply scanning their face at the airport. This eliminates the need for traditional paper tickets and
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
The Economic Survey of 2022-23 has highlighted the potential of India’s civil aviation sector to grow further due to the increasing demand from the middle class, higher disposable incomes, and favorable demographics. The survey also noted that air travel has rebounded significantly with the lifting of the coronavirus pandemic-related curbs. The survey noted that the
