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

Air India announced on Wednesday that it boasts the highest number of female pilots among all airlines, with 15 percent of its 1,825 pilots being women. AirIndia, in partnership with AirIndia Express and AirAsia India and owned by the Tata Group, has scheduled more than 90 flights staffed entirely by women to celebrate International Women’s

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

On Sunday, IndiGo announced that it is exploring the possibility of codeshare connectivity to the US and Canada in collaboration with Turkish Airlines. Additionally, the airline has received approval from the civil aviation ministry to wet lease up to two planes for flights to the United States and Canada, according to a senior official who

According to sources, India is exploring opportunities to collaborate with global aircraft manufacturers, such as Embraer SA and Sukhoi from Russia, to establish local production of small aircraft. The aim of this move is to enhance connectivity in remote and small towns across the country. Requested anonymity due to the early stage of discussions, the

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

Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) has announced its summer schedule for this year, starting on March 26 and ending on October 28. Every week, the airline plans to operate around 1,500 flights as part of its schedule, which includes a total of 1,484 flight services. Of these flights, 31 airlines will be offering 332 weekly

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