The crew of an Indian airline tied an Italian woman to her seat during a flight after she allegedly punched one member of staff and spat on another.The woman, who was travelling on a Vistara flight from Abu Dhabi, was arrested in Mumbai on Monday and later released on police bail.Her lawyer has denied the allegations, saying it is a "false story".But Vistara said its staff had to restrain the woman for "continued unruly conduct and violent behaviour".The...
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Showing posts with label Foreign Jan 2023. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 01, 2023
Flights from Indian metros to London gain in popularity, airlines add frequency
Mumbai: Air travel demand has gone up on routes from Indian metros to London which has had competing airlines add frequency to Heathrow, plan flights from India to London-Gatwick and also use the fifth freedom right to land into London.Last month, British Airways increased its flight frequency on the Mumbai-London route from two to three daily flights. The airline operates the new route (BA134) with its brand new A350 aircraft, said a British Airways...
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Air India ties up with UK-based software company
Air India has announced that it has partnered with a UK-based software company Ideagen to ‘enhance’ end-to-end safety management across operations. As part of the collaboration, the airline will deploy Coruson, Ideagen’s enterprise cloud software application.The Coruson software will help Air India monitor in-flight incidents in real-time. The key features of the software include real-time intelligence, reporting, and status of in-flight incidents....
Monday, January 30, 2023
Why Singapore Airlines is investing in Air India
When the Singapore Airlines Group (SIA) released its operating statistics for December 2022, it revealed that it carried almost 12 per cent more passengers compared with a month ago and four times more than a year ago. Its two carriers, SIA and Scoot, carried a total of 2.7 million passengers in December. For the entire year, it carried a total of 20.7 million passengers, a jump of 900 per cent from 2021.The airline cited the relaxation of travel...
Air India Express from Sharjah makes emergency landing at Cochin International Airport
Kochi: The passengers of an Air India Express flight from Sharjah to Kochi and their relatives faced tense moments on Sunday evening after the flight reported a suspected hydraulic failure. An emergency was alerted at the Cochin International Airport at 8:04 pm after the Air India Express flight with 193 passengers and six crew detected a suspected hydraulic failure.“Full emergency was declared at 2004 hours (8:04 pm),” said a communication from...
Sunday, January 29, 2023
India starts exporting fuel for small planes, enters $3bn global market
In a first, the country's largest oil refiner and marketer, IndianOil Corporation has exported a consignment of AVGAS 100 LL, a special aviation fuel meant for piston engine aircrafts and unmanned ariel vehicles, to Papua New Guinea on Saturday.The consignment consisted of 16 KL of AVGAS packed in 80 barrels. This is the first ever instance of India exporting AVGAS.“The global aviation gasoline market is projected to grow at 5% CAGR. The Aviation...
Arrested passenger apologises over ‘hijack’ tweet on Dubai-Jaipur flight
A software engineer who was arrested at an Indian airport after tweeting that his plane had been hijacked has apologised and said he used the term in error.Delhi Police said Moti Singh Rathore, who works for a technology company in Dubai, faces at least three charges, including intent to cause alarm and fear.Mr Rathore was travelling on a Spice Jet flight from Dubai to Jaipur on Wednesday that was diverted to Delhi owing to bad weather.The flight...
Saturday, January 28, 2023
Dozen more cheetahs to be flown to India from South Africa in February
South Africa and India have signed an agreement, under which 12 cheetahs will get flown into India annually for the next eight to 10 years. This comes after last year’s translocation of eight cheetahs from Namibia. Both the countries call the reintroduction of cheetahs in India an “ecological objective”.If reports are to go by, come February, and the first batch of 12 cheetahs will be relocated to India.It is imperative to keep in mind that cheetahs...
Friday, January 27, 2023
Indian national kidnapped at Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport Jan. 20 rescued by security services on Jan. 23
On Jan. 23, South African police rescued an Indian businessman who had been kidnapped at Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport (JNB). The victim was abducted upon his arrival at JNB on Jan. 20 with the kidnappers demanding a ransom from his family. Investigators believe the individual had been lured to the country by an alleged crime syndicate. Police forces traced the suspects to Johannesburg's Fordsburg suburb where the rescue operation...
Flights from Indian metros to London gain in popularity, airlines add frequency
Mumbai: Air travel demand has gone up on routes from Indian metros to London which has had competing airlines add frequency to Heathrow, plan flights from India to London-Gatwick and also use the fifth freedom right to land into London.Last month, British Airways increased its flight frequency on the Mumbai-London route from two to three daily flights. The airline operates the new route (BA134) with its brand new A350 aircraft, said a British Airways...
Thursday, January 26, 2023
Russian man enters terminal 3 with cancelled ticket to drop wife, FIR lodged
A man first purchased his ticket in order to drop off his wife, who was travelling to Russia, before the plane reached the airport. The ticket was later cancelled. However, the IGI Airport Delhi's vigilant security staff discovered his ruse and turned over the accused Russian national to the authorities. The suspect’s name was Alexander Timofeev, according to the information obtained from airport sources. His wife was travelling to Moscow. His...
Russian woman held for entering Dabolim airport with fake tkt
Vasco: Dabolim airport police arrested a Russian woman for allegedly gaining access into the terminal building of the Dabolim airport by showing a forged ticket in her name for an Azur airlines flight.Police said that the arrest was made after CISF official Shashi Kumar lodged a complaint against the Russian national who is identified as Marina Ekataria.In his complaint, Kumar stated that Ekataria gained illegal access into the terminal building...
British Airways sees strong India demand, adds third flight from Mumbai
British Airways is getting strong demand from India, its second-largest market after the US, said Moran Birger, the airline's head of sales for South Asia, Middle East and Africa."India is an incredibly important market for us. Last month, we launched a third daily service between London Heathrow and Mumbai. The flight is operated with Airbus A350 aircraft, which has a new business class product. We are seeing demand from the leisure segment. Business...
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Pilot Plans To Draw Huge Map Of India In The Sky On Thursday
-------------------Pilot and vlogger Gaurav Taneja - owner of the YouTube channel 'Flying Beast' - is set to draw a map of India in the sky to commemorate the country's 74th Republic Day. The ‘Aasman Mein Bharat’ mission will launch from Tampa Airport, Florida on January 26th and involve around three hours of flying. Let's take a closer look below.Captain Taneja, who boasts over 12 years and 6,000 hours of flying experience is attempting to...
Black box of crashed Nepal aircraft to be sent to Singapore for examination: Official
Kathmandu: Nepal will send to Singapore for examination the black box of Yeti Airlines that crashed in Pokhara, killing all 72 people, including five Indians, on board, a senior official said on Wednesday.Buddhi Sagar Lamichhane, who is a joint secretary at Nepal's Tourism Ministry and also a member of the probe committee of the air crash, said that three members of the investigation panel would be flying soon to hand over the black box to Singapore's...
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
In a first in India, Amazon launches cargo service in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: E-commerce behemoth Amazon India on Monday launched its dedicated air cargo fleet, Amazon Air, in the city, a first for India with the goal of enhancing its transportation network and enabling speedier delivery. Amazon has a similar service only in the US and European markets.Industries minister K.T. Rama Rao unveiled the service at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Shamshabad in the presence of Amazon officials. Amazon India...
IndiGo launches Super 6E fare system on 14 international routes
IndiGo has launched Super 6E flights to Colombo, Kuala Lumpur, Dammam, Jeddah, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Doha, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, Male, Kathmandu, and Riyadh.With these additions, IndiGo now offers Super 6E fares on flights to 23 international destinations. The airline launched this service on flights to Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Ras Al Khaimah, Singapore, Istanbul, Dhaka, Muscat, and Bahrain last year.A Super 6E fare for international...
Coimbatore Airport officials nab Bangladeshi man with fake passport after he fails to sing National anthem
Airport authorities at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu nabbed a foreign national who had been staying in India with a fake passport after he failed to sing the national anthem. The incident took place on Monday and the accused was identified as a Bangladeshi national.After he was detained, the man was asked to produce his birth certificate and his Passport issued by the Government of India. After he did so, the immigration officer, who was still suspicious...
Bodies Of 4 Indian Victims Of Nepal Plane Crash Brought To UP's Ghazipur
Ghazipur: Bodies of four men killed in a Nepal plane crash were brought back to the Uttar Pradesh district of Ghazipur from Kathmandu on Tuesday. The family members of the victims brought the bodies by road.Sonu Jaishwal, Anil Rajbhar, Abhishek Kushwaha, and Vishal Sharma were among five Indians who were killed in the incident. District administration and police forces are present on the spot.The doctors in Nepal on Sunday identified the bodies of...
Monday, January 23, 2023
Pratt & Whitney expands Bengaluru operations
Pratt & Whitney announced it has officially opened the doors to its new India Engineering Center (IEC) in Bengaluru. The facility is co-located with Pratt & Whitney’s India Capabilities Center (ICC), which opened in 2022 to provide integrated global supply chain support, and the recently inaugurated Collins Aerospace engineering and global operations centers. The IEC, which was designed to meet the LEED Platinum certification, further enhances...
Australian airline Qantas adds 8 Indian cities with IndiGo Codeshare Agreement
Australian airline, Qantas stated on Friday that it is increasing its codeshare agreements with IndiGo, the biggest airline in India. In August of last year, Qantas travellers flying to Bengaluru and Delhi could seamlessly connect to other well-liked spots, including large cities like Mumbai and Chennai or iconic locations like Pune and Goa.The Lockheed Constellation made seven stops when Qantas introduced its version of the Kangaroo Route to London...
After bomb call turns out hoax, Azur Air flight lands at Dabolim
Panaj: The Azur Air chartered plane from Russia to Goa that was forced to do an emergency landing in Uzbekistan due to a bomb call in Goa, landed at the Dabolim airport on Sunday (shortly after midnight) after the call turned out to be a hoax.Sources said that authorities in Uzbekistan conducted a detailed search of the aircraft and after they were satisfied, granted clearance to take off from the airport.The flight had 240 passengers, including...
Nepal plane crash: Bodies of all Indians onboard identified, taken back to home country
The bodies of all five Indians, who were killed in the Yeti Airlines plane crash in Nepal's resort city of Pokhara, have been identified and handed over to their respective family members, sources said on Monday. The five Indians - identified as Abhisekh Kushwaha (25), Bishal Sharma (22), Anil Kumar Rajbhar (27), Sonu Jaiswal (35) and Sanjaya Jaiswal (26) - were among 72 people on board when the Yeti Airlines plane crashed on the bank of the Seti...
Sunday, January 22, 2023
Nepal plane crash: 2 more dead bodies of Indian nationals identified
Nepal’s health officials on Sunday identified two more bodies of the Indian nationals who died in a plane crash in Pokhara and assured the victims’ relatives that they will be handed over all four bodies on Monday.Nepalese authorities on Tuesday started handing over to family members the bodies of those killed in the January 14 crash of a Yeti Airlines passenger plane with 72 people on board.Fifty-three Nepalese passengers and 15 foreign nationals,...
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Nepal plane crash: Focus on request to change runway
The black box and voice recorder of the Yeti Airlines aircraft that crashed near Pokhara on Sunday have been recovered, with officials hoping the devices would explain the reason for the tragedy and the captain’s last-minute request for a change of runway. Officials said 69 bodies had been found while a search was on for the three others who were on board. The plane from Kathmandu, which crashed into a gorge while trying to land at the...
Snapdeal co-founder Kunal Bahl reveals shocking reason behind vow to never fly Yeti Airlines to Pokhara
On January 14, a tragic aviation accident occurred involving a Yeti Airlines flight. The ill-fated flight, which was en route from Kathmandu to Pokhara, crashed during its descent into Pokhara airport, resulting in the loss of 68 lives. Although the exact reason behind the crash has not been ascertained yet, Snapdeal co-founder Kunal Bahl has shared a shocking anecdote behind his vow to never travel to Pokhara again by flight. Bahl says in a series...
Nepal plane crash: One flier still missing
Kathmandu: Rescuers used drones and abseiled down a deep gorge on Tuesday looking for the last missing person from Nepal’s worst air disaster in 30 years, in which at least 71 people died, including small children.Difficult terrain around the 650ft gorge and poor weather were hampering rescue efforts near Pokhara, where the Yeti Airlines’ 9N-ANC ATR72 aircraft carrying 72 people crashed on Sunday just before landing.The search was called off after...
Pilot couple killed in Nepal plane crash nearly 16 years apart
In 2010, Anju Khatiwada joined Nepal's Yeti Airlines, following in the footsteps of her husband, a pilot who had died in a crash four years earlier when a small passenger plane he was flying for the domestic carrier went down minutes before landing.On Sunday, Khatiwada, 44, was the co-pilot on a Yeti Airlines flight from Kathmandu that crashed as it approached the city of Pokhara, killing at least 68 people in the Himalayan nation's deadliest plane...
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Nepal plane crash: Career and tragedy follow same path
Anju Khatiwada, co-pilot of the crashed Yeti Airlines aircraft, had learnt to fly after her husband was killed while flying a small passenger plane of the same domestic airline in 2006.Nearly 16 years later, the ATR-72 aircraft co-piloted by Anju crashed on the gorge of the Seti river near Pokhara’s new airport on Sunday. She is believed to be among the dead.When Anju married Deepak Pokharel, he flew Nepal Army helicopters. A few years later, Deepak,...
Nepal plane crash: Pilot didn’t report anything untoward, official says
Pokhara: The pilot of the flight that crashed in Nepal did not report "anything untoward" as the plane approached the airport, a spokesman said.Anup Joshi said that the "mountains were clear and visibility was good", adding there was a light wind and "no issue with weather".There were 72 passengers and crew aboard the Yeti Airlines flight from Kathmandu to the tourist town of Pokhara which crashed on Sunday.No one is believed to have survived.It...
UP man killed in Nepal plane crash had gone to pay obeisance to Lord Pashupatinath after son's birth
New Delhi: A man from Uttar Pradesh, who was among the five Indians killed in a plane crash in Nepal on Sunday, had gone to pay obeisance at the famous Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu after his wish for a son was fulfilled. 32-year-old Sonu Jaiswal, a liquor store owner in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur district, has two daughters and had taken a vow to visit the Pashupatinath Temple if he had a son, his relative and Chak Jainab village head Vijay...
Nepal plane crash: French team reaches Pokhara to assist in investigation
A nine-member team of experts from France arrived here on Tuesday to help the Nepal government investigate a plane crash in which 71 people lost their lives.Yeti Airlines' 9N-ANC ATR-72 aircraft with 72 people on board, including five Indians, crashed minutes before landing on the bank of the Seti River in the resort city of Pokhara on Sunday. A total of 68 passengers and four crew members were on board the aircraft.The Nepal government has formed...
Nepal to send data recorder from crash to France
Nepalese authorities on Tuesday began returning to families the bodies of victims of a flight that crashed Sunday, and said they were sending the aircraft's data recorder to France for analysis as they try to determine what caused the country's deadliest plane accident in 30 years.The flight plummeted into a gorge on Sunday while on approach to land at the newly opened Pokhara International Airport in the foothills of the Himalayas, killing at least...
Monday, January 16, 2023
Thiruvananthapuram airport likely to be Haj embarkation point
Thiruvananthapuram: In the wake of persistent demands raised by the Haj pilgrims of South Kerala and South Tamil Nadu, the Thiruvananthapuram airport is likely to become a new Haj embarkation point in the state. As part of it, the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport Limited (TIAL) wrote to the Haj Committee of India two weeks ago. The TIAL is optimistic about including the airport as the new embarkation point in the state, as the Kerala...
Narrow escape for settlements near aircraft crash site in Pokhara: Eyewitnesses
Eyewitnesses of the Nepalese passenger plane crash have said that they had a close shave as the Yeti Airlines plane, with 72 onboard, including five Indians, crashed near their settlement and a bomb-like blast was heard.At least 68 people were killed as the plane crashed into a river gorge while landing at the newly-opened airport in the resort city of Pokhara on Sunday in the Himalayan nation's deadliest aviation accident in over 30 years.Kalpana...
‘Mara mara’: Last words of 4 Indians onboard Nepal plane moments before crash
A video of the final moments before the Yeti Airlines plane crash in Nepal's Pokhara has emerged on social media. The video was being shot by an Indian passenger from Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur, who was on board the ill-fated aircraft when disaster struck. Later, the only thing visible in the video was a burst of flames.In the video, the man, along with his three friends, was streaming on Facebook Live and recording the moments. The four were identified...
Nepal Crash: Told Her Not To Go To Work, Says Father Of Flight Attendant
Kathmandu: Oshin Ale Magar, a flight attendant who studied in India and died in a plane crash in Nepal, left home on Sunday with a promise that she would return from Pokhara after work to celebrate the Maghe Sankranti festival with her family. Oshin, 24, was among 69 people who died after Yeti Airlines' 9N-ANC ATR-72 aircraft with 72 people on board, including five Indians, crashed on the bank of the Seti River in central Nepal's resort...
Air France flight from Bengaluru to Paris makes emergency landing at Vienna, flyers stranded
Bengaluru: Over 100 flyers on board an Air France flight from Bengaluru to Paris on Sunday morning, had to make an emergency landing at Vienna in Austria, due to a technical glitch. Most of the passengers on board the AF203 are on the way to US or Canada, and opted to fly via Paris. They are now stranded at Vienna airport for over ten hours (as of 9.30pm IST) without food, water or information from Air France, they said. They could be sent to...
Government Nudging Airbus, Boeing To Set Up Final Assembly Lines In India
The Indian government is reportedly in talks with aircraft manufacturers like Boeing and Airbus, to set up their Final Assembly Lines (FAL) in India, with expectations of 2,000 aircraft orders from the country in the coming decade.India is currently the seventh largest aviation market in the world and is expected to become the third largest, within the next 10 years. Its fast-growing middle class is increasingly taking to the skies, with passenger...
Nepal plane crash: A victim had not told family about trip
Anil Kumar Rajbhar, 27, one of the Indians on the plane that crashed near Pokhara’s new airport on Sunday, had left for Nepal without telling his family, a friend in his native Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh said on Monday.“Anil went to Nepal without informing his family or friends. I too was scheduled to go with Anil but, somehow, could not make it,” the friend said.“I would have gone with him had he taken the road route to Nepal, and opted...
Both "black boxes" found from plane that crashed in deep gorge in Nepal, killing scores
Pokhara: A spokesman for Nepal's Civil Aviation Authority says a flight data recorder and a cockpit voice recorder have been retrieved from the site of the crash of a passenger plane that went down on approach to a newly opened airport in the tourist town of Pokhara.Jagannath Niraula said the boxes were found on Monday, a day after the ATR-72 aircraft crashed, killing at least 69 of the 72 people aboard. He said they will be handed over to investigators.Pemba...
Sunday, January 15, 2023
Initial rescue efforts hampered because airplane crashed onto treacherous terrain: Eyewitness
Kathmandu: The treacherous terrain on the banks of the Seti River hampered the initial rescue efforts by local villagers who rushed to save the 72 passengers on the crashed Nepalese passenger plane, an eyewitness said on Sunday.At least 68 people were killed when a Yeti Airlines passenger plane with 72 people onboard, including five Indians, crashed into a river gorge while landing at the newly-opened airport in central Nepal's resort city of Pokhara...
Nepali authorities to conduct technical inspection for all domestic flights
Kathmandu: The Nepal government has instructed concerned authorities to conduct a technical inspection of all domestic flights after a Nepalese passenger plane with 72 people on board, including five Indians, crashed into a river gorge while landing at the newly-opened Pokhara airport on Sunday, killing at least 68 people.The Cabinet meeting held in Baluwatar to assess the situation after Yeti Airlines' 9N-ANC ATR-72 aircraft crash also formed a...
Nepal plane crash: Names of 5 Indians on ill-fated Yeti airline flight revealed
A 72-seater passenger aircraft crashed on the runway at Pokhara International Airport in Nepal. Rescue operations are underway, and the airport is closed for the time being. According to reports, around 10 out of the 68 passengers on flight were foreign nationals. Five of them were Indians.The deceased Indians have been identified as Abhishek Kushwaha, Bishal Sharma, Anil Kumar Rajbhar, Sonu Jaiswal, and Sanjaya Jaiswal., according to reports.A total...
At least 68 killed in Nepal’s worst airplane crash in 30 years
Kathmandu: At least 68 people were killed Sunday when an aircraft went down near the city of Pokhara in central Nepal, a government official said, the country’s deadliest plane crash in more than 30 years.Seventy-two people – four crew members and 68 passengers – were on board the ATR-72 plane operated by Nepal’s Yeti Airlines when it crashed, Yeti Airlines spokesman Sudarshan Bartaula said. Thirty-seven were men, 25 were women, three were children...
Fire, River, Bushes: Local On What Hampered Nepal Plane Crash Rescue Op
Kathmandu: The treacherous terrain on the banks of the Seti River hampered the initial rescue efforts by local villagers who rushed to save the 72 passengers on the crashed Nepalese passenger plane, a witness said on Sunday.At least 68 people were killed when a Yeti Airlines passenger plane with 72 people onboard, including five Indians, crashed into a river gorge while landing at the newly-opened airport in central Nepal's resort city of Pokhara...
Air India starts direct flights from Amritsar to London: Raghav Chadha
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha on Sunday informed that Air India has started additional direct flights between Amritsar to London and one to Birmingham.Taking to Twitter, the Rajya Sabha MP said that he consistently raised Punjab's demand for international air connectivity over the last two parliamentary sessions."Good news, Punjabis. Air India has started additional direct flights btw Amritsar-London and one to Birmingham. I've tried to...
Friday, January 13, 2023
India’s Jet Airways wins second chance to takeoff as UAE-based owner given 6-month grace period
UAE-based Indian businessman Murari Lal Jalan-led Jalan Kalrock Consortium (JKC) won a second chance to relaunch the grounded Indian airline Jet Airways, with India’s insolvency court giving it six more months to make payment and take effective control of the carrier.Earlier, the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), which approved the consortium’s proposal to take over Jet Airways, had set November 16, 2022 as the effective date to pay dues to various...
Thursday, January 12, 2023
'Air India doesn't care for customers': French Passenger narrates harrowing experience with airline
The series of 'world-class travel experience' continues onboard Air India flights. The latest is a cancelled flight from Paris to New Delhi with the aircraft lacking maintenance and a non-functional lavatory.One of the passengers who flew from Paris to Mumbai via New Delhi described the harrowing time he underwent on his social media account.French national Loic Sanlaville had booked an Air India ticket for January 5 to fly from Paris to New Delhi...
Global Investors Summit: Air India to operate three flights a week from Indore to Sharjah, announces Jyotiraditya Scindia
Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Air India will operate three flights a week from Indore to Sharjah from April this year, union civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia announced on Thursday. Scindia was speaking at the valedictory session of the two day Global Investors Summit (GIS) being held in Indore, organised by the MP government.The 7th edition of the Global Investors Summit ‘Invest Madhya Pradesh’ came to an end on Thursday, with external affairs...
Air India launches several new routes to London, Gatwick
New Delhi: Air India on Thursday announced the launch of 12 weekly flights to London's Gatwick Airport and five additional services to Heathrow Airport.To Gatwick, Air India will operate a thrice-a-week service from cities such as Amritsar, Ahmedabad, Goa, and Kochi, and is the only scheduled airline to offer direct services to the UK's second-largest airport.To Heathrow, Air India will add five additional weekly frequencies with Delhi increasing...
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Air India Keeping An Eye As All Flights Across US Grounded Due To A Glitch
Air India on Wednesday said that it is in touch with the relevant authority after flights across the US were grounded due to a technical glitch in the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) computer system."We are aware of the snag in the US and we are in touch with the relevant authority," an AI official told ANI."Air India around six-seven flights operates in a day to the US in a week," it added.Air India, India's largest wide-body airline, is...
Heathrow: British Airways flight to India turns around 3 hours into journey
A British Airways flight returned back the way it came around three hours after it took off from Heathrow Airport on Tuesday morning (January 10). A spokesperson for the airline said it decided to return the plane to London as a precaution due to a minor technical issue.The flight to Delhi, India, departed at 11.10am and was due to arrive at 1.42am, local time. However, around three hours into the journey, flight BA143 appears to be turning around...
Legal bid against Etihad's stake in India's Jet Airways ends
A ten-year-old legal challenge to a now-defunct alliance involving Jet Airways selling a 24% stake in the airline to Etihad Airways ended quietly in an Indian court last week when the petitioner withdrew the applicationIn April 2013, Jet Airways flagged selling the stake to Etihad Airways for around INR26.7 billion rupees (USD325 million), and in the process create a strategic alliance which would expand the networks and reach of both airlines. BJP...
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Day Late, Missed Flights, No Screen Or Water In Toilet; French Passenger Shares Air India Ordeal
Air India is currently on the news for all the wrong reasons. With the pee-gate scandal of a drunk man peeing on an elderly woman mid-air on an Air India flight taking over headlines, passengers are having second thoughts about boarding the airline. And now, a French passenger took to Facebook to share his sheer ordeal flying on Air India. Here’s more about it >&...
Monday, January 09, 2023
Amazon signs contract with Quikjet for freighter ops in India
Bengaluru: Amazon has expanded its cargo freighter operations in India by signing a contract with Quikjet Airlines, a Bengaluru-based freighter operator that received the air operator certificate (AOC) a few months ago. Quikjet runs daily freighter operations, and the AOC is valid through 2027, sources told TOI.The company completed trial runs over the last two months. A Boeing 737 freighter dedicated to Amazon'scargo touched down in Bengaluru's...
Air India Paris-New Delhi Flight Incidents: DGCA Issues Show Cause Notice To Airline
Aviation regulator DGCA on Monday said it has issued a show cause notice to Air India regarding two incidents of passenger misbehaviour onboard a flight from Paris to New Delhi last month. In one incident, a drunk passenger was caught smoking in the lavatory and was not listening to the crew. In the second incident, another passenger allegedly relieved himself on a vacant seat and blanket of fellow female passenger when she went...
More trouble for Air India: DGCA raps airline over drunk man smoking in toilet on Paris flight
Amid outrage over a man urinating on an elderly woman on a flight, another incident had just days ago been reported where a man relieved himself on a woman’s blanket when she had gone to the lavatory. Today, the DGCA in a statement said that another man on the same flight in an inebriated condition smoked in the toilet of the Paris-Delhi flight.Both incidents happened on flight AI-142 on December 6. The Air India plane was flying from Paris to New...
DGCA issues show cause notice to Air India after Paris-New Delhi flight incidents
Mumbai: Aviation regulator DGCA on Monday said it has issued a show
cause notice to Air India regarding two incidents of passenger
misbehaviour onboard a flight from Paris to New Delhi last month. In one incident, a drunk passenger was caught smoking in the lavatory
and was not listening to the crew. In the second incident, another
passenger allegedly relieved...
Amazon Air to use local carrier Quikjet to boost freighter services in India
E-commerce giant Amazon has set up a dedicated freighter service arrangement with Bangalore-based all-cargo airline Quikjet to scale-up its network reach and delivery speed in India.Quikjet secured its air operator certificate (AOC) a few months ago and has a fleet of two converted 737-800Fs, according to Planespotters.The cargo airline will provide a dedicated 737 freighter, with a payload of 23 tons, for Amazon’s India deliveries, and industry...
Sunday, January 08, 2023
After Hyderabad, SpiceJet To Resume Direct Flights From Jharsuguda To Mumbai
Bhubaneswar: Here’s another piece of good news for regional connectivity in Odisha. SpiceJet airline will resume direct flight services between Jharsuguda and Mumbai from January 12.According to the official website of the airline, the direct flight will take off from Mumbai Airport at 2 pm and arrive at Veer Surendra Sai Airport, Jharsuguda, at 4.05 pm. The departure time for the flight from Jharsuguda Airport is 4.40 pm and it will land at Mumbai...
Bangladeshi who flew from Kuwait held at Jaipur airport
Jaipur: A Bangladesh national who had illegally entered India and then left for Kuwait in 2017 has been arrested after he landed at Jaipur International Airport by travelling on fraudulently obtained documents.Officials at Airport police station said Shohel Molla, whose real name is Abdul Shaheed Ghazi, was intercepted by the immigration department at the airport on December 22. He had flown from Kuwait.Police said Molla claimed to be a resident...
2 years later, Turkish Airlines asked to refund ticket cost, pay damages to Chandigarh resident
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission of Chandigarh has directed an airlines and its ticket reservation unit to refund Euros (€) 600.46, and pay Rs 17,000 as compensation and cost of litigation for not refunding the amount of cancelled tickets.Uday Vir Garg of Chandigarh alleged that he had booked online tickets for travel from Berlin to New Delhi via Istanbul on March 1, 2021, and for travelling back from New Delhi to Berlin via Istanbul...
Saturday, January 07, 2023
2 foreign tourists deboarded from Go First flight for misbehaving with crew
Poulomi Saha: Two foreign tourists were deboarded for misbehaving verbally abusing the cabin crew, sources in Go First told India Today on Saturday. The incident took place on January 5 on a Go First flight from Goa to Mumbai and the two were made to deboard in Goa before takeoff.One of the two passengers allegedly asked a cabin crew member to sit next to him during the security briefing. The matter has now been reported to the Directorate General...