Hyderabad: Singapore's low cost carrier (LCC) Tiger Airways will launch its five day week services from Hyderabad's GMR international airport from September. This new addition marks the sixth Indian destination for Tiger after Bangalore, Chennai, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram and Tiruchirappalli.In 2011, the Hyderabad airport saw a total passenger traffic of 76 lakh people. Last year, Tiger Airways has publically stated its intentions to build its presence...
Showing posts with label Foreign Jul 2011. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Foreign Jul 2011. Show all posts
Monday, July 02, 2012
Sunday, July 01, 2012
AI mulling the option of hiring expat co-pilots
Mumbai: Hit by frequent agitations by its unionised pilots, Air India is looking at the option of hiring junior pilots from overseas markets, a move that may trigger policy change as the current regulations do not allow recruitment of expats for that position.The carrier, which is crippled by the ongoing 55-day-old strike by a section of pilots, has approached some recruitment firms for hiring foreign pilots, say sources familiar with the development."Along...
Modernisation plan of Male airport in eye of political storm
New Delhi: The expansion and modernisation of the Male airport is in the eye of a political storm with some parties in Maldives seeking its nationalisation, even as its top officer said the construction of a new terminal by the GMR-led international consortium is "right on track".The consortium won the concession to manage, operate and develop Male's Ibrahim Nasir International Airport for 25 years in 2010 to modernise and expand the capacity of...
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Mahindra, Rolls Royce partner on aircraft
Oshkosh: GippsAERO, the aircraft manufacturing division of Mahindra Aerospace, and automobile major Rolls Royce have announced the signing of an agreement to partner on engine technology for a new aircraft.At a signing held at AirVentures 2011 in Oshkosh, WI, representatives from Rolls Royce and GippsAERO established an agreement to integrate the M250 B-17F/2 Rolls Royce engine into the GA10 aircraft.The GA10, GippsAERO’s latest offering in general...
"Lucky to be alive," say passenger of crashed Caribbean plane
Washington: "I am in pain, but very thankful to be alive," says Geeta Ramsingh, a 41-year-old Indian-origin woman who was among the 163 passengers who miraculously survived a Caribbean Airlines jet crash in Guyana.Thirty-five of those on board flight BW523 were injured as the Boeing 737-800 plane crashed in Guyana''s Cheddi Jagan International Airport amid rain yesterday.Recalling the events before the crash, Geeta, who is originally from Guyana...
Import of aerobridges from China awaits MHA nod
While the new terminal at Indore airport is to be made operational in the first week of August, the one at Lucknow would be operationalised in September with Raipur following closely, the sources said.The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has already completed upgrading of 25 of the 35 identified non-metro airports. The new terminal at Chennai airport is slated to be ready by December, while the one in Kolkata is scheduled to be completed by March...
Airport crash victim a devoted father and husband
The cabdriver who died after a horrific crash at Victoria International Airport is described as a devoted father and husband who worked hard to make sure his three children had a good education.Ramesh Sharma, 57, died Friday night from injuries received in the crash earlier that day.“He was the person who always worked hard,” said Sushil Hira, one of the owners of Yellow Cab where Sharma had driven for the last 15 years. Sharma was his closest friend.Sharma’s...
US airline pays flyer 37K for misplaced bags
Ahmedabad: It is common for airlines to misplace or even lose luggage - but for Amdavadi Yesh Shah, an airline's uncommonly courteous response to such an incident holds an important lesson for carriers in India.Shah's luggage was misplaced by Delta Airlines, which gave him Rs 37,500 as compensation. That was more than the value of his fare to Buffalo, US. The airline even sent him a letter apologizing for the inconvenience. Moreover, the luggage...
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Star Alliance to decide Air India’s induction date Sunday
New Delhi: After much delay, Air India’s formal entry into Star Alliance will be announced in Frankfurt Sunday, paving the way for the flag carrier to become the first from this country to join the largest global interline accord among 27 airlines.‘Star Alliance will decide Air India’s induction date tomorrow (Sunday) in Frankfurt at their executive board meet,’ an Air India official told IANS. ‘We have concluded all the integration conditions set...
Air India to miss Star Alliance flight
New Delhi: Star Alliance — the global network of airlines — may not take any Indian carrier on board for the time being, following letters written by Air India pilots about safety and maintenance standards in the state-run operator, according to civil aviation analysts.Both Air India and Jet Airways were on the verge of joining the alliance.Senior officials at Jet Airways, however, said they were evaluating all possible options.“Joining Star Alliance...
Sensitive information leaked from Indian embassy in Moscow
Moscow: Sensitive information from the Indian embassy in Moscow appears to have been leaking to a foreign security outfit at least for the past two years, if documents released by an international hackers' group are to be believed.Defence-related correspondence between the Indian embassy in Moscow and Russian entities seems to have been hacked by the Italian cybercrime police, said a report in the Moscow-based Izvestia daily.The paper quoted from...
Friday, July 29, 2011
Maldives seeks more flight connectivity with India
Male: Maldives on Friday sought more flight connectivity and ferry services between its islands and India as the two countries reviewed the entire gamut of bilateral ties, including cooperation in defence and economic sectors.External Affairs Minister SM Krishna, who was in Maldives on a two-day visit, held extensive talks with his counterpart Ahmed Naseem, besides meeting Defence and National Security Minister TI Kaleyfaanu, Home Minister Hassan...
Intl airlines wait in wings as snags remain
Chandigarh: As the countdown has begun for local airport to get the customs tag for start of international operations here, a foreign airline, Air Arabia, has come forward to start a Chandigarh-Sharjah flight. It has approached Airports Authority of India (AAI) with the proposal. Now, AAI has to take a decision regarding this.Sources said the airport had the required infrastructure for international flights and just approvals for night-landing and...
Jet Airways to begin Sharjah-Thiruvananthapuram daily services
Dubai: Jet Airways has announced daily flights from Sharjah to Thiruvananthapuram from October 30.The airline currently operates a daily flight from Sharjah to Kochi and the addition of another daily service will further enhance its growing international network.The flight 9W 569 will deploy Boeing 737-800 aircraft on this new route, offering 16 Premiere and 138 Economy seats.Jet Airways currently operates to 24 international destinations.With this...
Man hides swanky watches, but alert customs flush it out
New Delhi: A man hid five Breitling for Bentley dials in his rectum after landing at the IGI Airport - a desperate attempt to smuggle expensive watches into the country. However, airport authorities saw through the trick and intercepted him before he could exit the terminal.Customs officials said they had specific information that a passenger named Shadab Khan would be carrying watches and memory cards. Khan, described as a tall, lean man, flew down...
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Indians going abroad pack kilos of ghar ka khana
Mumbai: Some of the heaviest check-in bags that go into the belly of an aircraft belong to students, flying abroad for education. Books and clothes apart, every gram worth of free baggage allowance is judiciously used to pack in gastronomical armour needed to fight those ghar-ka-khana cravings that come with full force in a foreign land. For some, it takes the shape of boxes of mangoes, for others it is desi ghee, pickles and all. And the pressure...
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Emirates flight makes emergency landing in Mumbai
A Dubai-bound Emirates flight with 202 passengers and crew onboard on Wednesday made an emergency landing in Mumbai, more than 20 minutes after takeoff following a technical snagDubai: A Dubai-bound Emirates flight with 186 passengers on board was forced into making an emergency landing Wednesday at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport shortly after take-off owing to technical problems with one of its engines.Confirming the incident,...
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Destination Mangalore for IndiGo Airlines Soon
Dubai : While a few private airlines' promises to connect Mangalore internationallyremain promises only, IndiGo, one of India's most reliable budget airlines which announced the launch of its international flights from September 1, has now assured to consider Dubai-Mangalore flights in the coming days.Speaking to Rajesh Sequeira, founder and co-ordinator of Karnataka NRI Forum of UAE, Aditya Ghosh, president of IndiGO assured that Dubai-Mangalore...
Emirates fare treat for the Kangaroo land!
Emirates Airline, the award winning international carrier once again introduces a delightful offering for Indian travellers to experience the magical country of Australia. The airline introduced attractive fares to various Australian points starting August 2011 until November 2011.Passengers travelling from India can now choose from attractive one-way or return economy class fares while travelling to Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth via Dubai....
Monday, July 25, 2011
SpiceJet to tie up with global low-fare carriers
SpiceJet Ltd, India’s second largest low-fare airline controlled by media baron Kalanithi Maran of Sun TV Network Ltd, is exploring a different flight path for the second phase of its international expansion.It is also talking to two airports in south India and one in Gujarat to set up its second regional base, after Hyderabad.Currently flying two international routes—Colombo and Kathmandu—SpiceJet has applied for 10 more, including South-East Asia,...
Sunday, July 24, 2011
AI pilots scramble for Dreamliner take-off
Mumbai: Going by the current plans, it is likely to enter Air India's (AI) fleet later this year but the Boeing 787 Dreamliner has already caused many a heartbreak and unleashed a battle of sorts among the airline's pilots. The buzz doing the rounds is about the pilots being selected to fly the Dreamliner. If AI does not choose its pilots judiciously, the cash-strapped airline could end up losing about Rs 10 crore by way of training and retraining...
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Destructive beetle spotted at Indy airport
Indianapolis: Inspectors at Indianapolis International Airport intercepted an invasive bug with a taste for corn, wheat and other grains with the potential to harm the state’s agriculture industry.Agriculture specialists with U.S. Customs and Border Protection spotted the two tiny khapra beetles this month during a routine search of packages traveling through the FedEx Express hub at the airport, agency spokeswoman Cherise Miles said.The beetle eats...
Baylor Student Trapped In India
Waco: A Baylor University student has spent more than a month trapped in India after being arrested at an airport in Mumbai.The student from Austin, who's name isn't being released, had been in India on a mission trip with Waco's Antioch Community Church since June 4.The student was headed back to the United States on June 21, when security guards stopped her at the airport saying she had a bullet in a pocket of her backpack.The Director of International...
Emirates Optimistic Over India A380 Approval
Emirates is still waiting to hear whether it will be allowed to fly Airbus A380s into major Indian airports, but it does not think there will be a long-term holdup.Both Emirates and Lufthansa have said they want to operate A380 routes to India, but so far the government has not approved the use of the aircraft at Indian airports. Local media are reporting that this is partly to protect Air India, which is due to receive its first A380 this year.However,...
Friday, July 22, 2011
Mid-air 'collision' scare over Patna
Guwahati: A Jet Airways flight from New Delhi to Guwahati with 136 passengers aboard came dangerously close to a possible mid-air collision with a Boeing 747 international flight over Patna on Thursday morning. Jet Airways authorities here and in New Delhi did not respond to calls from TOI. However, two Congress MPs from Assam, who were also traveling by the Jet aircraft, shared their scary experience that lasted a few seconds. The MPs said Jet Airways...
Stapled visas prevent Arunachal karatekas to board Beijing flight
Itanagar: China has done it again. Just when it looked like that the Communist country has done away with its stapled visa regime, a team of karatekas from Arunachal Pradesh was not allowed to board a flight to Beijing at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Tuesday for not having regular visas. The karatekas from the state include Likha Lej (52 kg cadet boys), Tage Saa (65 junior boys) and Rei Yadi (53 kg junior girls). The players...
USIBC welcomes aviation security agreement between India, US
Washington: The US India Business Council has welcomed the signing of an aviation safety agreement between the two nations, noting that it will pave the way for greater bilateral trade in the sector."India-US Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement [BASA] will improve passenger safety and therefore caps the success of the 2005 Open Skies Agreement, which opens more routes, includes more airlines, and greatly improves the ability for companies to engage...
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Air India asked to pay 252,000 pounds to its former staff
Air India has been ordered by a UK court to pay a whopping 252,000 pounds towards outstanding employment claim with accrued interest to one of its former London-based catering managers.The English Court of Appeal delivered its reserved judgment in an appeal concerning overtime and other employment claims of a former London-based catering manager of Air India, Minoo Driver, who worked in its Inflight Services Department at Heathrow airport.Minoo Driver,...
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
AAI signs MoU for implementing GBSA
Airports Authority of India today signed an MoU with United States Trade Development Agency (USTDA) for implementing its pilot study on Ground-Based Augmentation System, which would help increase the overall air traffic handling capacity at the Chennai Airport.Civil Aviation Secretary Dr Nasim Zaidi exchanged documents with United States Trade Development Agency Lee Zak in the presence of Airports Authority of India Chairman VP Agrawal for the project,...
Emirates’ A380 Awaits India Approval as Rules Block Flights of Superjumbo
Emirates Airline celebrated the opening of the new terminal at the New Delhi airport last year by flying in an Airbus SAS A380.The plane has not returned there since. India’s government has not acted on requests to change regulations that bar overseas carriers, including Emirates and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (LHA), from flying aircraft bigger than the Boeing Co. 747 into the country. That rules out the A380.The two airlines are eager to tap India’s...
Virgin Atlantic introduces offer for students traveling to UK and US
Gurgaon: Virgin Atlantic has come out with some offers for students travelling to the UK and US for academic pursuits. Students can now carry up to 46 kg of luggage to the UK and US and one lucky flyer can also win a holiday to London for his/her parents or two friends. The holiday package for one lucky student includes two complimentary return air tickets from Delhi to London on Virgin Atlantic as well as three nights hotel accommodation in London...
Monday, July 18, 2011
Man evades security and manages to hide in plane
Maintenance workers cleaning a passenger aircraft in Saudi Arabia to prepare it for take off stumbled across an Indian man hiding between the seats after he succeeded in breaking through all security systems.The workers seized the man and called the police, who escorted him out of the aircraft at Riyadh airport, Sabq newspaper said on Sunday.It did not identify the man or say why he sneaked into the aircraft, which belongs to the Saudi Arabian Airlines.17/07/11...
Air India to spice up Melbourne route with 787
Direct Air India services between Delhi and Melbourne have been scheduled to finally commence in October this year with the carrier planning to fly its new Boeing 787 Dreamliner on the route.The long awaited service, originally earmarked for a November 2010 start, will see the airline become just the second carrier behind ANA to receive the new jets, Indian newspaper The Telegraph reported.Boeing flew a demonstration Dreamliner to New Delhi’s Indira...
Officials to meet on Air India’s Star induction
Air India, Star Alliance and senior officials from the Indian government and the Civil Aviation Authority are scheduled to meet Monday to discuss the progress of the carrier’s induction into the alliance. The meeting is part of the routine integration process, a Star spokesperson told ATW, stressing the grouping is sticking to its July 31 deadline to finalize the formal integration of the carrier. He added that “progress had been made but, yes, there...
Sunday, July 17, 2011
First Chennai-Jakarta flight likely by year-end
Chennai: Indonesian national airline Garuda’s first Chennai-Jakarta flight is likely to start by this year end, a top envoy of that country said here today.Currently, passengers to Indonesia have to fly via Singapore or Malaysia.“We have been discussing it many times. Our plan was to connect the cities of Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai and Delhi. My first preference is to have connectivity between Chennai and Jakarta”, Indonesian Ambassador to India, Mr...
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Empire Aviation Group Flying high
Based in Dubai, Empire Aviation Group stands apart as the operator and manager of the Middle East’s largest fleet of corporate and private jets. As well as aircraft sales, the company provides aircraft charter and management services with a focus on high quality luxury and corporate travel throughout the Middle East and the rest of the world.Executive director Steve Hartley is very clear about the company’s mission. “The purchase of an aircraft,...
Two airlines and airport sign MoU to share facilities
Air India, Adria Airways and Aerodrome Ljubljana have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), agreeing to share their fleets of Airbus and CRJ aircraft.The MoU also means Adria Airways can now access Air India’s network, landing more planes past Deli, whilst also giving Air India bigger access to the Eastern European market.Currently, Adria Airways flies about 400,000 passengers throughout Germany, the Balkans and North America but could potentially...
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Star Alliance, govt to meet on Air india
New Delhi: Senior government officials and members of Star Alliance will hold talks on July 18 on the progress of Air India’s induction into the international airline association. “A meeting with Star Alliance (officials) would be held July 18,” said Arvind Jadhav, chairman-cum-managing director of Air India. Ministry officials, Air India representatives would be there in the meeting with Star Alliance.”The airline plans to join the Star Alliance...
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Fuel-efficient Boeing 787 to join Air India fleet by year-end
New Delhi: National carrier Air India will welcome passengers on its first state-of-the-art and fuel-efficient Boeing 787 Dreamliner when the aircraft joins its fleet by the year-end -- with warm and welcoming interiors coupled with comfortable seating and entertainment systems."The aircraft will have beautifully designed and decorated interiors with warm colours which will welcome our passengers," Air India general manager engineering and quality...
High and dry after mid-air beer brawl
Chennai: Three passengers, who picked a fight with an air hostess after one of them demanded extra beer, were later held at the Chennai airport on Tuesday. Police said the passengers Dinakaran (23) of Chennai, Vanaravanababu (26) of Visakapatnam and Antony Merslin (30) of Thiruvarur, arrived at the Chennai airport from Singapore by an Air India flight. They had been held after Antony picked a fight with an air hostess. Antony had consumed three bottles...
Boeing 787 lands at IGI airport in Delhi
New Delhi: The Boeing 787 aircraft, popularly known as the Dreamliner, touched down at the IGI airport in the capital at 11.10 a.m. on its maiden voyage to India.The aircraft landed from Tokyo and will travel to Mumbai later this week before heading back to the United States.Air India, which has ordered 27 Boeing 787 aircraft will take delivery of its first Boeing 787 aircraft by end 2011, the President of Boeing India, Dr Dinesh Keskar, had announced...
2 Ecuadorian pilots trained on ALH Dhruv’s simulator cockpit
Bangalore: Ecuadorian pilots operating the Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Dhruv have undergone simulation training at the Bangalore-based Helicopter Academy to Train by Simulation of Flying (HATSOFF), a joint venture of HAL and CAE Canada.The two pilots of Ecuadorian presidential fleet are among the first to undergo training on the ALH Dhruv simulator cockpit which was recently certified by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation.HATSOFF chief...
Cathay to launch bi-weekly cargo service from Bangalore
New Delhi: Expanding its cargo services in India, Cathay Pacific will begin its bi-weekly operations from Bangalore next month.Bangalore will be the fourth city — after Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai — from where the Hong Kong-based airline will operate its twice-a-week flight with Boeing 747-400F aircraft on the Hong Kong-Delhi-Bangalore-Hong Kong sector.“India is an increasingly important market for our cargo business. We are pleased to be able to extend...
Air India's Melbourne route hangs on Dreamliners
Delhi: Direct flights to Melbourne are ''a priority'' for Air India, as the embattled government carrier prepares to take delivery of new planes it hopes can turn around its flagging fortunes.The long-promised, oft-delayed direct route between India and Australia has been mooted for years, but hampered by regulation (the Civil Aviation Ministry refused the airline permission) and resources (a lack of long-haul planes owned by the carrier).But with...
Air Arabia adds new destination from India
Mumbai: Sharjah headquartered UAE low cost carrier Air Arabia has added a new destination of Gassim from India. Flights from 13 Indian destinations will be connecting Gassim from July 15, the airline said in a media release today.The largest low coat airline in the Middle East and North Africa will offer flights to Gassim from its hub at Sharjah. The airliner plans to capture large number of Indian visiting friends and relatives in the UAE.Air Arabia...
Indigo sees growth potential in India-Singapore air traffic
Singapore: India-Singapore air passenger traffic has potential for further growth without competing airlines eating into each other's market share, says Indigo President Aditya Ghosh."I really, truly believe the market will expand, so I'm not sure that we're looking at eating market share from anyone," The Straits Times quoted Ghosh as saying ahead of the budget class carrier commencing flights to Singapore from September.The India-Singapore route...
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Boeing offers $45-m compensation to AI
New Delhi: American aircraft manufacturer Boeing Company has offered an interim compensation of $45 million in cash to Air India on account of delay in delivery of the B787 Dreamliner.The compensation is mere a 5% of the $900 million the state-owned carrier had demanded from the Seattle-based company. An airline source said Boeing has offered $10 million in credit over and above the cash part. Air India has communicated the Boeing proposal to the...
Cathay ready to reconnect
Calcutta: Hong Kong-based airline Cathay Pacific has written to Mamata Banerjee with a request to help it explore the possibility of a comeback to Bengal after 41 years, saying the “time is right” for a fresh take-off.The chief minister’s office confirmed receiving the letter on Monday from Tom Wright, Cathay Pacific Airways’s general manager for India, Middle East, Africa and Pakistan.“We will be grateful if you can arrange a meeting to explore...
Foreign, but not entirely safe
New Delhi: Michael James Fay-Doherty was one of the many expat pilots who came to India for a job at the height of the aviation boom in 2007, hoping perhaps that his criminal record and forged papers would go undetected by the understaffed aviation regulator in the country when passenger traffic had surged and pilots were in short supply.Fay-Doherty wasn’t far off the mark. By the time his false credentials were discovered and he left the country,...
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Expat pilot nos fall by half in 2 years in India
Mumbai: Some airline chiefs believe an expatriate pilot's accent adds to their carrier's brand value, some maintain a sizable number of foreign contract pilots on their employee rolls and pay them handsome salaries on time, as they will never join a strike. Others look at immediate savings and hire trained expatriate pilots, cutting down on command training bills--money spent to train and upgrade a co-pilot to a commander. But the fact is that expatriate...
Indian air cargo to Africa increasing
New Delhi: Indian air cargo to Africa is increasing at a steady rate of about 15-20 percent per year, with the country exporting approximately 6,000 tonnes of goods and merchandise by plane to the vast continent every month.Most of the cargo is transported on African air carriers and some European airlines for the reason that there are practically no Indian airlines that have direct flights from India to African cities.Almost 55 percent of the air...
Airline's baby ban in 1st class riles parents
Mumbai: Worli resident Bindiya Joshi, 33, normally a web recluse, has been glued to the Internet for the past week. Joshi is one of the several young parents from the city, who have launched an online campaign against Malaysian Airlines's week-old move to ban infants in its first-class cabins on flights."I demand full service. My child should not be treated like an unwanted inconvenience," said Joshi, a homemaker and a mother of two children. Social...
Implement assurances on turban issue, Preneet to Italian govt
Chandigarh: Despite assurances by Italian government following the unsavory incident involving golfer Jeev Milkha Singh's coach Amritinder Singh, harassment of turban-wearing Sikhs is still continuing at airports in that country, especially at Milan.This was revealed to visiting minister of state for external affairs, Preneet Kaur, during a meeting with the Indian Diaspora, following which Preneet, during her bilateral meeting with Italian vice minister...
Relatives angered by federal Air India offer
Vancouver: Relatives of the victims of the Air India tragedy say they are hurt and insulted by a federal government offer to pay $24,000 for each person killed in the June 1985 terrorist attack.The offer of a one-time ex gratia payment was made at a meeting in Toronto Thursday attended in person and via teleconference by about 40 family members of the 329 bombing victims. Most of the families settled their legal claims for compensation in the early...
Saturday, July 09, 2011
Flights to Jeddah, Eastern Countries from Srinagar Airport soon: AAI
Srinagar: Linking operation of international flights with normalcy in the Valley, chairman Airport Authority of India (AAI) Thursday stated that international flights from Srinagar to Jeddah and eastern countries could be made operational from Srinagar International Airport if normalcy continues to prevail.“It is all linked to normalcy in the Valley. Right now international flight operation from Srinagar airport is restricted to Hajj flights only....
South African Airways woos Indian travellers
Johannesburg: Every second international traveller to South Africa is an Indian, and most of them fly out of Mumbai . Keen on cornering the largest slice of this passenger pie, South African Airways (SAA) has introduced its stateof-the-art Airbus A330-200 aircraft on the Mumbai-Johannesburg route."In 2010, Indians comprised 48.9% of people travelling to South Africa. That's why we earmarked the aircraft on the Mumbai route to ensure that they get...
Thursday, July 07, 2011
Government sounds air alert after US warning on aviation assets
New Delhi: The Central government has sounded an alert at airports across the country after intelligence inputs warned of a possible terror attack against aviation assets. Though the Bureau of Civil Aviation and Security first received an alert a couple of days ago, intelligence agencies on Thursday reiterated the warning, prompting a security beef-up at key airports, including the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi and Mumbai's Chattrapati...
IndiGo confirms Delhi route
The Indian no-frills carrier IndiGo is spreading its wings to Thailand to break Thai AirAsia's monopoly on low-cost air travel to the subcontinent.An IndiGo jet stands ready to challenge Thai AirAsia for the lucrative Indian market.The privately owned airline is scheduled to launch a daily service between Bangkok and Delhi on Sept 8, with a plan to later introduce two additional routes linking the Thai capital with Mumbai and Kolkata.Bangkok is one...
Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Boeing to fly much-delayed 787 Dreamliner into India next week
Mumbai: American aircraft maker Boeing will fly its most anticipated and state-of-the-art airplane, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner , to India next week, aviation industry sources said. The aircraft, already behind schedule by over three years from its first delivery date, has national carrier Air India as its second delivery customer after Japanese private carrier All Nippon Airways. One of the lightest planes to have taken to the skies, the airplane...
Boeing Values India Market for 1320 New Airplanes at $150 Billion
New Delhi: Boeing forecasts a $150 billion market for 1320 new passenger airplanes in India over the next 20 years as the economy aims for double-digit growth, stimulating strong demand for new and replacement airplanes. Boeing India President Dinesh Keskar shared the forecast today with Boeing’s outlook for India’s commercial airplane market through 2030."Robust growth with new economic prosperity amongst a massive Indian population, discretionary...
AAC request for restoaration of direct international flights from Gujarat to US, UK
Ahmedabad: At the half-yearly meeting of the Airport Advisory Committee on Monday its members including Member of Parliament Harin Pathak asked for restoring the direct international flights to UK, US and other countries from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPIA).Pathak said passengers are forced to take their flights either via Delhi or Mumbai. He said the construction of international terminal and some other facilities have already...
Monday, July 04, 2011
Global firms to line up for civil aircraft project
Bangalore: Global engine makers have evinced keen interest to take part in India’s proposed Rs 7,555 crore national civil aircraft development (NCAD) programme, expected to give a major boost to civil aviation industry.Bangalore-based National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has already completed a feasibility study on the design and development of a national civil aircraft for regional...
Tata bid to take off in aerospace
Mumbai: The $70-billion Tata group is quietly building its presence in the aerospace industry that has recently seen significant investment from the private sector.It is in the process of applying for licences from several central government ministries, predominantly the defence ministry, to sell helicopters that it plans to assemble at its joint venture with Italian conglomerate Finmeccanica’s AgustaWestland.Speaking to The Telegraph, Tata Services...
Emirates flight from India to Dubai makes emergency landing
Dubai: An Emirates Airline jet carrying 222 passengers had to make an emergency landing at the weekend caused by what the airline described as "technical difficulties", a spokeswoman said today.Flight EK533, which was scheduled to Dubai from Cochin, India on Saturday was delayed by more than 14 hours because of the problem."Emirates confirms that flight EK533 to Dubai, on Saturday 2nd July was delayed due to technical difficulties," the Emirates...
Sunday, July 03, 2011
'Ensure adequate flights for Haj pilgrims'
Guwahati: The state Haj committee has written a letter to the Haj Committee of India (HCI) to ensure that all pilgrims have a safe flight to Mecca for the holy prayers. Citing problems of inadequate flights, state minister for Haj affairs, Nazrul Islam, asked the HCI to ask local airlines to chip in. Last year, many pilgrims who had deposited money, form, passport and even got visas from Saudi authorities, were unable to fly as there were no or few...
Saturday, July 02, 2011
Indian pilot killed in crash near Thornton had earlier close call
The pilot who steered his small plane away from two subdivisions before he died in a fiery crash Wednesday near Thornton had faced dire circumstances before.About 12 years ago, Salil Sinha clipped an unmarked tower, lost a wing and still managed to land his aircraft safely, his brother-in-law, Paul Kreft, said Thursday.Salil was president and owner of Julair LLC, which provides aerial-photography services nationwide, Kreft said. The plane was registered...
Demand for restoration of direct Kozhikode flights
Kozhikode: An association of expatriates from Kozhikode living in Kuwait today appealed to the government to restore direct flights between the two cities. "Indian community is the largest expatriate community in Kuwait and their numbers exceeded six lakhs as per the latest statistics of Indian Embassy and Government of Kuwait, a release by Kozhikode District Association, Kuwait, said. Over 50 per cent of the Indians working in Kuwait were from Kerala...
Business aviation makes inroads in Asia
The Asian market is waking up to the fact that companies using business aircraft earn more than those that don’t (141 percent more, according to an NBAA analysis). However, there are many obstacles remain to developing the private aviation sector in that part of the world. Until recently, no single Asian voice addressed the benefits and hurdles of establishing business aviation, but that is changing as the region’s associations begin to work together...
India's Kingfisher mulls flights to Laos, Vietnam: envoy
Kingfisher, a private Indian carrier has expressed interest in opening a route to Laos and Vietnam India's Ambassador to Vientiane, Jitendra Nath Misra said ahead of a joint business forum between the two countries.The inaugural Laos Nothern India Business Forum starts on July 02, attended by a delegation from Laos, organized by the Assam Chamber of Commerce and Indian Chamber of Commerce based in Lao."The airline links between Northeastern India...
Man held at IGIA with memory cards worth R58 lakh
The customs department at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) have arrested a businessman returning from Hong Kong and recovered memory cards worth Rs 58 lakh from him. Customs department officers said Praveen Chopra had concealed 42 packets of cards inside the stocking he wore under an oversized pair of jeans.A resident of Krishna Nagar, Chopra was returning from Hong Kong on board Air India flight 301.Customs sources said Chopra had...
Friday, July 01, 2011
GR Gopinath’s intra-state aviation plan nixed
New Delhi: Low-cost aviation pioneer GR Gopinath’s dream of providing intra-state connectivity in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal may remain just that — a dream.The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has turned down his proposal to begin charter services in these states, citing many loopholes in his application for importing two 72-seater ATR aircraft on wet lease.Under wet lease, an airline hires not just an aircraft but pilots and...
Air China expands India operations
Mumbai: Air China, which operates on the Delhi and Bangalore routes, is set to expand its services to India with a Beijing-Mumbai flight from September. The airline will be the first among the three Chinese airlines operating in India to touchdown at the Mumbai airport.The only direct airlink between Mumbai and China is Air India's tri-weekly flights to Shanghai. Jet Airways had launched flights from Mumbai to San Francisco via Shanghai a few years...
India seeks more code-sharing to boost travel to Canada
Toronto: With no Canadian airline flying to India even as two Indian carriers touch Canada, Indian civil aviation authorities have demanded enhanced code-sharing by the Canadian national carrier Air Canada with Indian carriers to boost air travel between the two countries.Indian civil aviation secretary Nasim Zaidi, who held talks with his Canadian counterparts and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) officials in Montreal, said Thursday...