Amid rains, a 24-hr struggle to clear main runway of Mumbai airport

Air India engineers braved incessant rains to pull out the 41-tonne aircraft which caused one of the biggest disruptions on the main runway since August 2011. Arindam Majumder reports.......

These are Saudi's 13 demands from Qatar to lift embargo

Saudi Arabia has handed down a list of 13 demands to Qatar as the price for lifting blockade on trade and diplomatic embargo. The list includes cutting back ties with Iran and closure of the......

US, UK ban laptops, other electronic devices on some flights from Mideast

The United States and the United Kingdom, citing terrorism concerns, on Tuesday barred passengers on some international flights from mostly Muslim-majority countries, from carrying large electronic......

Jet Airways flight diverted to Muscat following bomb scare

A Dubai-bound Jet Airways flight from Mumbai with 54 passengers and 7 crew onboard was on Thursday diverted to Oman capital Muscat following a bomb threat where it landed safely. The Omani security......

Airlines line up new flights as govt allows regular international ops

Indian customers will have wider travel options as airlines introduce new flights from the end of March. Photograph: Max Rossi/Reuters While Malaysian Airlines and Turkish Airlines are resuming......

Jio launches India's first in-flight mobile services

Jio has partnered with AeroMobile to launch mobile services on 22 flights on international routes, with plans starting at Rs 499 per day. Reliance Jio on Friday said its customers will be able to......

More flights will take off this winter than last year

A senior DGCA official said 23,403 departures per week have been finalised, covering 103 airports, which is 1.2 per cent higher than the 23,117 operated during the previous winter schedule. Indian......

With more seats, IndiGo pips Air India on international routes

While IndiGo had 11.8 per cent of all the international seats to and fro India in the last week of August, Air India's seat share was 11.4 per cent. Emirates came third with 8.1 per cent, and rest......