J R D Tata's flight carrying mail between the two cities was the first by an Indian company and it opened the air link to peninsular India.
To make space for the extra row, Vistara has opted for the smartLav concept offered by Airbus
'The need for added safety has bolstered demand for charter flights in the last year and is expected to continue.'
The new owner may be allowed to dispose of assets accruing from the 10-26 per cent of the net assets of the company.
The airline will launch an additional daily flight on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad and Delhi-Ahmedabad routes during the period.
Airline may cut its fleet from the existing 64 planes over the next few months.
Two of the cabin crew in the aircraft were also found to be without any proper training, they said.
An Air India spokesperson said the plane landed at an "uncommissioned runway" and that all passengers are safe.
Vistara has six Airbus A320s in a three class configuration.
The pilot-turned-airline owner and his partner Biraja Jena plan to launch FlyBig, which has secured 16 routes under the fourth phase of UDAN, the government's regional connectivity programme.
AirAsia's India plans may not be hit with the current crisis that the airline is going through
Wide-body aircraft like B747 and A350 have a bigger fuel tank and can therefore travel longer distances in comparison to narrow-body aircraft like B737 and A320. A wide-body aircraft also needs a longer runway length to take off or land. The table top runway 10 of the Kozhikode airport is approximately 2,700 metres long. Wide-body aircraft operations were permitted at this airport from 2019.
This new mom is totally in love with her work and her new role, motherhood.
With this order for 72 A-320 NEO (New Engine Option) planes worth $7.2 billion, GoAir has a total order book of 92 aircraft worth Rs 43,200 crore ($9.6 billion).
The airline is strengthening its flight operations department to make this happen.
A major mishap was averted on Wednesday when the wingtips of two aircraft -- one of them taxiing and the other on the verge of takeoff -- touched each other at the Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai.
The first set of routes that it will launch internationally will be the routes that can be flown by its existing aircraft, the A320s, which will be routes within three, three-and-a-half hours of India
In one of the biggest orders in recent times, European consortium Airbus Industrie has signed a contract to supply 40 A-320 aircraft to leading Asian low-cost carrier AirAsia, which has also taken the option for another 30 of these planes.
To attract bidders, the government had decided to hive of around Rs 35,000 crore of the company's debt into a separate subsidiary, leaving around Rs 23,286 crore to be absorbed by the new bidder.
The IAF pilots, who are middle-aged, are willing to fly any number of hours, as they are keen to make quick money before they retire
'The pilots and the ATC both did not follow the protocol'
The inaugural flight took off in the presence of Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Mahesh Sharma, along with a number of other people.
There is enough room for growth in smaller Indian towns as per US and European aircraft manufacturers
7,000 unemployed pilots in India but airlines continue to bet on expats
Paving the way for launch of its flights, Tata-Singapore Airlines joint venture airline Vistara was on Monday granted flying permit by aviation regulator DGCA, almost nine months after it applied for the licence.
'A growing segment wants to fly Vistara but may not be really ready to pay for certain products that come with a full-service carrier. That is a large segment and we can't ignore it,' says CEO Leslie Thng.
Two civilian planes with 200 passengers on board landed safely in emergency conditions at the airports in Mumbai and Delhi on Tuesday evening after the pilots reported some technical problems in the aircraft.
To become a type-rated pilot, a person has to take additional training.
Based on the wreckage locations; The search team and investigators onboard of the vessel will draw a map for the wreckage distribution spots, it added.
The airline, which is slated to get its first Airbus A-320 soon, had earlier announced plans to start operations in October.
The DGCA probe detected serious issues related to safety oversight.
The airline is trying to save on wage costs by cutting the normal notice period of six months by about half for pilots who have already resigned.
Empty middle seat, no duty-free shopping to be new normal till WHO all-clear.
According to latest data, new airlines have a combined market share of 5.4 per cent.
The airline with a 66-aircraft fleet said on Monday that it would be inducting 16 planes this year and the remaining 12 by 2014.
Instead of lowering the altitude, the pilot responded by saying that he was satisfied. When only 10 nautical miles were left till the airport, the plane was at an altitude of 7,000 feet instead of 3,000 feet, it said. The ATC issued a second warning to the pilot to lower the plane's altitude. However, the pilot responded again by stating that he was satisfied and would handle the situation, saying he was ready for landing, the report said.
Dhawan said that they didn't apprehend that dew would be a factor, just like the other way round in the previous game.
Ninety-seven people, including nine children, were killed and two passengers miraculously survived the fiery crash when the PIA flight PK-8303 with 99 travellers on board plunged into a densely populated residential area near the airport here.
IndiGo has about 400 planes on order.
A leaked transcript of Flight 9525's final terrifying minutes reveal Captain Patrick Sondheimer's desperate attempts to stop Andreas Lubitz from apparently sending the plane into a death-dive killing himself and the 149 people aboard.
