Akasa in Turbulence: DGCA Flags Repeated Slip-Ups

One of the major concerns highlighted by the DGCA was about the fact that not all staff had completed mandatory fatigue management training. IMAGE: Akasa Air 737 max 8-200 slowing down at......

Parl panel meet: DGCA to curb airfare surge; MPs flag aviation safety

Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation said on Tuesday it will put in place a mechanism to curb whopping surge in air ticket prices, recently witnessed during the Maha Kumbh and......

2 planes take off, land on same runway at Mumbai airport

A serious aviation disaster was averted at the Mumbai airport as an Air India plane took off while an IndiGo aircraft landed on the same runway within a minute. IMAGE: A viral video on social......

SpiceJet gets DGCA notice after 8 incidents in 18 days

Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) issued a show-cause notice Wednesday to SpiceJet after it reported eight technical malfunction incidents involving its planes over......

Paramount in talks to buy Star Aviation

Chennai-based Paramount Airlines has sent feelers to a south-based regional carrier, Star Aviation, for a possible acquisition of the airline. Star Aviation got an operating licence in 2007, but......

Paramount to fly Kochi-Delhi from Sept

Coimbatore-based Paramount Airlines will start operations by the first week of September, connecting Kochi and Delhi, sources said on Wednesday.The airlines, which would offer all executive class......

Paramount eyes stakes in other airlines

Paramount Airways aims at acquiring stakes in other airlines as part of its plans for a pan-India presence by 2011, according to its top official. "If an opportunity comes up, Paramount is open to......

CBI files cheating case against Paramount Airways promoter

Paramount Airlines had started its operations in 2005 and was flying to southern and eastern parts of India before it wound up 2010. The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday registered a......

Chopper crash kills 22 in Sierra Leone

Twenty-two people, most of them Togolese sports officials, were killed when a passenger helicopter exploded and crashed on Sunday at Sierra Leone's main international airport, aviation officials......

Israel-Hamas conflict: India withdraws from World Cadet Chess

IMAGE: Smoke billows following Israeli strikes in Gaza City, October 11, 2023. Photograph: Saleh Salem/Reuters The Indian team has pulled out of the World Cadet Chess Championship scheduled......

Sindhu slams Indigo for rude behaviour, airline rejects claims

'The ground staff misbehaved with Sindhu while handling her kit bag. Sindhu had requested him to handle it with care as there were racquets inside but the person behaved rudely.' IMAGE: PV Sindhu......