On Sunday, too, a drizzle resulted in an increase in humidity, triggering a massive pollution spike.
One hundred and ninety two passengers and crew on board three United States passenger jets had a narrow escape when their aircraft came within seconds of a midair collision at Reagan National Airport in Washington on Tuesday, a media report said on Thursday.
Two Air Traffic Control officials in Mumbai were on Tuesday taken off duty -- pending an inquiry by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation -- into the near miss between an Air India plane and a helicopter belonging to the President's entourage. The two officials have been 'de-rostered' during the inquiry, sources said while clarifying that they have not been placed under suspension. The identity of the officials has not been revealed.
Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi said the government was considering extending financial support to Air India.
The spell of bone-chilling cold continues in Delhi, a day after the national capital witnessed its coldest day in 44 years. The maximum temperature dropped to 9.8 degrees Celsius on Wednesday. This was 11 degrees below normal. The minimum temperature on Wednesday was 4.8 degrees. At Palam, on the fringes of Delhi, the maximum temperature was 9.7 degrees.
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India witnessed the highest increase in airfares among the 10 top aviation markets in the Asia-Pacific and West Asia collectively across both domestic and international flights Q4 2019 and Q4 2022 in nominal terms, according to research by Hong Kong-based Airports Council International (ACI). India, where fares went up by 41 per cent, was followed by the UAE (34 per cent), Singapore (30 (per cent) and Australia (23 per cent). The study, which was undertaken in collaboration with Flare Aviation Consulting, examined around 36,000 routes in the top 10 aviation markets in Asia-Pacific and West Asia.
One hopes in his next term, Narendra Modi will take up the mission of inculcating respect for following rules in Indians as a mission. Therein lies the chance for India to become a developed country, asserts Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport may run into rough weather with one of the three runways closing down for six months from April 2.
A Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 with at least 44 people aboard disappeared from radar scenes during a half-hour demonstration flight in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta on Wednesday.
Singh said in a statement in the Lok Sabha that all efforts were being made to save IAF Group Captain Varun Singh, the lone survivor of the crash near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, who was on life support at the military hospital in Wellington.
The NCMC facilitates convenient travel while integrating last-mile connectivity, a must in India's extensive landscape. It enables travellers to pay for a cross-section of needs, including toll tax, retail shopping, and withdrawing money.
Revamping Indian Railways will need bold thinking, and lots of money and time. And all three may be scarce, points out T N Ninan.
Flight operations were affected after a minor fire broke out in the air traffic control room at Chennai airport in the wee hours on Tuesday.
Dense fog engulfed the region again reducing visibility considerably, which threw train schedules haywire and created traffic snarl-ups on highways.
Most reported unruly passenger incidents were classified as level 1, or intentional non-compliance with safety regulations like not wearing face masks, not wearing seat belts.
After taking off, the captain of the Kingfisher Airlines flight from Hyderabad to Delhi alerted air traffic control saying that he was receiving a smoke detection indication in the cargo hold of the aircraft. As per standard airline procedures, he requested to return to Hyderabad. During the precautionary unloading of the cargo, an un-identified substance was located.
An Ethiopian airliner carrying 82 passengers and eight crewmembers crashed into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after taking off from the Beirut International Airport on Monday morning, officials said.
'Had they agreed to our demands that we raised two years ago, we would have never started our agitation again.'
The aircraft involved in the incident were operating on Coimbatore-Hyderabad and Bengaluru-Cochin routes.
An Air India flight from Bhopal to Mumbai, carrying 90 passengers on board, had to make an emergency landing minutes after its take-off from Raja Bhoj Airport in Bhopal on Wednesday morning after a bird hit one of its engines, officials said.
The regulator is now planning to bring in other workers in the aviation ecosystem under the purview of the breath-analyser test. It will include air traffic control officers (ATCOs), ground-handling personnel, flight despatchers, aerodrome operation personnel and engineers.
Cold wave and fog persists across North India disrupting traffic and normal life.
The ATC who handled the flights has been told to undergo 'corrective training'.
In the second incident of security breach within four days, a cargo jet belonging to logistics firm UPS was forced to return 45 minutes after take-off from the airport last night for lack of mandatory custom clearances of a consignment.
Sources at Mumbai airport said seat occupancy has declined from around 70-72 per cent to 60-64 per cent in last three-four days as passengers are postponing or cancelling trips.
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The weatherman attributed the heavy fog to high-pressure area over the capital and adjoining parts that was affecting wind movement.
Air pollution is the third highest cause of death among all health risks in India, ranking just above smoking.
In order to ensure air traffic management of global standards, private airlines have called for redesigning parking bays and increasing the parking capacity of the airports adjoining the metros.
The announcement of 'open sky' policy for designated airlines of ten ASEAN nations to fly unhindered into the Indian cities is likely to hit the earnings of Air-India and Indian Airlines, official sources said in New Delhi on Friday.
Two officials of the Airports Authority of India have been suspended in connection with a communication failure in June between a special jet carrying Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Air Traffic Control in New Delhi.
In a bid to ease air traffic congestion and ensure safety, government has decided to introduce separate flight corridors for helicopter operations at Delhi and Mumbai airports.
British architecture firm Zaha Hadid Architects bagged the contract from Navi Mumbai International Airport Limited after a 12-week design competition, and will design the new airport's Terminal 1 and air traffic control tower.
Two British nationals were detained in New Delhi for allegedly recording the conversation between pilots and Air Traffic Control prompting government to explore the possibility of booking the duo under a suitable law.When confronted about the recording, the sources said, the duo told interrogators that it was their hobby which is known as "plane spotting".
This is the first major snowfall in Kashmir this winter, which was largely dry so far.
'Naval Aviation has contributed through numerous humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations during which it has provided relief to fellow citizens like the recently conducted rescue operations off Mumbai during Cyclone Tauktae in May 2021.'
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