The co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525 appears to have deliberately crashed the plane after he was left alone in the cockpit, according to a French prosecutor.
Ajit Singh says will seek cabinet nod to scrap 5-year, 20 aircraft rule.
The Naresh Goyal-promoted airline, which is beginning flights to London from May 23, will launch its flights to Newark via Brussels a month later, chief executive officer Wolfgang Prock-Schauer told reporters in Mumbai.
Jet Airways has executed a memorandum of understanding/letter of intent for taking five planes on lease.
The airline has also inked a deal to take 12 A320s from Singapore's Tiger Airways on lease.
The aircraft (Airbus A-320 model) belonging to Air India was being transported by road from Begumpet airport to Central Training Establishment at Ferozguda in Balanagar when the crane bars got bent down and the aircraft suddenly fell on a nearby compound wall.
Jet Airways, India's top private carrier, says it is in talks to lease two or three wide-bodied aircraft from Boeing or Airbus for its long-haul international routes starting in April.
This is how Emirates took luxury to a new height with its private jets.
Besides lining up Bali, Nairobi and Toronto flights, the airline is also planning flights from Mumbai to Hong Kong. The network expansion will help the national carrier grow its market share and capitalise on the capacity vaccum created by the collapse of Jet Airways.
'Special police told me that if I speak according to their wishes they will not harm my family and also gave me false assurance that they will make my case weak so that after sometime I will get released...'
A Mumbai-bound GoAir flight with nearly 100 passengers, including former army chief General V K Singh on board, was forced to return to Delhi airport following a fire alarm on Saturday morning.
AirAsia runs a joint venture portal with Expedia and it is an exclusive online distribution channel for the airline.
Six of these aircraft are currently on lease to Etihad Airways, set to start returning to Jetair's fleet in June
In a major expansion bid, Air Deccan, which now operates primarily on regional routes, has decided to acquire two Airbus A-320s.
The airline would be operating these flights with the newly acquired Airbus A320 aircraft.
The total seats on a two-class single-aisle Airbus A-320 or a similar Boeing-737 aircraft number around 130-140, of which the airlines would be able to charge more for a maximum of about 30-odd seats, official sources said.
The company is looking at putting in one plane every month.
Govt plans to relax air service norms, let international airlines fly any aircraft to India.
The pilot of a Bangalore-bound Air India aircraft, with around 125 passengers on board, landed under emergency conditions at Bhopal airport when he found the cockpit door jammed as he tried to open it to visit the washroom, airline sources said on Tuesday.
7,000 unemployed pilots in India but airlines continue to bet on expats
A new Indian airline, proposed to be launched by the Tata Group, AirAsia and another Indian investor, is likely to start operations by the fourth quarter of this year with about $50 million initial investment by the Malaysian budget carrier.
Analysts say the 777 is Boeing's most profitable plane, thanks largely to the 777-300ER, a 365-seat version that began operations in 2004.
A Pakistan International Airlines plane flying to Saudi Arabia with 187 passengers on board made an emergency landing at Karachi airport today after its hydraulic system developed a fault, an official said.
In its bid to revive its cargo service, Air-India has issued tenders to induct four freighter aircraft on lease by March to start operations from April.
Air India, Jet Airways and United fly to these airports from Mumbai and Delhi.
Jet, earlier, pulled out of Johannesburg, New York routes.
Embattled Force India team boss Vijay Mallya made his Indian Grand Prix entrance in combative mood on Saturday, lashing local media for their coverage of his business troubles and grounded Kingfisher airline.
Vistara has six Airbus A320s in a three class configuration.
India is not an easy environment to operate in and grow because of the high cost of operations, says Neil Mills.
The premium economy cabin is getting popular among air travellers from India.
Alwaleed bin Talal is reportedly spending $500 million on a fully customised A380 from Airbus.
An Air India Boeing aircraft was involved in a "minor" mishap at the John F Kennedy Airport in New York on Saturday when its wing touched another aircraft which was being pulled back for take off but no one was injured.
With the Chennai airport closed till December 6 following heavy rains and flood, the nearby naval air station at Arakonnam is likely to be turned into a makeshift airport.
The civil aviation ministry is to issue new route dispersal guidelines this month.
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