In a war situation, the policy of 'what is not mine is enemy' tends to hold sway. It is high time professional militaries took air defence seriously, notes Group Captain Murli Menon (retd).somewhat, it is high time professional militaries took Air Defence seriously, suggests Group Captain Murli Menon (retd).
Reduction in fuel price was supposed to bring back good luck for Indian airlines. But with the global spread of coronavirus, airlines are being forced to rejig their network, cut flights, and delay launches.
The Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Thursday got the longest runway in the country which is expected to end congestion for the capital's domestic and international flights.
The last date to submit bids is March 17 but the deadline could be extended if there are requests from potential bidders.
With the civil unrest in Egypt showing no signs of abating, the Indian government has sent a special aircraft to fly back the hundreds of Indians stranded in the troubled country, where over a 100 protestors have been killed in the clashes with the police over the last one week.
"We can confirm that there are no fatalities among our passengers and crew. All passengers and crew are accounted for and safe," the airlines said in statement.
Jet Airways has also been asked to provide details of the pilots who are "habitual" of reporting sick and disrupting the airline's schedule, an official said.
The announcement means that a total of five pieces of debris from the Malaysian Airlines' jet have now been discovered in various spots around the Indian Ocean since it vanished.
As a part of Children's Day celebrations, Jet Airways operated its annual 'Flight of Fantasy' for over 80 underprivileged children.
Flights depart New York at 8:25 pm and arrive in Mumbai at 11:30 pm the following day. Return flights will leave Mumbai at 2:10 am and arrive in New York at 11:55 am the same day.
The airline has already commenced the sale of tickets for the new destination, which will be the ninth international sector to be served by carrier, SpiceJet said.
Jet and Etihad stand to benefit from cost savings and synergies in areas such as fleet acquisition, maintenance and training.
A total of 1,034 Indians arrived in New Delhi by three special flights of Air India on Thursday, from strife-torn Libya, taking the number of evacuees from the north African country to 3,262.
Another batch of Indians, who were caught in the violent unrest in Cairo over the demand for the ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, reached Mumbai by a special 'ferry' flight of Air India on Thursday. The special flight AI-161, a Boeing 747-800 aircraft, carrying 212 passengers on board, landed at 5.22 am at the city's Chhattrapati Shivaji International Airport, an Air India spokesperson said.
The Delhi-based airline currently has 13 Airbus A320 aircraft in the fleet and it plans to take another seven (A320 Neo) planes by June 2018.
Spurred on by the Multi-modal International Hub Airport at Nagpur, Nagpur is turning hungry for commercial and residential spaces.
Five decades ago, 87 plane crashes took away the lives of 1,597 people.
The airship will offer Vodafone customers a chance to be seated in the spacious deck and enjoy a leisurely journey of the scenic terrain beneath.
Apart from the Adani group, the Tata group, the Hinduja group, Indigo and a New York-based fund, Interups, are expected to submit EoIs.
Rediff.com takes a look at the major aviation disasters of recent times.
An Air India Boeing 777 flight carrying 313 people on board returned to Newark airport in New Jersey, US, soon after take off following a bird hit that damaged its left engine.
India cleared the release of a chartered North American aircraft carrying US Marines on Sunday afternoon. The chartered Boeing 767, carrying commandos of the US 205 Marine Unit, was made to land at Mumbai's Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport, for violating Indian airspace.
The Bengaluru skies dazzled with somersaults and stunts by metal birds.
An engine of a Riyadh-bound Air India plane with 229 people on board caught fire on Friday while taxiing at the Mumbai airport, forcing it to abort take-off and evacuation of passengers through emergency exit chutes.
'Digital Flight Data Recorder (DFDR) and Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) of the ill-fated aircraft have been retrieved. AAIB (Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau) is conducting investigations,' Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri tweeted, as fresh questions were raised on the safety parameters of the runway.
The runways are expected to be made operational for the larger aircraft before the Commonwealth Games in October.
An official of the aviation regulator DGCA had said that the pilots aborted the take off after they were informed about a 'barrier' on the runway
Currently most of its 119 planes have been taken back by the lessors and many have been leased to other airlines like SpiceJet. The second challenge is that it has to repay banks.
Shikha Garg was on her way to attend a United Nations Environment Programme meeting.
The travel period for tickets availed under this offer stands between January 15 and April 12
Rediff.com takes a look at the major aviation disasters of the year.
The newly discovered debris, found over the weekend, is on its way to Malaysia for further examination. The wreckage is a piece of horizontal stabilizer skin, CNN reported, quoting an unnamed US official as saying.
Samridhi Bhardwaj analyses the dynamics of duty-free liquor allowance in India.
A 51-year-old woman member of an NGO from the city was among five Indians on board the Malaysian airliner that is presumed to have crashed into sea off Vietnamese coast and her family is shattered by the news.
A Delhi-bound Jet Airways aircraft carrying 139 persons skidded off a runway just before its take off from the Bangladesh capital on Monday, but no one was hurt in the accident.
This weekend, two Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet fighters will land in Bengaluru for flight trials by the Indian Air Force, an eight-month-long selection process, involving six different aircrafts, to zero in on a multi-role medium fighter for the IAF.
The plane crashed in the suburbs of Mora Kalu village, killing 12 civilians and five crew members and destroying five to six houses, the Pakistan army said.
