Timely action by the Mumbai Air Traffic Control avoided a major air disaster over the Indian Ocean at approximately 6 am on Friday, when two aircraft traveling on the same flight level narrowly missed a collision off the Karwar coast in Karnataka. According to sources, over 500 passengers were traveling on board a Qatar Airways Boeing and a Condor Airlines Airbus, when the two aircraft were heading towards each other at a height of 35,000 feet.
Flights from Mumbai and Kerala will also have to transit through these routes due to restrictions
Close on the heels of about a dozen pilots quitting Kingfisher Airlines, 12 more have put in their papers at the Vijay Mallya-owned air carrier.
The value of the Indian Premier League went up 6.5 per cent to USD 16.4 billion (around Rs 134,858 crore) in 2024, according to a report by American investment bank Houlihan Lokey.
A delegation from Israel's foreign ministry will be allowed to provide consular assistance from Doha for its citizens coming for the World Cup matches.
Initiating a fare war on global routes, Qatar Airways and Singaporean budget carrier Tigerair have announced massive limited-period discounts hoping to corner a chunk of the Indian travel market share.
Balloons in the national colours of Israel and Qatar festooned the departure gate for the first commercial flight between the countries on Sunday, permitted by Doha for fans of the World Cup despite the absence of formal bilateral relations.
'Shouldn't the DGCA ensure both safety and convenience of passengers?' 'And convenience has been a casualty as nobody knows which Jet flight would be grounded next, throwing passengers' plans in disarray,' says Nivedita Mookerji.
'Shouldn't the DGCA ensure both safety and convenience of passengers?' 'And convenience has been a casualty as nobody knows which Jet flight would be grounded next, throwing passengers' plans in disarray,' says Nivedita Mookerji.
76 families took a Qatar Airways flight from San Francisco on Sunday evening and reached Bangalore International Airport after a 20-hour flight. These employees were stuck in the US due to various reasons.
'I also wish he would lead a spiritual life, confessing his past involvement in criminal activities'
SpiceJet recently posted a loss of over Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10 billion) for fiscal 2014.
Almost all Indian airlines like SpiceJet, IndiGo, GoAir, Jet Airways and Air India, have been offering discounted fares on domestic sectors almost on a month-to-month basis.
The A350 XWB is a family of mid-sized wide-body airliners designed to enhance fuel, operating costs and environmental efficiencies during medium-to-long haul airline operations.
Qatar has tried to make itself more attractive to tourists and launched a "Summer in Qatar" initiative this year to try to attract visitors during the brutally hot months of June, July and August.
Sources said Gandhi left for Milan in Italy on a Qatar Airways flight in the morning.
A woman contact of an Omicron case in Rajasthan has been found COVID-19 positive in Delhi and is being shifted to the Lok Nayak Hospital, officials said on Friday.
Air India on Thursday increased the fuel surcharge component in fares on several routes.
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Waiting time for customs, immigration clearance cut drastically; Jet-Etihad alliance to get competitive advantage
A 35-year-old man with travel history to Zimbabwe and South Africa has tested positive for Omicron, becoming the second patient of the new COVID-19 variant in Delhi, sources said on Saturday.
Etihad, Emirates and Qatar Airways have combined hired more than 100 Indian pilots in the last six months.
Etihad and Qatar Airways have held informal talks with Kingfisher and SpiceJet to expand their footprints in India.
Major global airlines, including Gulf carriers, are keen to invest in this space.
Says, it is too pre-mature to comment on the possibilities of any fresh equity issuance.
US aircraft major Boeing on Thursday showcased its new generation B-777-200 LR (long range) plane in New Delhi.
Though the civil aviation sector accounts for only two per cent of the global carbon emission, the industry has conducted sufficient research on the usage of alternative fuels, from the prospective of both environment and cost.
Following the stake sale buzz, shares of the company opened higher and further zoomed 8.51 per cent to Rs 47.80 on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
Lured by fatty pay packages and "better" work conditions, flag carrier Air India's pilots are taking a flight to the Gulf airlines leading to a severe shortage of commanders.
The Dominica high court has stayed the removal of Choksi from its soil and put a gag order on the developments till the matter is heard in an open court on June 2.
An American citizen held from Indira Gandhi International airport in New Delhi with a knife remained in detention for the third day on Friday as the security agencies were corroborating his statement besides awaiting a clearance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Indian security agencies have deported a French passport holder of Algerian origin.
An Indian expatriate from Dhahran, who was refused permission to board a flight after being diagnosed with tuberculosis, was allowed to fly home, ending a month-long ordeal that began when he collapsed at the airport in Bahrain on May 12.
'Qatar has been funding and supporting terrorist organisations.' 'It has used its media to spread lies and create unrest in neighbouring countries.'
Amid the prevailing situation in Ukraine due to the rising tensions with Russia, India has advised its citizens to temporarily leave Ukraine.
The checks, however, did not cause any inordinate delay in the departure of the flights.
People familiar with the development said the Indians were flown back to Delhi as part of India's mission to evacuate its citizens and Afghan partners from Kabul following its takeover by the Taliban over a week back.
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