According to the latest data from the aviation regulator DGCA, IndiGo and Air India did not cancel any flights, while Air India Express cancelled four flights due to the system modification process.
At the grassroots level, CA reported an increase in registered participation in community cricket from 627,793 to 661,161, although there was a 3% drop in the number of junior cricketers.
The first fresh-mint aircraft of the state-owned carrier, Indian, which has ordered 43 aircraft from the European manufacturer Airbus Industrie, arrived at the Indiara Gandhi International airport on Thursday morning.\n\n
Punjab, starting the penultimate day on 73/3 and needing 144 more runs, crumbled under pressure from Sindhu's relentless spin and Jayant Yadav's precise off-spin (3/35 in 10.4 overs), collapsing well before lunch and handing Haryana their second outright win in four matches.
With a dimension of 16.67 metres by 4.2 metres by 1.0 metres and a weight of 3,500 kg per wing, the wing box is the largest Airbus aircraft component ever produced by a Chinese aviation company.
Unbeaten fifties from opener Yaseen Valli and Jean du Plessis helped South Africa 'A' earn a draw against India 'A' on the fourth and final day of the first Unofficial Test.
Cheteshwar Pujara's love affair with the English summer continued as he scored his second List A ton in three games.
Air India on Friday said it has completed the acquisition of its first A350-900 aircraft by way of a finance lease transaction with HSBC through the GIFT City. This is also the first wide body aircraft to be leased through the GIFT City, the country's first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC). In a release, the airline said the transaction was facilitated by its wholly-owned subsidiary AI Fleet Services Ltd (AIFS) and is also the first financing transaction from the orders for 470 aircraft that were made earlier this year.
... changing seats and in-flight entertainment on its older aircraft.
Around 200 pilots of Go First, the cash-strapped airline that suspended operations on May 2, have joined Air India. As many as 75 of them started training with the Tata-owned airline on Monday. As Go First tries to salvage its operations, it has announced additional pay or retention allowance of Rs 100,000 and Rs 50,000 for captains and first officers, respectively, with effect from June 1.
The Tibet-bound plane was carrying 113 passengers and nine crew members, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
The Tata group may have to deploy upwards of $1 billion to improve the airline's passenger reservation system, upgrade and refurbish Air India's fleet, primarily the wide-body aircraft which are the mainstay for the airline's international operations, people in the know said. While the group has not yet decided on how it intends to integrate Air India with its existing airlines AirAsia India and Vistara, sources said the first task will be to refinance Air India's existing loans, upgrade its aircraft gradually, and rewrite multiple business contracts with vendors and suppliers. "They will have to do 100 things to stabilise the airline and will have to put in a lot of money," DIPAM secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey said, confirming that many aircraft are grounded.
The presence of the private sector at a prestigious military training institution is an important acknowledgement of its growing capabilities in designing and manufacturing cutting edge aerospace and defence equipment, reports Ajai Shukla.
The UB group's Kingfisher Airlines, which is planning to launch operations in May, announced the signing of deals to purchase three Airbus A-319 aircraft.
'For Indian firms supplying global majors, coronavirus is both a threat and an opportunity.'
This is how Emirates took luxury to a new height with its private jets.
Air India engineers, who were flown to Nawabshah airport in Pakistan to attend to an Airbus A-319 that had landed under emergency conditions today, have found that the cockpit panel had emitted a "false alarm" about a technical problem.
The national carrier has sought dry-leasing these planes for six years instead of buying them, as part of its Turnaround and Financial Restructuring Plans, airline sources said.
The government-owned airline has 63 narrow body planes from Airbus, including the A319 and A321.
Soon after AI-888 took off from Mumbai at 7:00 pm, the Air India call centre there received a phone call from an anonymous person saying the aircraft was carrying a baggage, which had a bomb.
South African pacer Dale Steyn says England do not require the number one Test team tag to earn the cricket world's respect because they have already acquired it with their stupendous show against India in the ongoing series.
SGI Commex chairman G S Srivastava, an art connoisseur, said the aircraft, an Airbus A319-133 with registration of CJ VT-VJM, will be converted into an art pilgrimage venture
$3.6 billion worth of aircraft - by today's prices - are lying idle or are in hangers due to poor maintenance and management
The 21 aircraft, comprising nine A-319s, eight A-321s and four A-320s, have already been delivered to the national carrier by European manufacturer Airbus, airline sources said on Tuesday.
Banking sources said IDBI Bank, along with another banks, was syndicating the loan. The move came after Air India failed to get funding interest from European commercial banks despite the loan carrying sovereign guarantees. The European banks' reluctance reflects how lenders have turned risk averse when it comes to aviation funding.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is not ready to allow the tri-series triumph gloss over the weaknesses and said the team would have to learn from their mistakes to remain at the top.
The aircraft was earlier owned by EIH (Oberoi group).
Air India plans to phase out 11 of its 20-year-old Airbus 320 as it acquires new aircraft from the European aircraft manufacturer to augment its fleet, the airlines spokesman said on Thursday.
The airline would be accepting the bids till November 19.
The six-day-a-week flight will be operated by a 48-seat capacity business jet and cover the distance of 6,673 km. A-319 Airbus will be used to operate the flight. Timings: Departure from Pune at 5.29 am and arrival at Frankfurt at 10.50 am. Departure from Frankfurt at 4.15 pm and arrival at Pune at 4 am next day.
Andhra, after conceding a 319-run lead, were 79 for 1 in their second innings at close, on the penultimate day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'A' match.
Fresh trouble seems to be brewing for liquor baron Vijay Mallya, with Mumbai International Airport(MIAL) deciding to sell a mid-sized corporate jet owned by his group company.
Five years on, US company that won the auction for the aircraft is running pillar-to-post, unable to take possession as DGCA hasn't deregistered the jet
The government-owned Indian Airlines has acquired a new corporate identity and a new name as well.
The new low-cost carrier, IndiGo, which placed India's biggest orders for 100 Airbus aircraft at the Paris Air Show last year, will start operations in July-August with its own aeroplanes.
An unbeaten 105 by Y Venugopal Rao helped Andhra Pradesh hold Tamil Nadu to a draw in the Ranji Trophy.
The Union Cabinet on Thursday cleared Indian Airlines' plans to purchase 43 aircraft from Airbus Industrie.
The aircraft to be inducted by Indian Airlines are 19 Airbus A 319s, Four A 320s and 20 Airbus A 321s.
Indian Airlines has proposed to acquire 43 aircraft comprising A319, A320 and A321 for replacement of the ageing fleet of A300 and B737-200, government informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.