Air India would start inspecting its six Boeing 787 Dreamliners from Tuesday.
Will operate only after FAA and DGCA gives green light.
Rakesh Chawla, 36, had worked at investment bank Greenhill & Co.
Grounding increases govt carrier's fuel cost by Rs 40 lakh daily, forces changes in schedules.
Air India has grounded six of these planes in its fleet.
The entire 50-strong global fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliners, including six of Air India, were grounded on Thursday after US regulator FAA asked airlines to stop their operations temporarily till a battery fire risk was corrected.
SpiceJet is the only Boeing 737 MAX operator in India, with 13 aircraft of the type in its fleet and a total of 205 planes on order.
The FAA's International Aviation Safety Assessment team revisited India to confirm and validate the action taken on earlier concerns since an audit in March 2009.
India's aviation sector would have a fully functioning satellite based navigation system (GPS) in place next year, Aviation Minister Praful Patel said.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has met all but one of the 19 deficiencies pointed out by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in flight safety issues and surveillance to prevent its downgrading by the US aviation regulator.
Two Air France flights from Los Angeles to Paris were on Wednesday diverted after a bomb threat was called in, a United States official has said.
A move by the US administration to reduce congestion at New York's John F Kennedy airport the busiest in the world by auctioning parking slots, might spoil the party for private carriers in India such as Kingfisher and Jet Airways, which are planning their operations there.
Sixteen people were feared dead after a large hot air balloon they were riding in caught fire and crashed in central Texas on Saturday, according to officials.
Sources said the DGCA is reviewing tests by the US-based Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and European Air Safety Agency (EASA) on mobile phone usage on board aircraft.
United Airlines, the world's second-largest carrier, received regulatory approval to install wireless Internet access to its fleet in a partnership with Verizon Communications Inc.
Ahead of two crucial audits, the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has proposed to allow deputy director generals (DGs) and officers of Indian Air Force (IAF) to apply for the post of chief of India's aviation regulator. The current head of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Arun Kumar, has been promoted as secretary and is expected to move out some time soon. DGCA has four Deputy DGs with experience in different fields of aviation.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation may allow domestic airlines to permit passengers to use mobile phones and access mail on PDAs in-flight.
The deal will let India draw upon the resources of the Federal Aviation Administration to modernise its infrastructure.
Reports of laser beams piercing the cockpits of six commercial airplanes in the past four days in the United States has prompted federal investigators to determine if terrorists were involved in these incidents.
The plane crashed within less than 2 km from airport in a wooded area.
BusinessWeek's first-ever ranking of 25 client-pleasing brands included JetBlue, until it got stuck on the runway.
As the majority of Pakistani airspace has remained closed for Indian airlines since the Balakot strike on February 26, the decision to avoid affected Iranian airspace on Saturday is going to further disturb the routes of their international flights towards middle-eastern and European countries, and the US.
In the first step towards opening space flights to private individuals, the United States has issued a license for a manned suborbital rocket.
At the recently concluded Dubai airshow, Akasa, Rakesh Radheyshyam Jhunjhunwala's new airline, signed a $9 billion deal with American aircraft maker Boeing to buy its 737 MAX planes and a $4 billion one for engines with CFM, a joint venture between GE of the US and Safran of France. Unlike his financial doppelganger Warren Buffett, who divested billions from his airline stock portfolio at the start of the pandemic, Jhunjhunwala is wagering his billions in a brand new airline. The legendary investor bought a roughly 40 per cent stake in SNV Aviation in September, Akasa's holding company, started in March by three former Jet Airways colleagues. With aviation still to recover from its pandemic slump, the big question around his foray into domestic aviation, due to take off in summer 2022, is whether it is another pie in the sky.
Discussing the prospect of more reform earlier this month, telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced a delay in the 5G spectrum auction. India's telecom sector regulation has to be benchmarked with the global best, he said. It's another matter that many countries have either introduced or are about to roll out 5G services that will enable cutting-edge tech in diverse areas. For India, too, it will mean a lot for healthcare, robotics and unleashing a new chapter in Digital India perhaps.
Four people were killed on Thursday when a small plane lost power after takeoff and crashed into a building at an airport in Kansas.
Bezos said the drones, unmanned vehicles that fly through the air, could deliver packages that weigh up to five pounds.
'Terrorists have targeted US diplomats and diplomatic facilities in the past, and information suggests they continue to do so'
Will space tourism with a niche market of serving only the uber-rich ever be profitable, asks Kumar Abishek.
The US is set for a geographically limited 5G rollout this Christmas, after a bumper $81 billion spectrum auction earlier this year. Just as the rollout date nears, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has sounded alarm bells over potentially fatal consequences of 5G interference on aircraft. Similar consequences could apply in India, where 5G spectrum auction is scheduled in January 2022, with the rollout beginning later next year (though reports suggest impending delays).
Indonesia-based Lion Air Flight JT610, a three-month old 737 MAX 8, took off from capital Jakarta at 6.20 am local time on Monday and lost contact 13 minutes later when it was at an altitude of about 3,000 feet.
The CDC guidelines do not recommend following social distancing between 2 passengers inside a plane or keeping the middle seat unoccupied.
Investigators from the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board began arriving in the area on Sunday to launch separate crash investigations.
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.
The new regulatory body would be called the Civil Aviation Authority and would replace the Directorate General of Civil Aviation.
Airfares in Indian market are unsustainable, says a senior Boeing official.
Kobe Bryant, one of the NBA's all-time greatest players whose international stardom transcended basketball, was killed at age 41 on Sunday in a helicopter crash near Los Angeles along with his 13-year-old daughter and seven others on board, officials said.
The aircraft, which has been grounded since March following two fatal crashes which killed 346 on board, is crucial to Indian low-cost airline SpiceJet's fortune, which has up to 205 aircraft on order. With the grounding, the airline's capacity expansion plan is suffering.
Netherlands-based Space Expedition Corporation is in the final stages of producing a reusable spaceship that will allow four one-hour flights into space each day.
would also take on board its strategic investment partner Etihad
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