IndiGo on Monday said it will "rationalize" the salaries of its aircraft maintenance techniciansand remove "anomalies cause by the pandemic", according to an internal communication. A sizeable number of the airline's aircraft maintenance technicians went…

Indian airline Spicejet on Monday has refuted reports claiming the windshield of an aircraft cracked minutes after its departure from Chennai and another flight was delayed by six hours after a surprise inspection called by the Directorate General of Civil…

IndiGo's 75 new Airbus aircraft will be outfitted with "comfortable" seats of German company Recaro from January 2023 onwards to upgrade passenger experience, a statement said on Monday. IndiGo's current fleet of over 280 Airbus aircraft are equipped with…

SpiceJet's Dubai-Madurai flight was delayed on Monday after the Boeing B737 Max aircraft's nose wheel malfunctioned, Directorate General of Civil Aviation officials said. Monday's incident is at least the ninth incident of technical malfunction in a SpiceJet…

New Delhi: IndiGo has started disciplinary proceedings against the aircraft maintenance technicians who went on mass sick leave during the last five days to protest against low salaries, sources said on Tuesday. The airline has asked the technicians concerned…

Deoghar: Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday announced that Jharkhand is set to get three more airports. He also said that 14 new air routes will be made available in the state to increase connectivity. Jyotiraditya Scindia is accompanying…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the government's Udan Yojana on Tuesday and said that under this initiative, common citizens including the poor and the middle-class are now able to travel on an airplane. He said, "Till now, more than 1 crore people have…

Customs officials at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport have arrested an Indian couple from Vietnam after 45 guns worth over ₹22 lakh was seized from two bags in their possession. "They admitted (they had) previously smuggled 25 pieces of guns having…

Dube: You have to wait until the schedule is published. We are still targeting an end of July start. We want to start selling in the next few days. As we have maintained, the bread and butter for us is going to be the metro to non-metro routes. This is where…

Low fare carriers IndiGo and Go First said they are in talks with their employees who have kept away from work, because of alleged unresolved salary issues. Technicians at both airlines have been staying away from work, many calling in sick, over the last…

Jalan-Kalrock consortium-owned Jet Airways on July 13 announced the appointment of Srihari Venugopal and Tanay Palshetkar as heads of the network planning department and revenue management department. Venugopal will hold the designation of vice president…

SpiceJet clarified that there is no "unusual sick reporting" on Thursday and all pilots have reported for duty, claiming that a concerted misinformation campaign is being run against the airline. The clarification comes after some SpiceJet pilots circulated…

All-cargo airline Pradhaan Air Express has received its first converted A320 freighter aircraft as part of its plans to operate a fleet of four planes by next year, the company has said. The Delhi-based cargo carrier earlier this month secured the no-objection…

In the wake of a string of technical malfunction incidents involving Indian carriers, Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia held a meeting on safety issues with senior officials of his ministry and regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on…

Three flights of International airlines made emergency landings at various airports in the country in the last 48 hours, making it a day of technical emergencies for various airlines. A senior official in the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) informed…

India’s Jet Airways is near a deal to buy 50 A220 jets from Airbus, two people familiar with the matter said. The airline, whose board was expected to meet on Monday to finalise the deal, was not available for comment. Jet Airways, formerly a significant…

The Delhi High Court on Monday rejected a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking to stop the operation of SpiceJet airline for allegedly flying its aircraft in breach of professional and safety obligations, news agency PTI reported. When considering the…

With airlines reporting multiple technical malfunction incidents, aviation regulator DGCA on Monday said it conducted spot checks and found that there is an insufficient number of engineering personnel certifying planes of various carriers before their departure.…