air transport

Kochi, March 31 The remains of 20 people who died in separate incidents in Kuwait will arrive at the international airport here on Tuesday on a single flight, after delays due to service disruptions, airport officials said here.The bodies will be brought on a special Kuwait Airways flight...

New Delhi, March 29 Airlines will start offering at least 60 per cent of seats on a flight without charging any additional fees, starting April 20, as well as maintaining a transparent seat allocation policy, according to the aviation regulator, the DGCA.On March 18, the Ministry of Civil...

Air India and Air India Express will jointly operate 24 scheduled and non-scheduled flights to and from West Asia today. In a statement, the airlines noted that they will continue operating their respective scheduled services to and from Jeddah, with a total of 10 flights between India and...

New Delhi, March 20 An Air India Boeing 777-200 LR aircraft, bound for Vancouver, returned to the national capital on Thursday evening after being airborne for over seven hours, according to sources. The aircraft had been cleared for the flight, but it was later found that the plane was not...

New Delhi, March 20 After flying for over seven hours, an Air India plane from Delhi to Vancouver returned to the national capital on Thursday evening due to an operational issue.Without providing specific details, Air India stated in a press release on Friday that the aircraft landed safely...

Islamabad, March 18 Pakistan extended the airspace ban for Indian aircraft for another month on Wednesday.The Pakistan Airport Authority (PAA) made the decision through a new Notice to Airmen (NOTAM). The notice was issued days before the previous one was set to expire on March 23.PAA said...

New Delhi, March 18 At least 16 flights were diverted from Delhi airport on Wednesday evening due to adverse weather conditions, according to an official.The national capital experienced dust storms and heavy rainfall on Wednesday evening, prompting the India Meteorological Department to issue...

New Delhi, March 17 Air India plans to operate a special flight to Shannon on Wednesday to bring stranded passengers to Delhi after their flight was diverted to the Irish town following a technical issue with the aircraft.On Monday, the airline's A350 aircraft flying from New York to Delhi was...

New Delhi, March 16 An Air India A350 aircraft from New York to Delhi was diverted to Shannon, Ireland, on Monday morning due to a suspected technical issue.According to sources, the aircraft, which had been in the air for nearly six hours before being diverted to Shannon, carried around 300...

Seoul, March 15 – A South Korean military transport aircraft is bringing home 204 nationals from Saudi Arabia, officials said on Sunday, in the first airlift evacuation using a military plane since the conflict began in the Middle East late last month.A KC-330 Cygnus multirole aerial tanker...

New Delhi, March 14 Akasa Air will impose fuel surcharges ranging from ₹199 to ₹1,300 on domestic and international flight tickets from March 15, due to the surge in jet fuel prices amid the West Asia conflict.Air India, Air India Express, and IndiGo have already started imposing similar...

March 13, New Delhi – E-commerce giant Amazon has expanded its dedicated air cargo service, Amazon Air, to Northeast India.The inaugural flight to Guwahati was launched from Indira Gandhi International Airport by Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu.The Civil Aviation Minister...

Doha, March 11 Over 500 Indians stranded in Qatar were evacuated to New Delhi and other destinations on Wednesday, the Indian mission here said, warning those still in the West Asian country against approaching any unidentified objects, debris, or fragments.In an advisory posted on X, the...

Doha, March 10 Nearly 1,000 Indian nationals stranded in Qatar were flown to New Delhi, Mumbai, and Kochi on Tuesday amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia, the Indian mission here said.The Indian Embassy in Doha coordinated with Qatar Airways to facilitate the travel of stranded Indian...

New Delhi, March 10 IndiGo Co-Founder and Managing Director Rahul Bhatia told the staff on Tuesday that he would be managing the airline's affairs with a deep sense of responsibility, and also mentioned that what happened last December should never have taken place.Pieter Elbers, who has been...

Kolkata, March 2 IndiGo announced on Monday the launch of daily direct flights between Kolkata and Shanghai, starting March 29, aimed at boosting connectivity, trade, and tourism between eastern India and China.The service will be operated using an Airbus A320 aircraft, the airline said in a...

Mumbai/New Delhi, February 27 The Ministry of Civil Aviation has notified revised rules for the carriage of dangerous goods in aircraft, which provide for a certification-driven and accountability-based regime for handling such goods.The rules, which establish a stricter reporting framework...

New Delhi, February 22 As India intensifies its search for up to 80 military transport aircraft, Brazilian aerospace giant Embraer has proposed its KC-390 Millennium as the most versatile option, leveraging a series of NATO acquisitions of the aircraft to position it as the new "global...

New Delhi, February 14 Akasa Air is focused on building redundancies and fiscal discipline, and is not "opportunistic", said the airline's CEO, Vinay Dube, on Saturday.Dube said that one of the key factors driving Akasa Air is the ability to manage its aircraft fleet with discipline."We are...