Aviation
Rampant speculation on divestment of Air India
22 Mar 2018
Speculation continues to be rampant about the divestment of government stake in Air India, with a variety of theories being floated
IndiGo, Qatar Airways likely bid for Air India
21 Mar 2018
IndiGo forced to ground another A320neo as P&W engine problems persist
19 Mar 2018
This is the third incident of an A320neo powered with P&W engines running into a technical glitch since the grounding of 8 IndiGo's aircraft a week ago, which sent the airline's flight schedules haywire and wreaked havoc with flyers' travel plans
HC refuses to ground Indigo’s entire A320neo fleet, but services hit
16 Mar 2018
Although the Delhi High Court refused to ground IndiGo's entire fleet of A320neos, both IndiGo and GoAir have grounded a number of planes over potential engine problems, which is expected to hit 11 lakh passengers over March and April
IndiGo, GoAir cancel 65 flights as planes with faulty Pratt & Whitney engines grounded by DGCA
13 Mar 2018
Over 50 dead in plane crash at Kathmandu
12 Mar 2018
At least 50 people are reported to have died after a Dhaka-based US-Bangla Airlines passenger aircraft crashed at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport on Monday
Consortium of Jet, Air France-KLM, Delta likely to bid for Air India
12 Mar 2018
A consortium of Jet Airways, Air France-KLM and Delta Air Lines has reportedly expressed interest in the disinvestment of national carrier Air India, for which the government is soon expected to invite expressions of interest
Evading in-flight lightning strikes
10 Mar 2018
Mumbai, Delhi beat Singapore, Seoul in airport service quality
07 Mar 2018
A major survey has ranked Delhi's IGI Airport the world number one among airports handling more than 40 million passengers per annum, while Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport has been ranked the World’s Best Airport for customer experience
Chinese researchers’ hypersonic jet will whisk passengers from Beijing to New York in two hours
24 Feb 2018
Work begins on Mumbai’s second airport
19 Feb 2018
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid the foundation stone for the second airport in the twin city, which will relieve the choked Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Airport in the island city
NASA’s new supersonic plane to be much quieter than Concorde
15 Feb 2018
NASA plans to design and create a new supersonic plane in the next few years that will not produce a 'sonic boom' while breaking the sound barrier
DGCA has no plans to ground all A230neos, but IndiGo grounds 3
13 Feb 2018
Since the problem is with one sub-population of Pratt & Whitney engines, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has only grounded planes with both engines in this category
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