Aviation News

» Private airlines reluctant to fly in northeast region

The NEC plans to run a dedicated airline in the northeast interlinking all the important cities and towns in the region ... Read more

» Myths and mysteries of air travel revealed in a study

Some airlines remove row 13 from their planes so not to spook superstitious flyers; The seatbelt sign randomly lights up during a flight at times not due to turbulence but because the pilot has gone to loo ... Read more

» Air India Express to operate more flights from Southern India to Gulf

Around 130 additional flights starting September 17 until October 27 will clear the vacation crowd from India to the Gulf ... Read more

» TAAI members write to MLAs & MPs seeking help in their fight for commission

Accuses all international carriers of selling their tickets on their website at much cheaper rates than that offered to International Air Transport Association-certified agents ... Read more

» Airfares likely to increase soon due to Aviation Turbine Fuel price hike

Oil marketing companies have hiked the aviation turbine fuel (ATF) price by a steep 7.6 per cent, sending ATF price to an all-time high of Rs 72,282 per kilolitre ... Read more

» IndiGo registers least flight cancellations in last one year

IndiGo cancelled just 0.3% of its total flights between July 2011 and June this year ... Read more

» Kingfisher Airlines to operate till it does not compromise on safety issues: Ajit Singh

The financially troubled airlines has not paid salaries to most of its employees, including pilots and engineers, for long ... Read more

» Air India Abolishes Productivity Linked Incentives (PLI)

As per Justice Dharmadhikari Committee recommendations, Profit/ Productivity Related Pay (PRP) would be introduced in place of PLI to maintain efficient working of employees ... Read more

» SpiceJet announces Madurai-Colombo direct flight from September

The airline would be deploying Bombardier Q400 aircraft, which has a capacity to accommodate 78 passengers, on the Madurai-Colombo sector ... Read more

» Domestic air travel dives 10 percent in July

A combination of very high airfares amid a weakening economy in the lean travel month of July aggravated the fall ... Read more

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