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Directive comes after a spate of incidents; aviation regulator says pilots, cabin crew and airline execs have failed to take appropriate action against unruly passengers in recent past
A total of 2,613 technical snag related occurrences have been reported by various airlines in the country in the last five years, the Parliament was told on Thursday
A surge in air travel has strained the infrastructure at the country's busiest airport and forced the civil aviation ministry to order a reduction and shifting of peak-hour flights
The chaos at Delhi airport also puts the focus back on a proposed second airport for Mumbai
This news comes after Jet Airways's revival plan hit another roadblock on November 18, after the new owner Jalan-Kalrock told the NCLAT of its inability to pay additional money
More than 75 planes are grounded; Goa to see 11% fewer flights in December
Airline forced to raise utilisation of its operational planes; delay as high as 82% on Saturday
Air India latest carrier to update menu, but others have tweaked their offerings too
Even if things improve, it would be hard to keep funding the airline's operations, as the airline has been bleeding money for a while.
Boeing said on Thursday that India has on average 23 million people travelling using trains daily and even if one per cent of them shift to the aviation market, the air traffic will double
Indigo followed Air India with 98 glitches. Spicejet faced 77 such glitches and stood third on the list
The airliner as part of pan-India network connectivity, would also add new routes between Ahmedabad and Bengaluru routes from August 23.
Aviation regulator DGCA forced to interfere as mass leaves threaten operation and safety
AIASL serves Air India at all airports except Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mangalore, and Thiruvananthapuram
Says move could limit competition on India-Singapore routes
The regulator's move comes shortly after an incident at Ranchi Airport where India's largest airline IndiGo refused to let a disabled teenager board its aircraft
The airline, which currently has 50 planes, aims to have 70 planes by the end of 2023 after taking into account some aircraft that will be returned to lessors
Vistara and IndiGo have clarified that all their dues have been cleared, while SpiceJet said its dues are well within credit limits.
Shares of Indian airlines InterGlobe Aviation and SpiceJet surged on Friday after regulatory data showed that passenger growth jumped 136.6% last month
Airline expects to get Rs 10.9 billion as compensation from Boeing for not being able to fly its 13 Max aircraft.