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India allows Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to fly 30 months after global ban

SpiceJet plans to bring the aircraft back in service by Sep-end

DGCA to make drug test a must for pilots, air traffic controllers

Draft proposal: Violation to invite three years of suspension to permanent cancellation of licence

A johnny-come-lately in the sky

Many businesses are set up in downturns and often the best deals are struck in troubled times

SpiceJet kicks off cargo business sale; valuation at Rs 2,500 crore

It is in talks with multiple private equity investors as it tries to sell shares in the logistics arm to raise money

Fare hike will prune airline losses but slow down traffic growth: experts

On Friday the govt hiked minimum and maximum fare slabs by 12.5%

Airlines can operate maximum of 72.5% pre-Covid domestic flights: Govt

The limit has been increased from 65 per cent capacity on which airlines were operating since June 6

Lift capacity, fare caps: Operators of India's largest airports to govt

They have also urged the government to resume international air travel without limiting capacity

Airlines fly record number of passengers Sunday, outrace govt price band

Govt price cap was effective till July 31 and it was reintroduced Sunday evening, giving airlines time to sell their inventory at competitive prices

Suspension of scheduled int'l passenger flights extended till Aug 31

However, international scheduled flights may be allowed on selected routes by the competent authority on a case-to-case basis, says DGCA

Jhunjhunwala's new airline may give Boeing a chance to regain lost ground

Indian skies are dominated by low-cost carriers (LCCs) including IndiGo, SpiceJet, GoFirst and AirAsia India, with the majority of them operating a fleet of Airbus' narrowbody planes.

American airlines cite concerns about fuel shortages at some airports

The fuel needle is moving closer to empty at some U.S. airports. American Airlines says it's running into fuel shortages at some smaller and mid-size airports, and in some cases the airline will add refueling stops or fly fuel into locations where the supply is tight. The airline said that the shortages showed up first in the West, where they could affect efforts to fight wildfires. They are now being reported in other parts of the country and will last through mid-August, according to a company memo to pilots on Monday. It asked pilots to conserve fuel by, for example, leaving one engine off while taxiing. American said fuel supplies are being squeezed at several airports, which it didn't name, mostly because of a shortage of tanker trucks or drivers. Delta Air Lines, meanwhile, said Reno, Nevada, is the most affected location. Delta said pipelines have been devoting more space to gasoline and diesel and less to jet fuel during the pandemic. Nevada politicians worry that the ...

Websites of airlines, banks, tech firms recover from brief global outage

Websites of Delta Air Lines, Costco Wholesale Corp , American Express and Home Depot were down, displaying domain name system (DNS) service errors.

Financial bids for Air India likely to be received by Sep 15: Minister

Financial bids for Air India are likely to be received from qualified interested bidders by September 15 this year, Minister of State for Civil Aviation V K Singh said on Thursday

Switch to free market is aviation minister Jyotiraditya's biggest challenge

The undercurrent mindset favours protectionism, with the govt deciding the capacity airlines can deploy and the maximum and minimum fare they can charge

Mumbai airport passenger volumes register 60% increase in June

Volumes were hit by the second wave of the pandemic in the early part of the year

Cash-rich Singapore Airlines aims for regional dominance as rivals downsize

Singapore Airlines, flush with $16 billion raised since the start of the pandemic thanks to help from a state investor, is in a position of dominance among its Southeast Asian rivals as they downsize

India's domestic traffic was 71% lower in May 2021 compared to May 2019

The IATA, which has around 290 airlines as its members, said the domestic passenger traffic across the world in May 2021 was 23.9 percent less than the figures of May 2019.

International travel stagnant, cargo demand solid: Airlines' group

Only 1.3 million international passengers flew on the region's carriers in May, representing just 4.3 per cent of the volumes carried in the corresponding month of 2019.

Suspension of scheduled int'l passenger flights extended till July 31

India has formed air bubble pacts with around 24 countries including the US, the UK, the UAE, Kenya, Bhutan and France.

IndiGo's reduces emissions by 5% via ground support equipment automation

Airline major IndiGo has reduced emissions by about 5 per cent via its ground support equipment automation.