Mr Naresh Goyal and Wife Anita Goyal travelling from Mumbai to London on EK 507 were restricted from leaving the country . The aircraft had reached taxi way when it was recalled back and they were taken into custody by Immgration officers.
Adani group run Ahmedabad airport has completed the recarpeting work on its 3.5-kilometre-long runway in a record time of 75 days.
Fastest work done on any brownfield runway using only nine out of 24 hours everyday
ANA is flying its newest Pokémon-themed livery aircraft from Tokyo Haneda airport to Delhi today.
The themed livery Boeing 787 aircraft (JA894A) called Pikachu Jet NH was unveiled earlier this month.
Pic -
@FlyANA_official
India and Canada have signed open skies agreement
Canadian carriers get unlimited access to 6 Indian cities - Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi,Hyderabad, Kolkata, and Mumbai.
Indian airlines get access to Toronto, Montreal, Edmonton, Vancouver, and 2 other cities.
Battling freezing weather and fatigue
@airindiain
staff at JFK in New York stood with and supported passengers during flight disruption this week. The passengers too showed patience. A Facebook post (forward) praising the staff.
@Ashok_Gajapathi
@jayantsinha
On board doctors and cabin crew save a 23 year old passenger who had a heart attack on 9W-116 Mumbai-London flight today. The flight was diverted to Bucharest.
@jetairways
@HospitalsApollo
@AeronewsRO
Air India will start using the polar routes for it's Delhi - San Francisco flights from August 15.
Will cut down flight time by around 30 minutes & save upto two tonnes of fuel.
The pilots & crew who will operate first polar route flight at Mumbai today
@airindiain
@flySFO
Air India will receive its Airbus A350 aircraft in Nov and preparations are underway for its induction.
A few interesting details in the story. Read here
My first in the
@businessline
Look who's boarded Jet Airways ! An owl was found inside Jet Airways Boeing 777 cockpit parked at Mumbai airport on Monday morning. The bird was handed over to wildlife team
@jetairways
Maharaja Class !
Non veg meals back in economy class of domestic flights after four years
First class passengers to get seafood including prawns
Improved in-flight service procedures
Air India to enhance in-flight service as ownership changes hands
Hans Airways has a secured its first aircraft. It has signed a Letter of Intent for an Airbus A330-200.
The airline will operate to secondary cities in India from Birmingham Airport
It has applied to the UK Civil Aviation Authority for its Air Operator’s Certificate.
USA here we come !
Air India to lease six Airbus A320neo narrow body aircraft and six Boeing B777-300 ER widebody aircraft to further augment its existing fleet.
These will be in addition to lease of 30 planes that was announced a few months ago.
Alliance Air is refurbishing its cabin, investing in information technology systems and launching a new marketing campaign as it charts its own course after the sale of Air India.
@allianceair
Vistara begins vaccination drive at its corporate office in Gurgaon
NCR-based staff from other TATA companies and Singapore Airlines also getting vaccinated under in the drive
Singapore Airlines first passenger flight to Mumbai after 20 months
The airline started vaccinated travel lane flights to Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai from Monday
IndiGo becomes the first airline in Asia to land using GAGAN aided approach.
GAGAN is an indigenously developed Space
Based Augmentation System to provide lateral and vertical
guidance on an approach to aircraft.
Test flight carried out today at Kisangarh (Ajmer).
IndiGo operating around 1500 flights daily
Aircraft utilisation of 11 hours a day which is lower than pre-pandemic
Plans route expansion.
Hiring across various roles
Resumes induction of junior first officers after two years. Introduces culture training module for them
Flying Kangaroo in Delhi. 1st time in India since 2012
Qantas Boeing 787-9 arrived from from Melbourne today for repatriation of Australian citizens. The airline will operate three flights to India & these are being handled by Air India SATS
@Qantas
@AusHCIndia
@DelhiAirport
Akasa Air founder-CEO Vinay Dube with pilots and crew after arrival of second flight from Ahmedabad, interacts with passengers as they deplane upon arrival in Mumbai
@AkasaAir
PVR CINEMAS LAUNCHES INDIA’S FIRST MULTIPLEX IN AN AIRPORT COMPLEX IN CHENNAI
PVR Cinemas today announced the launch of its much awaited 5-screen property at PVR Aerohub in Chennai.
It will serve the entertainment needs for arriving and departing passengers.
AI 106 Newark-Delhi Stockholm diversion update:
Air India executive was on ground at airport
All passengers were comforted, Indian food ordered
Visas processed for stuck passengers. Approx processing time 30-40 min per pax
Lounge area cordoned off for the passengers.
30 years ago
@airindiain
entered the record books for largest evacuation by an airline.
Iraq's invasion of Kuwait ( Aug 2) triggered the evacuation
AI & Indian Airlines operated 451 flights in 59 days to Amman bringing home 1.16 lakh Indians.
Pic credit - Michael Mascerhenas
IndiGo will operate Boeing 777-300ER with dense econ configuration
The aircraft with 28 Biz and 372 econ seats will be replaced with an aircraft with 7 Biz and 524 econ seats that will be added in Turkish fleet.
Mumbai route also to be served with 524 econ seat aircraft.
Jet Airways 2.0 aims at restart domestic ops by Q1-2022,
and short haul international ops by Q3/Q4 2022. Plans to have 50+ aircraft in 3 years and 100+ in 5 years.
First flight will be from New Delhi to Mumbai
The airline will now be headquartered in Delhi NCR
Akasa Air Orders 72 Fuel-Efficient Boeing 737 MAX airplanes to
Launch Service in Fast-Growing Indian Market
Order valued at nearly $9 billion, includes 737-8
and high-capacity 737-8-200
The crew of Air India flight (AI 1944) which flew Indian students from Bucharest to Mumbai today
The flight carrying 219 students from Ukraine was arranged by Indian government
It arrived in Mumba at 8 pm
It happened on Delhi - Goa flight ( 6E 2175)
Scheduled dep time was 7.40 am. Dep was pushed to 2.30 pm
As the capt was making a delay announcement, passenger seated on 28F ran towards cockpit and hit the captain
Aircraft door was reopened.
Pax was handed over to police
Got this on WhatsApp. This is wrong on so many levels. I’m sure the crew was going to give a PA. I hope the passenger makes it to no fly list soon.
@IndiGo6E
please confirm this incident.
@DGCAIndia
@JM_Scindia
@MoCA_GoI
Air New Zealand's first ever arrival in India.
The airline flew it's Boeing 777-300ER (ZK-OKO) to Delhi today. It will transport New Zealand citizens to Auckland tomorrow
@FlyAirNZ
@NZinIndia
Jet Airways has airlifted over 3 tonnes of medicines and other relief material to Kerala. The airline has also waived off air freight charges on all domestic cargo shipments of relief material to Kerala.
@jetairways
#KeralaFloods
Virgin Atlantic founder Richard Branson is panting a Boeing 787 with an image of a saree clad woman to celebrate his Indian roots. Branson's great great great grand mother, a native of Tamil Nadu married into the family.
@VirginAtlantic
@Virgin
4-point action plan drawn up by
@DelhiAirport
&
@MoCA_GoI
These are being worked upon as immediate remedial measures
14 X-ray machines will be enhanced by 2 additional X-ray machines.
Reserve Lounge demolition and adding 1 ATRS machine and 2 standard x-ray machines - 1
Flaps n Claps.
The Air India Dreamliner weathered the London storm
The pilots showed their skills, they were in top form
Gusts and gale were so strong some planes did indeed shake
But no go around was called, the AI pilots managed to land in a single take - 1
Mumbai airport breaks it's own record - handled 1007 flight movements on Saturday - the highest by a single runway operated airport
@CSIAMumbai
@MoCA_GoI
@AAI_Official
Two entry points Gate 1A and Gate 8B will be converted for passenger usage.
Debunching of flights - will work with the airlines to progressively reduce the peak hour departures to 14 - 2
IndiGo to sign code share agreement with Virgin Atlantic
It already has similar tie-ups with Qatar Airways, Turkish, American Airlines, Qantas and AF-KLM
It will help airlines feed passengers in each others' network
Virgin Atlantic flies to Delhi and Mumbai from London
"In the aviation industry, there is reality at one end and romance at the other. Running just one brand is a business reality. Preserving Vistara is romance. The Tatas have embraced business reality...."
Blue Dart completed 25 years of its airline operations today.
The cargo airline started operations in 1996 using Boeing 737-200s flown by Indian Airlines. It flies six Boeing 757s now and is a profitable venture
@BlueDart_
The skies have opened up for aviation professionals
Akasa to hire 175 staff a month
While things are looking up for pilots and the cabin crew, the picture isn’t exactly rosy for technicians
"Technicians are like junior artistes of the film industry....This needs to change,”
IndiGo opens its first destination in Africa
Launches Mumbai - Nairobi flight
Third airline to fly between India and Kenya after Air India and Kenya Airways
#Kenya
#Nairobi
Air India to add over 90 planes in two years in first order since 2006
This includes 56 planes that are part of mega aircraft order signed with Airbus and Boeing. These will be in addition to previously announced leases of 36 planes.
Alliance Air operated a trial flight to Jaffna airport in Sri Lanka today.
Inaugural flight between Chennai-Jaffna will be operated on Thursday and regular scheduled service to start in November
#SriLanka
#Jaffna
@airindiain
KLM to resume Bengaluru - Amsterdam route from 25 May
It will operate 3 flights per week from Bengaluru to Amsterdam
KLM will increase the frequency from Mumbai – Amsterdam; from 5 flights a week to daily flights starting 23 May
Flights are available for sale
IndiGo begins flights to Thailand after 2 years
IndiGo to connect Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai, and Bengaluru with Bangkok and Delhi and
Mumbai with Phuket
Air India Express reports net profit for fourth consecutive year
Net Profit of Rs. 169 Crores
Revenue increased by 16.07 %
Average daily aircraft utilization rose to 13.3 hours, from 12.7 hours
Number of Passengers carried 4.36 million – increased 12 %
@airindiain
A KLM plane carrying passengers from Amsterdam to Delhi turned back
India stopped passenger traffic from Europe two days back
A passenger posts India refused to accept this flight
Why approval was given and withdrawn?
@MEAIndia
@MoCA_GoI
@KLM
@Schiphol
@IndinNederlands
Air India launches non-stop services between Delhi and Amsterdam
The flight will operate with a two-class Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner four times a week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday) starting 11th June 2023.
First ever Airbus A380 landing on secondary runway at Mumbai
The main runway not in use since afternoon due to cross winds
@SingaporeAir
A380 (9V- SKZ) landed as SQ 424 now.
Runway 14 cleared for code F category aircraft two months ago
@CSIAMumbai
Pic-JetPhotos
In 1992 India opened civil aviation for private cos with launch of private air taxis. The civil aviation min at that time was Madhavrao Scindia.
Now we could see divestment of Air India under his son and new civil aviation min Jyotiraditya Scindia
#CabinetReshuffle
#aviation
Ethiopian Airlines to start thrice weekly Addis Ababa - Chennai flight from March
Seventy per cent of passengers from India travel onward
The airline launched flights to Bengaluru in winter season
@flyethiopian
Connecting Rome with Delhi !
ITA Airways began its thrice weekly service on Saturday. The first flight operated by Airbus A330 aircraft arrived in Delhi early on Sunday
Over 230,000 passengers flew between Rome and India in 2019
@ITAAirways
@DelhiAirport
@AeroportidiRoma
Maharashtra government protocol department starts inducting electric cars.
The state govt has decided that from January 1 onwards it will acquire only electric vehicles.
Dubai & Singapore roll out vaccination for airline employees
Priority to vaccinate frontline staff.
Vaccination began today at Singapore's Changi Airport under the Sea – Air Vaccination Exercise (SAVE).
Emirates is providing Pfizer and Sinopharm vaccines to staff.
In its first year of operation, Akasa Air posted an operating loss of Rs 602 crore. The airline began operations last August.
@GandhiForum
@businessline
A proud moment for India as Representative of India to ICAO, Shefali Juneja is elected as Chairperson of prestigious ICAO Aviation Security Committee. India has assumed this responsibility after a gap of 12 years & Indian Representative is the first woman to lead this committee.
Christmas to become ‘Fin’tastic this year as Finnair brings Santa Claus to India, first time ever
In Mumbai he will visit events at the IIT, spread good cheer KEM Hospital and meet children at the Phoenix Palladium on Sunday between 3-7 PM
As per the new proposal
- Only passengers from Southern African countries will have to undergo seven institutional quarantine in Mumbai
- No RT-PCR tests for fully vaccinated domestic passengers
Order yet to be issued.
In today's
@businessline
Air India becomes the first major airline to set up leasing unit in Gift City. Six A350s will be leased from there
AI Express set for fastest growth since inception, plans addition of 50 aircraft and new destinations by next December
@GandhiForum
Welcoming
@VirginAtlantic
at Mumbai
@CSIAMumbai
. The airline resumed it's London - Mumbai service on Sunday. It will operate Boeing 787-9 on the route.
Air India's Airbus A319 aircraft (VT- SCT) painted with Mahatma Gandhi image. All Air India planes will have this image. This is Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary
@airindiain
@MoCA_GoI