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- India
Indigo board to examine every aspect of recent flight disruptions, says chairman
Mumbai: IndiGo Chairman Vikram Singh Mehta on Wednesday said that the airline’s board will examine every aspect of the recent flight disruptions at the carrier. In a video message, he also said…
- India
DGCA to deploy staff inside IndiGo HQ amid tightening oversight of airline
New Delhi: Aviation watchdog DGCA will station its personnel at IndiGo’s headquarters as it steps up oversight on India’s largest airline, which continues to cancel dozens of flights despite saying operations have…
- India
IndiGo cancels over 60 flights from Bengaluru
Mumbai: IndiGo on Wednesday cancelled over 60 flights from Bengaluru Airport, despite Chief Executive Officer Pieter Elbers claiming on December 9 that the airline’s operations were back on track. IndiGo has cancelled…
- India
Goa nightclub fire: Owners Saurabh, Gaurav Luthra flee to Thailand
Panaji: Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, the owners of the Goa nightclub wanted in connection with the fire tragedy that claimed 25 lives at the facility, have fled to Thailand, prompting police to…
- Technology
IndiGo CEO, COO file replies to DGCA show cause notices
Mumbai: IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers and COO Isidre Porqueras have filed replies to the show cause notices issued by the aviation safety regulator DGCA over the airline’s massive flight disruptions, an airline…
- Photos
IndiGo cancels over 250 flights from Delhi, Bengaluru
Mumbai: Over 250 IndiGo flights were cancelled from Delhi and Bengaluru airports on Monday as the disruptions in the crisis-hit airline’s flight operations entered the seventh day, sources said. In another development,…
- Bangalore
IndiGo crisis enters day 7; 127 flights cancelled from Bengaluru
Mumbai: Flight disruptions at IndiGo entered the seventh day as the crisis-hit carrier cancelled 127 flights from Bengaluru Airport on Monday, a source said. In another development, aviation safety regulator DGCA in…
- India
Govt asks IndiGo to complete passenger refunds, introduces airfare caps
New Delhi: With IndiGo flight disruptions impacting thousands of passengers, the civil aviation ministry on Saturday directed the airline to complete the ticket refund process for the cancelled flights by Sunday evening,…
- India
IndiGo resumes 9 flights from Jammu Airport, cancels 7 from Srinagar
Jammu: IndiGo on Saturday announced the resumption of nine of its 11 flights from the Jammu Airport, but cancelled seven flights from Srinagar, owing to the nationwide disruptions caused by the airline’s…
- India
Ministry clarified pilot not being blamed for AI plane crash: Centre to SC
New Delhi: The Air India pilot has not been blamed in the AAIB’s preliminary report into the June 12 plane crash that claimed 260 lives, the Centre told the Supreme Court on…
- Technology
DGCA flags serious compliance lapses at Akasa Air after safety review
New Delhi: Aviation watchdog DGCA has flagged various regulatory non-compliances at Akasa Air, including repetitive procedural lapses, and has asked the airline to take remedial actions, according to sources. The observations have…
- India
Patna-bound SpiceJet plane faces tech issue; returns to Delhi
New Delhi: A Patna-bound SpiceJet aircraft returned to the national capital on Thursday morning due to a technical issue. In a statement, the airline said the plane made a normal landing and…
- India
IndiGo to purchase 30 more wide-body A350 planes
New Delhi: IndiGo on Friday signed a contract with Airbus to buy an additional 30 A350-900 aircraft, taking the total firm orders for the wide-body planes to 60. The country’s largest airline,…
- India
RAT deployment was ‘neither due to system fault nor pilot action’: Air India
Mumbai: Air India on Friday said conclusions from its preliminary investigations show that the deployment of Ram Air Turbine (RAT) in its Dreamliner aircraft on October 4 was “neither due to a…
- World
Suspected stowaway found dead in plane’s landing gear at North Carolina airport
Charlotte: Airplane maintenance workers at a North Carolina airport found the body of a suspected stowaway in the landing gear compartment of an American Airlines flight that had recently arrived from Europe,…
