Indian Aviation News Archive
1. Lucky Air Lucky Air is a low cost carrier operating in the Xiángpéng Hángkōng Dàshà in Kunming, Yunnan, China. The airline is operating scheduled services from Dali to Kunming and Xishuangbanna, with plans to expand to other areas of China. Its main base is Kunming Changshui International Airport. The airline is one of the four founding members of the U-FLY Alliance. The airline was established in July 2004
IndiGo said its Chief Commercial Officer Sanjay Kumar is leaving the airline and would be replaced by William Boulter. Kumar, who has been associated with the no-frills carrier for the last 12 years, has put in his papers to pursue other career interests, IndiGo said in a release. His resignation would be effective from July
Two planes of SpiceJet and Indigo suffered bird hits during landing at Patna’s Jai Prakash Narayan International Airport last Saturday, and both had to cancel their onwards journey. The incident, though, is nothing out of the ordinary for the Patna airport. There are several factors that contribute to make the airport one of the most
With no suitors for Air India, the government is likely to go slow on a strategic sale of the national carrier till oil prices soften, and will instead focus on improving its operating efficiency. At a meeting of the group of ministers with Union minister Arun Jaitley on Monday, the view was that the elevated prices of crude
Blue Dart, a leading logistics services provider and a subsidiary of Deutsche Post DHL Group has successfully launched an aviation hub in Chennai. It will also act as a headquarters of Blue Dart Aviation. Blue Dart Aviation is the only dedicated commercial cargo airline operating in the parts of India. They have dedicated fleet of six
Ethiopian Airlines is now leads in the race of profitable airline in Africa. this make’s them pioneer in African aviation industry.The carrier has been spearheading aviation technology in the continent for decades, since the first jet service in Africa in 1962. Ethiopian airlines now contains one of the youngest and most modern civil aeronautics fleets in the
New Delhi: Soon after it was revealed that AirAsia India had tried to mend rules to get a relaxation on the 5/20 rule – followed by Indian airlines to operate international flights – the CBI has stepped in to investigate the matter and examine documents related to international licence rule relaxation to airlines by the
3D printing of polymer parts for aircraft interiors is quite old. But metal is not naturally a convenient liquid, and metal aircraft parts tend to be safety-critical, so printing metal parts has taken longer to advance. Nevertheless, the pace of metal printing is picking up. It started with an OEM of engines, where weight and
Juancho E Yrausquin Airports Dutch-owned Caribbean island Saba is home to Juancho E. Yrausquin Airports which boasts the world’s shortest commercial runway. At only 400 metres, just a quarter of a mile, the runway is only slightly longer than the average aircraft carrier and jet aircraft are banned from using the runway through fear of
Air Asia PMLA Case Air Asia : Broadening its test into the Air Asia illegal tax avoidance case. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has gathered records from the Commerce and Industry Ministry identified with FDI clearances given to the airline. A senior authority ultimately said that a group of ED examiners got various document a week ago. From