Author: Mahesh Darkunde

Air India Newark (US)-Delhi flight (AI106) with approximately 300 passengers had a technical difficulty and was forced to make an emergency landing in Stockholm, Sweden. All passenger are safe.

Air India has begun hiring across all ranks and roles in preparation for the delivery of the 470 aircraft from Boeing and Airbus. Currently, the airline employs around 140 people to support approximately 140 planes.

United Airlines launched a new seat map function that would assist families with children under the age of 12 in finding free seats together.

IndiGo Airlines aircraft 6E-2051, which was departing from Mumbai for Delhi, received a false bomb threat. A aircraft from Delhi to Deogarh, IndiGo 6E 6191, was diverted to Lucknow on Monday due to a specific bomb threat.

Vistara and Air India, both owned by Tata Sons, have begun their integration process in order to finalise the merger as soon as possible.

Indian air travel has recovered dramatically, reaching 85.7% of pre-covid 2019 levels in 2022, says IATA. IATA declared earlier this month that the recovery in air travel will continue and would be signed up for the entire year, as opposed to 2021.

Air India Express flight from Dubai to Thiruvananthapuram sought help from ATC here after experiencing some problem during landing.

Tata-owned Air India and aircraft manufacturers Boeing and Airbus will directly and indirectly create over 200,000 employment in India.

The US brought its most advanced fighter jet, the F-35, to India for the first time this week, along with F-16s, Super Hornets, and B-1B bombers, in an effort to entice New Delhi away from its traditional military supplier, Russia.

IndiGo has around 500 planes on order and expects to receive around 40 of them by 2023, according to CEO Peter Elbers.