Author: Shweta Shukla

Once hailed among Covid-19 heroes for going beyond the call of responsibility to ferry life-saving drugs and coronavirus samples for testing, a pilot in Madhya Pradesh finds himself with an Rs 85 crore bill for damages of an airplane flown by him last year which crash-landed in Gwalior airbase.

An official told the terminal is ready and last-minute reviews will be taken out over the week

The Central government feels that the new airport terminal in Kolkata should have the capacity to take about 10,000 to 11,000 peak passenger traffic per day.

Ukraine International Airlines has declared its intentions to start flying to the Norwegian capital of Oslo. Operating Embraer 190 aircraft, the carrier will link the Norwegian city with its Kyiv–Boryspil hub three times a week. Service on the latest route is set to start in June, with UIA being the first Ukrainian airline to have a presence on this passage.

“The Committee have their apprehension that Gaya living a holy city, locals might be finding it mean or embarrassing on their city being recognized in the international community with the code name ‘GAY’,” a Parliamentary panel had told.

Completely vaccinated travelers require to quarantine for five days in a hotel or on a liveaboard boat certified by the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, and travelers who have received one dose of COVID-19 vaccine must quarantine for seven days.

There have been some extremely difficult years for the international aviation industry over the decades. Even in recent times, problems such as the Boeing 737 MAX saga and the COVID-19 pandemic have rocked the market. However, one particularly challenging year was 1966, especially for Japan’s aviation community.

The Indian government has carried several efforts to address the shortage of pilots in the country. In 2021, Flying Training Organisations (FTOs) produced 504 commercial pilot license (CPL) holders, the Lok Sabha was reported.  

The companies signed a memorandum of agreement for the buy of three hydrogen transformation kits for the airline’s ATR 72-600s. The deal also calls for Universal Hydrogen to give green hydrogen to fuel and protected operations.

Nigeria’s four main aviation unions on Wednesday vowed to ground activities in the sector from Tuesday, February 8, 2022, over the failure of the Federal Government to discharge the negotiated requirements of service of aviation agencies since 2013 and the non-implementation of the National Minimum Wage/consequential adjustment since 2019.