India’s LCC, IndiGo Airlines (6E), recently took a bold step into the widebody space by wet-leasing Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners.
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A British Airways (BA) flight BA35, operated using a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, made a precautionary return to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) on June 15, 2025, after experiencing a technical issue en route to Chennai (MAA).
SpiceJet has posted its highest-ever quarterly profit of ₹319 crore in Q4 FY25 (January–March 2025).
A devastating Air India (AI) crash near Ahmedabad has claimed the lives of a London-based couple who had already suffered the loss of their pilot son in a previous aviation tragedy.
A crew member from Air India (AI) operating the New York (JFK) to Mumbai (BOM) service, AI116, has been arrested by India’s Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) for smuggling gold into the country.
Air Marshal Sanjeev Kapoor analysed the incident, emphasising ‘what could have been’ a desperate 50-second battle against technical failure.
Air France (AF) CEO Ben Smith has firmly defended the group’s decision to retire its Airbus A380 fleet during the COVID-19 crisis, citing high costs and limited profitability.
Singapore Airlines (SQ) Group, will absorb retrenched Jetstar Asia (3K) employees following the airline’s closure.
A chief flight attendant from a South Korean airline has been sentenced to four weeks in jail in Singapore (SIN) for secretly filming a female colleague in her hotel room bathroom.
Airlines including El Al (LY), Emirates (EK), Lufthansa (LH), and Air India (AI) suspended or rerouted flights across the Middle East on Friday following Israel’s strikes on Iranian military targets.