The Civil Aviation Ministry is pushing to increase the credit limit available to Indian airlines under the government’s Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme because it is concerned about the weak financial position of these airlines.
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Motherly advice is part of growing up, but it’s a little different when mom is sitting in the left-hand seat of a jetliner, and you’re in the right one. Last Friday, that happened on a Hawaiian Airlines aircraft when a mother and daughter took the controls of a B717 for a day of Pacific flying.
Guwahati Airport will see international flights restart following a 2-year gap this week. Bhutanese carrier Druk Air is restarting its Paro-Guwahati-Singapore fifth freedom flight, which connects the northeastern Indian city with Bhutan. Here’s more on the service.
An Airbus A320neo belonging to TAP Air Portugal collided with a motorcycle shortly after landing in Conakry (CKY) from Lisbon (LIS). The incident took place on Thursday night and sadly resulted in the deaths of the motorcycle’s 2 occupants.
The pilot who allegedly threatened to crash stolen plane into a nearby Walmart in Tupelo, Mississippi, in the United States, safely landed and was taken into custody, according to authorities.
The newest airline in India, Akasa Air, has received the first LEAP1B spare engine from SMBC Aero Engine Lease (SAEL), which is pleased to announce.
Boeing now has an order book for more than 700 737 MAX 10 aircraft across more than 15 different airlines, including United Airlines, with more than 200 units ordered.
On August 31st, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines received its 6th Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner. While being the 6th delivery of this 787 variant is hardly newsworthy, the fact that it was the 1st Dreamliner delivered to KLM in over 2 years is rather notable.
Air India sets up a coordination team to address airport-specific problems, according to internal communication, Tata took over Air India in January this year
Airport operator GMR Group announced that it would sell its entire 40% stake in Cebu international airport in the Philippines in exchange for an upfront payment of Rs. 1,330 crore