Jet Airways is ready to begin its second innings in India after a gap of nearly two and a half years. The airline has already been granted an operating permit from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
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CEO Sergei Alexandrovsky announced the Aeroflot Group’s intention to order 323 Russian aircraft during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Argentine side expressed its interest in the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft `Tejas’ being manufactured by state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL). If the deal goes through, HAL will have to rework the LCA Tejas as per the needs of the South American nation.
Boeing will have the opportunity to demonstrate that it is still a reliable partner for major projects by learning from its past errors during NASA’s mega-rocket launch on Monday.
The altercation happened in June on a flight from Geneva and Paris, and the pilots have been removed from active flying.
The nation’s newest airline, Akasa Air, announced on Sunday that there had been a data breach of its passenger database.
An American Airlines Airbus A321-200, registration N156UW, was on flight AA-854 from Seattle, WA to Charlotte, NC (USA) when the crew had to shut down an engine (CFM56).
The US government is suspending 26 flights by Chinese airlines from the United States to China in a dispute over anti-virus controls after Beijing suspended flights by American carriers.
Flight passengers feared the worst when the pilot ‘fainted’ in the cockpit at 30,000ft, forcing the plane into making an emergency landing.
A Dubai-bound IndiGo flight reportedly received a bomb threat call on Saturday and a search operation was being carried out to ascertain if any explosive items were planted in the aircraft.