The DGCA approves Air India’s long-pending request. An Air India pilot will now be able to fly two types of aircraft. Previously, Air India trained just eight designated examiners to operate Boeing 777 and 787 aircraft. Four authorised examiners will be taught to fly 777s and four more will be trained to fly 787s.
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Another mid-air incident occurred on Saturday morning, when a flight makes emergency landing at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) due to a mechanical glitch.
Menzies Aviation, based in London, has chosen Wipro Limited, managed by Azim Premji, to revamp its air cargo services, the IT giant announced on Thursday.
Go First intends to file a lawsuit against Raytheon Technologies, a major US aerospace company and the manufacturer of Pratt & Whitney (PW) engines.
A cabin crew member of Air India Express was caught by Customs officials at Cochin International Airport in Kochi in a huge gold smuggling bust. Shafi Sharaf, the crew member, was allegedly smuggling about 1.4 kg of gold from Bahrain on Flight IX 474 to Kozhikode and Kochi.
Six Airbus A321LR flights daily are now operated by JetBlue to Europe
Air India announced on Wednesday that 15% of its 1,825 pilots are female, making it the airline with the most female pilots.
Qatar Airways and Airbus announced a “amicable and mutually accepted settlement” to a two-year-old dispute over the A350 aircraft, ahead of a court action scheduled to begin in the High Court in London in the coming months.
Airbus announced on Monday that it has acquired an order from India for two advanced ACH160 helicopters.
Man allegedly assaults flight attendants & tries to open door on a United Airlines flight