IndiGo, India’s largest airline, looks close to inducting its first freighter plane as it seeks to capture the crash in air cargo driven by the pandemic.
Indian aviation news
The airline, which had made a partial reinstatement of salary for pilots, is yet to restore pre-covid salaries. India’s biggest airline IndiGo on Friday reinstated the flying allowance of its pilots to pre-pandemic levels as its flight operations are recovering.
In an official statement, the low-cost carrier explained that it has installed a new water faucet by which it has saved 12.42 liters of water per flight for an average length of 138 minutes. IndiGo now operates 1,500 daily flights with an average flight duration of 98 minutes.
Tata Projects will construct the Noida International Airport in Greater Noida. Yamuna International Airport Private Limited is a 100% subsidiary of Swiss developer Zurich Airport International AG and has been included as a Special Purpose Vehicle to develop Noida Airport.
DGCA suspends the Air Traffic Control officer’s license for a period of three months, who was involved in a breach of separation’ at Bengaluru airport, reports.Â
While the Indian Navy’s shore-based trial facility in Goa has already performed flight test trials of the French Rafale-Marine alternatives, the testing of the US F-18 super hornet is slated to be completed by June 15.
India has seen aircraft movements exceed pre-pandemic levels as carriers try to lure more passengers to the skies.
IndiGo’s loss for the January-March 2022, quarter ballooned to Rs 1,681.8 crore, up 47% from a loss of Rs 1,147.2 crore, due to a mix of elements like the Omicron wave, costlier jet fuel, and a weaker rupee.
IndiGo is bracing for more competition with Akasa Air expected to be operational in the coming months while Jet Airways is likely to resume operations soon, information.Â
The cost of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) was hiked by Rs 6,188.25 per kilolitre, or 5.29 percent, to Rs 1,23,039.71 per kg (Rs 123 per liter) in the national capital, as said.Â