Athens-based Olympic Air has started its cargo operations with a software programme developed by IBS, a firm based here.
An IBS statement issued here Monday said their solution was implemented in record time which went live just before the commencement of the start-up airline’s maiden flight.
The Greek airline has one of the youngest fleets in southeastern [...]
Owing to dense fog and overcast conditions, no flight has either landed or taken off from the Chandigarh airport for the last seven days, an official said here Friday.
Kingfisher Airlines and Jet Airways have already cancelled their flights from the airport till Jan 10.
An airport official said: ‘Even today (Friday) we had to cancel all [...]
Kolkata, Jan 4 (IANS) Kingfisher Airlines Monday launched direct flights connecting Kolkata to Patna and Ranchi to Raipur.
‘With the launch of flights on the Ranchi-Raipur route, Kingfisher Airlines is the only airline to offer direct flights between the two cities,’ a company release said.
The Ranchi-Raipur direct flights would operate on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. IT [...]
Shimla, Jan 3 (IANS) Air connectivity between Himachal Pradesh and New Delhi was snapped Sunday owing to harsh weather conditions in the national capital, officials said here.
‘All flights on the Delhi-Shimla, Delhi-Kullu and Delhi-Dharamsala routes have been cancelled today,’ Subhash Thakur of Kingfisher Airlines, which is the only air service provider in the hill state, [...]
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) The Indian aviation industry encountered some turbulent weather in 2009, being hit not just by falling traffic and revenues, but also high fuel costs, high cost of credit and unrest among workers of three dominant carriers.
The sector, once a symbol of India’s vibrant economic progress, has seen its fortunes nosedive [...]
Kathmandu, Dec 13 (IANS) A new price war is in the offing with India’s national carrier Air India and private-sector Jet Airways keeping their fingers crossed as low-cost Indian airline SpiceJet announced its plans to start flights to Kathmandu from 2010.
The Delhi-based airline, India’s second-largest low-cost airline in terms of market share, has plans to [...]
Mumbai, Dec 8 (IANS) Fourteen incoming flights were diverted from Mumbai airport Tuesday as poor visibility due to foggy conditions crippled operations for over two hours on two occasions, an official said.
Operations were first suspended between 2 p.m. and 4.30 p.m. as visibility dipped to below 1,800 metres. Since there was no major improvement in [...]
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Six of the eight scheduled airlines in India have posted cumulative losses of Rs.2,025 crore with Kingfisher Airlines accounting for Rs.1,602 crore, parliament was told Thursday.
Only two — IndiGo and Paramount Airlines — both low-cost carriers, reported profits last fiscal, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel told the lower house of [...]
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Despite safety measures in place, airports continue to be vulnerable to bird hits, with 241 such incidents occurring till date this year causing financial losses of at least Rs.7 crore to airline operators, the government said Wednesday.
The National Bird Control Committee (NBCC), a body to address the serious safety issues [...]
New Delhi, Nov 11 (ANI): The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued guidelines to all airlines on Wednesday following the skidding of the Kingfisher aircraft in Mumbai on Tuesday.
Keeping in view the [...]
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) The aviation regulator Wednesday de-rostered six pilots of Kingfisher Airlines, Air India and Go Air for violating norms and landing on a short runway under rainy conditions at the Mumbai airport.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) initiated action on a day after a Kingfisher aircraft skidded off the runway [...]
Mumbai, Nov 11 (IANS) A Gulf Air aircraft with 222 passengers on board made an emergency landing here Wednesday following a technical snag, and then got stuck on the runway for a while, an airport official said. No casualties were reported.
The Airbus A-320 flight GF-057 took off from here for Bahrain at 10.32 a.m. but [...]
Mumbai, Nov 11 (IANS) A Gulf Air aircraft made an emergency landing here Wednesday following a technical snag, and then got stuck on the runway for a while, an airport official said.
The Airbus A-320 flight GF-057 took off from here for Bahrain at 10.32 a.m. but returned after 50 minutes after a technical problem was [...]
Mumbai, Nov 10 (IANS) A Kingfisher Airlines ATR-72 aircraft skidded off the runway Tuesday evening while landing at the Mumbai airport, officials said. The airlines has ordered a probe into the incident.
The aircraft carried 42 passengers and four crew members, and there are no casualties, a spokesman for the airlines said Tuesday evening.
Pending the [...]
Mumbai, Nov 10 (IANS) A Kingfisher Airlines ATR-72 aircraft skidded off the runway Tuesday evening while landing at Mumbai airport, officials said. All 42 passengers and crew onboard were safe.
Flight IT-4124 arrived from Bhavnagar and landed at Mumbai airport which had been witnessing low visibility due to rains and cloudy skies since early Tuesday morning.
Being [...]
Mumbai, Nov 6 (IANS) Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines Friday increased fuel surcharges, pushing up their domestic fares by up to Rs.200.
National carrier Air India and other low-cost carriers haven’t taken a decision in this regard.
According to Jet Airways, the fuel surcharges have been increased by up to Rs.200 on all its domestic flights as [...]
Mumbai Oct 30 (IANS) The Director-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) will not conduct any inquiry into an incident in which two aircraft were opposite each other on the same taxiway here late Thursday night, though at a considerable distance from each other, an official said Friday.
‘The incident was very minor and the two aircraft were [...]
Mumbai, Oct 29 (IANS) Nearly 244 passengers had a miraculous escape when two aircraft came face to face on the taxi way at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport late Thursday night, an airport official said.
A kingfisher airlines aircraft with 117 people on board was about to take off when an Air India Nagpur-Mumbai flight with 127 [...]
Mumbai, Oct 27 (IANS) Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) will be closed for six hours for the next 22 Tuesdays due to repair and reconstruction work on the runways, an airport official said.
The work — at the intersection of the main runway and the alternative runway — will be taken up between 12 noon [...]
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 5 (IANS) The Congress Monday criticized Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan for blaming Defence Minister A.K. Antony for not arranging a defence aircraft to airlift the bodies of those killed in the Thekkady boat tragedy.
Leader of Opposition Oommen Chandy said Antony had done ‘everything humanely possible to help’.
He was responding to a statement by [...]
Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) The defence ministry asked the Kerala government for Rs.45 lakh for a military aircraft to transport the bodies of the people who had died in the Thekkady boat capsize, a senior Kerala minister said Friday.
The state government, however, rejected the demand and instead chartered two planes from a private airline [...]
Pittsburgh, Sep 25 (IANS) Air India has begun a global hunt for a chief operating officer to streamline operations and help it come out of the financial mess that has led to accumulated losses of over $4 billion.
‘Preference will be given to those who are in the aviation industry or in the past had turned [...]
Pittsburgh, Sep 24 (IANS) Beleaguered flag carrier Air India has begun a global hunt for a chief operating officer to streamline operations and help it come out of the financial mess that has led to accumulated losses of over $4 billion.
‘Preference will be given to those who are in the aviation industry or in the [...]
London, September 18 (ANI): Guinness heiress Clare Irby, accused of indulging in a sex act on a Bangalore-London flight, has been cleared of being drunk on board the Kingfisher Airlines aircraft.
The 30-year-old blonde, from London, was allegedly involved in a sex romp with passenger Daniel Melia on the aircraft last March.
She [...]
London, Sep 17 (IANS) A British high society beauty who was accused of lewd behaviour on a Bangalore-London Kingfisher flight has been cleared of the charge of being drunk.
Clare Irby, a descendant of the Guinness brewing family, denied drinking up to 10 glasses of wine on the March 26, 2008 flight. She claimed she was [...]
London, Sep 15 (ANI): A drunken Brit socialite reportedly stripped to her knickers and cavorted with a male passenger in full view of fellow travellers on a Kingfisher Airlines flight from Bangalore to Heathrow.
According to Bill McGivern, prosecuting, Clare Irby, 30, a descendant of the Guinness brewing family, began drinking red wine shortly after boarding [...]
Mumbai, Sep.15 (ANI): A Mumbai to Bangalore Kingfisher Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing at Mumbai Airport soon after take-off after its landing gear malfunctioned on Tuesday.
Preliminary reports quoting sources said that Kingfisher Flight IT 103, which was carrying 98 passengers headed for Bangalore reported a gear malfunction soon after take off to [...]
New Delhi, Aug 11 (ANI): India’s private airline operators met Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel, demanding reduction in sales tax on jet fuel and airport charges.
The representatives of Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA), which includes five of India’s top private airlines, met Patel to present their demands after they put their August 18 strike [...]
