China delays clearance to IAF flight with relief supplies
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The Chinese government is ‘deliberately delaying grant of clearance for the evacuation flight’ which was to fly to Wuhan with …
Flight crew, air traffic controllers to be tested for drugs
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) will from now on test flight crew members and air traffic controllers for …
How Microsoft Cloud helped B2B marketplace Udaan to take flight
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Online business-to-business (B2B) marketplace unicorn Udaan has said that running its operations atop Microsoft Azure has helped it maintain a …
Daily flyers want only this flight attendant
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Regular flyers who find the safety drill monotonous can enjoy this video of a flight attendant delivering ‘safety instructions’ which …
IAF flight to China delayed due to technical reasons
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Indian Air Force’s largest plane C-17 Globemaster’s scheduled flight on Thursday to coronavirus affected city Wuhan in China to evacuate …
Nelco brings in-flight communication to India
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Nelco, a Tata Enterprise entity and VSAT solutions provider on Wednesday announced the launch of Aero in-flight communication (IFC) services …
Air India resumes Kozhikode-Jeddah flight after 5 years
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) National carrier Air India on Tuesday resumed the bi-weekly flight from Kozhikode to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. According to the …
Return Coronavirus relief flight to bring back more Indians
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Following the outbreak of COVID-19, India will bring back its remaining citizens from Wuhan city in China. The Indian embassy …
British Airways records fastest NY-London flight at 1290km/hr
London, Feb 9 (IANS) As the worst storm in seven years set its eyes on the UK and Europe, a British Airways (BA) flight utilised …
Final evacuation flight from Wuhan due back in UK
London, Feb 9 (IANS) The final flight with 200 evacuees from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, is set …
Trujet launches Bengaluru-Bidar daily flight
Bengaluru, Feb 7 (IANS) Low-cost carrier Trujet on Friday launched a daily flight between state capital Bengaluru and Bidar town in northeastern Karnataka. “Trujet has …
Boston man named ‘Kunal Kamra’ stopped from boarding AI flight
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Comedian Kunal Kamra’s Boston-based namesake was stopped from boarding an Air India flight earlier this week, days after the stand-up …
1st UN medical flight evacuates sick kids from Yemen
Sanaa, Feb 4 (IANS) Seven children in urgent need of medical attention were evacuated from Yemen in what was the first use of a medical …
Pakistan to resume flight operations to China
Islamabad, Feb 3 (IANS) Amid the global outbreak of deadly China-originated novel coronavirus, Pakistan has decided to resume its flight operations to te Asian giant, …
Coronavirus: IndiGo to suspend Kolkata-Guangzhou flight
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Airline major IndiGo will suspend its Kolkata-Guangzhou flight owing to the outbreak of Coronavirus. The airline will suspend Kolkata-Guangzhou flight …
Industry lauds govt proposal for agri flight, rail services
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Industry observers and analysts have lauded the government’s proposal to introduce dedicated rail and flight transport services for the agri-allied …
Special flight carrying SL nationals return from Wuhan
Colombo, Feb 1 (IANS) A special SriLankan Airlines flight on Saturday landed Colombo with Sri Lankan students and their family members, who were stranded in …
Another AI flight to evacuate more Indians from Wuhan
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) After the Air India evacuated 324 Indians from Wuhan, the national carrier said another flight will depart to Wuhan from …
Spl AI flight with 5 doctors to evacuate Indians from China
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Amid the coronavirus outbreak in China, the Air India will send its special flight from New Delhi to China’s Wuhan …
British Airways suspends flight bookings to China
London, Jan 29 (IANS) British Airways announced on Wednesday that it has suspended bookings on its website for direct flights from London to Beijing and …
Peru’s Keiko Fujimori returns to prison over flight risk
Lima, Jan 29 (IANS) Keiko Fujimori, the leader of Perus opposition Popular Force party, will return to pre-trial detention for 15 months after a court …
Air India likely to ply evacuation flight to Wuhan on Jan 31: Sources
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) Air India is likely to operate a flight service to Wuhan in Central China to evacuate Indians stuck in the …
Rat stalls Air India flight in Varanasi, then vanishes
Varanasi, Jan 28 (IANS) A rat caused considerable commotion in an Air India flight at the Lal Bahadur Shastri airport in Varanasi. The aircraft that …
Boeing’s gigantic 777-9X plane completes maiden test flight
Washington, Jan 26 (IANS) Boeing 777-9X, the world’s longest and largest twin-engine airliner, has completed its maiden test flight, the American aircraft manufacturer announced. The …
EaseMyTrip brings flight booking experience on WhatsApp
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) EaseMyTrip, domestic online travel company on Wednesday announced its integration on WhatsApp messenger to book flight tickets. The integration will …
Bag with IED found at Mangalore airport; flight returns (2nd Lead)
Mangaluru, Jan 20 (IANS) The Mangalore airport is on a high alert after an unattended bag with a low-intensity explosive was recovered at the terminal …
Bag with IED found at Mangalore airport; flight returns
Mangaluru, Jan 20 (IANS) The Mangalore airport is on a high alert after an unattended bag with a low-intensity explosive was recovered at the terminal …
Indigo flight returns to Mangaluru airport after bomb alert
Bengaluru, Jan 20 (IANS) A passenger aircraft of budget carrier Indigo to Hyderabad returned to Mangaluru airport after a bomb alert by the Air Traffic …
Union Ministers’ flight to Jammu diverted due to bad weather
Srinagar, Jan 18 (IANS) The flight carrying three union ministers Arjun Ram Meghwal, Ashwini Choubey and Dr Jitendra Singh was on Saturday diverted to Srinagar …
Fog halts flight operations at Dhaka airport
Dhaka, Jan 16 (IANS) Flight operation at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport remained suspended on Thursday due to dense fog, according to authorities. All flights …
Mumbai man jailed for molesting minor actress in flight
Mumbai, Jan 15 (IANS) The Mumbai Sessions Court on Wednesday found a 41-year-old Mumbai man guilty of molesting a former minor actress on board a …
Drunk woman’s bomb threat forces flight to return to Kolkata
Kolkata, Jan 13 (IANS) A bomb threat by a 25-year-old woman passenger forced a Mumbai-bound flight to return to Kolkata and make an emergency landing, …
Bomb threat forces flight to return to Kolkata from mid-air
Kolkata, Jan 12 (IANS) A bomb threat given by a 25-year-old woman passenger forced a Mumbai bound flight to return to Kolkata airport by making …
AirAsia India’s flight commander suspended for runway incursion
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has suspended commander of an AirAsia India flight for runway incursion at Mumbai …
Delta flight diverted to Boston lands in Paris (Third Lead)
New York, Jan 10 (IANS) A Delta Airlines flight from Las Vegas to Paris that was diverted to Boston due to a “mechanical issue” with …
Delta flight diverted to Boston lands in Paris
New York, Jan 10 (IANS) A Delta Airlines flight from Las Vegas to Paris that was diverted to Boston due to a “mechanical issue” with …
‘Mechanical issue’ forces Delta’s Paris flight diversion to Boston
New York, Jan 10 (IANS) A Delta Airlines flight from Las Vegas to Paris was diverted to Boston on Thursday due to a “mechanical issue,” …
‘Loud noise’ diverts Las Vegas-Paris flight
Boston, Jan 10 (IANS) A Paris-bound flight from Las Vegas was diverted to Boston because of a “loud noise”, it was reported on Friday. The …
Akram loses watch on flight, Twitterati has fun
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) As former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram on Wednesday tweeted about a watch he lost on a flight, Twitter fans posted …
GoAir Delhi-Varanasi flight makes air turn back
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) GoAir on Tuesday said that its Delhi to Varanasi flight, with 50 passengers on board, did an “air turn back” …
Data reveals Ghosn’s possible flight route
Tokyo, Jan 4 (IANS) Data published by a flight-tracking website has revealed the possible route that ousted Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn took to escape to …