New Delhi: Jet Airways is expected to order more than 100 narrow-body aircraft for up to $3.75 billion in 2012-13 as the largest Indian carrier grabs market share from its troubled rivals, a leading consultancy said. The airline is understood to be actively evaluating Airbus's narrow-body A320 aircraft, and is likely to lease up to 10 A330s to support expansion of its European network, the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation...
12:48 PM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: In a bid to enhance revenue earnings, Air India Board on Monday approved a proposal to slash business class seats and increase economy seats on its Airbus fleet. The number of business class seats will be cut down in 34 Airbus aircraft, including A320s and A 319s, sources said after a marathon meeting of the Board. It also decided to rent out its properties at prime locations in...
12:32 AM, Feb 28, 2012
Mumbai: Kingfisher Airlines Ltd plans to return some aircraft voluntarily to lessors after defaulting on payments and has seen a fresh exodus of pilots, local media reported. Kingfisher shares plunged as much as nearly 20 per cent on Tuesday ahead of a meeting between the airline's top executives and the country's aviation regulator. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has asked the struggling carrier to explain why it has...
10:51 AM, Feb 21, 2012
Paris: European air safety officials extended checks for Airbus A380 wing cracks to the entire superjumbo fleet on Wednesday and said the widespread defects could pose a safety risk if left unremedied. The move to inspect all 68 A380s in service came as Qantas Airways grounded one of its planes for up to a week following the discovery of 36 separate cracks in wing parts. The new measures by the...
06:24 AM, Feb 09, 2012
Kuala Lumpur: European air safety officials are preparing to extend checks for Airbus A380 wing cracks to the entire superjumbo fleet, sources close to the matter told Reuters on Wednesday. The decision to proceed with a gradual inspection of all 68 A380s in service will refocus attention on flaws recently identified in flagship jets at both Airbus and Boeing. Both aircraft makers maintain that their newest jets remain safe to...
05:08 PM, Feb 08, 2012
New Delhi: The Ministry of Civil Aviation has doggedly refused to grant sanction to the CBI to prosecute six people who were responsible for signing a deal with Airbus to procure 43 aircraft for Air India (AI) and cause a loss to the exchequer. The CBI completed its preliminary enquiry into the Airbus procurement deal in 2011 and sought permission from the Ministry of Civil Aviation to lodge an FIR...
06:38 PM, Feb 01, 2012
New Delhi: Defending its safety performance following a rap by DGCA, no-frill carrier IndiGo on Tuesday said the regulatory investigation would not hit its expansion plans. IndiGo, which placed orders for 100 Airbus A-320 planes in 2005 and another 150 last year, is inducting an average of one aircraft each month. As on December 2011, it had a fleet of 48 planes which would go up to 60 this year-end....
06:01 PM, Jan 10, 2012
New Delhi: India's aviation regulator plans to review the massive fleet expansion plans of IndiGo, the country's No 2 airline, after a safety audit found a shortage of trained staff and alleged operational discrepancies, a report by the regulator shows. IndiGo placed an order for 180 Airbus planes worth $16 billion last year in the biggest jet order in commercial aviation history. "Indigo has some rapid growth issues," said the...
11:31 PM, Jan 09, 2012
New Delhi: The CBI has written to the Civil Aviation Ministry once again seeking an early decision on its request seeking sanction for prosecution against six officers, including a joint secretary, for alleged irregularities in the over Rs 8,000-crore Airbus deal for supplying 43 aircraft to erstwhile Indian Airlines in 2005. The reminder was sent as the agency completed its probe in the Preliminary Enquiry, sources said, adding prima-facie it...
05:53 PM, Dec 21, 2011
New York: Airbus expects to maintain A380 superjumbo deliveries at 25-27 aircraft in 2012, unchanged from this year, as production edges up to three planes a month, sales chief John Leahy said. Airbus delivered 19 of the world's largest airliner, which has a list price of $375 million per plane, in the first 10 months of 2011. "This year we're in that range, 25 to 27 (in terms of deliveries),"...
04:24 AM, Dec 01, 2011
Hyderabad: The world's largest airplane Airbus A380 made an emergency landing at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport on Sunday, an airport official said. The Emirates flight, with 481 passengers on board, was on its way from Bangkok to Dubai. "The aircraft landed with 481 passengers safely at 3.40 am," an airport spokesman told IANS. The pilot cited a technical snag in the aircraft as the reason for making the emergency landing...
11:22 AM, Oct 23, 2011
Mumbai: Go Airlines (India) Ltd said on Thursday it will add six new flights across three new routes from October 8 and will induct three Airbus A320 aircraft between October and April next year. The addition of new routes across Kolkata, Ranchi and Port Blair will increase GoAir's network to 21 destinations across India, with 588 weekly flights, the privately held firm said in a statement. The Indian airline is...
02:33 PM, Sep 29, 2011
Mumbai: A Nagpur-bound Air India flight, which took off from Mumbai on Sunday evening, landed back at the city airport within two hours. "Flight AI 623, an Airbus 320, took off from Mumbai at 2028 hours and returned at 2213 hours," a Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) spokesperson said. "The reasons (for the aircraft's return) are not immediately known. This is not a case of emergency landing," the spokesperson said...
07:28 AM, Sep 05, 2011
Mumbai: The main runway of the Mumbai airport continued to remain closed on Sunday as a team of engineers failed to tow away Turkish Airways' Airbus 340 aircraft stuck in the mud. The main runway of one of India's busiest airports on Sunday remained shut for the third day in a row. Mumbai airport authorities claim that while the pathway to tow away this Turkish Airlines aircraft is ready, they...
11:12 PM, Sep 04, 2011
Mumbai: A massive salvage operation is currently on at Mumbai Airport. More than 100 people are working round the clock to dislodge this Turkish Airlines' Airbus 340 aircraft that has been stuck in mud just off the main runway since it skid off the rapid exit taxiway on early Friday morning. But the aircraft hasn't moved an inch since. What's taking so long? The nose wheel and main landing gear...
09:07 PM, Sep 03, 2011
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