New Delhi: The resumption of Kingfisher Airlines' flight four days after its lock-down seems to be under a cloud after talks between the airline management and employees failed. Sources said that the staff who have not been paid their salaries since March demanded to be paid in full on Wednesday and this was turned down by the management. Sources added that CEO Sanjay Aggarwal requested his employees for 20 more...
08:34 AM, Oct 04, 2012
New Delhi: Trouble also continues for Vijay Mallya-promoted Kingfisher Airlines. A day after its flights were grounded by a strike, Kingfisher CEO Sanjay Agarwal met the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and promised to restart operations by Friday. Agarwal also explained the partial lockout at the DGCA office. Kingfisher has promised to restart operations by Friday. For that to happen employees who've gone without salaries for over seven months...
07:59 AM, Oct 03, 2012
New Delhi: Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Tuesday reiterated that Kingfisher Airlines will not be allowed to operate flights until its engineers report back to work and they certify on the flights' safety. "Passenger safety cannot be compromised. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is talking to them today. They will send a report and a decision will be taken after that," he said. The CEO of the cash-strapped...
11:46 AM, Oct 02, 2012
Mumbai: Aviation regulator DGCA will on Monday review Kingfisher Airline's operations in the wake of mass cancellation of its flights, even as a section of the airlines Mumbai-based pilots joined in the strike by its engineers. "We will review the situation of Kingfisher Airline," Director General of Civil Aviation Arun Mishra said. Mishra also said that airline's situation will also be discussed with the Civil Aviation Ministry. The engineers of...
09:54 AM, Oct 01, 2012
Kingfisher Airlines operations in Mumbai and Delhi have been crippled as a section of airline engineers have gone on a flash strike. This over the non-payment of salaries since March. Two airline managers were reportedly heckled by protesting angry staff. Staff representatives had met with the Airline's management last week to iron out their grievances but the talks failed. Passengers as always bore the brunt of the stand-off. "They didn't ...
09:43 AM, Oct 01, 2012
New Delhi: Airlines wanting prime-time departure and arrival slots at airports may have to bid for their preferred choices as the government is mulling to auction these slots as part of a shake-up in civil aviation policy. "We will be coming up with a new computerised system of slot allotment at airports, which is currently allotted to airlines by the airports. There is no transparency in it. We are also...
11:49 AM, Sep 30, 2012
New Delhi: To improve staff utilisation of the national carrier, the government on Tuesday directed Air India to immediately implement the flight duty time limitations (FDTL) for pilots and crew members. FDTL are guidelines which govern aspects like the maximum daily flight duty period including flying hours limitations, rest period, staff on duty travel and number of landings allowed per pilot as well as the crew to retain their licence....
02:48 AM, Sep 12, 2012
New Delhi: Boeing Co raised its forecast for the Indian plane market on Tuesday, saying the South Asian country would need 1,450 new aircraft worth $175 billion by 2031. Last year, the US planemaker had forecast demand at 1,320 planes up to 2030, worth $150 billion. "India will have the highest passenger traffic growth in the world, higher than even China's in the next 20 years," Dinesh Keskar, Boeing's senior...
11:38 PM, Sep 04, 2012
Shillong: The North Eastern Council (NEC) is not finding a suitable airline company to operate in the northeastern states, an official of the regional planning body said on Monday. "We had floated tenders thrice to select a dedicated airline to operate in the region but no big private players showed any interest to operate their service in the region," council secretary U.K.Sangma told journalists here. The NEC plans to run...
12:40 AM, Sep 04, 2012
New Delhi: No frill carrier IndiGo had the least number of flight cancellations while national carrier Air India fared the worst between July 2011 to June 2012. IndiGo cancelled just 0.3 per cent of its total flights between July 2011 and June this year. The airline was to operate a total of 1,02,571 flights, of which only 303 were cancelled during this period, a senior official of the Civil Aviation...
05:37 AM, Sep 03, 2012
Frankfurt: Lufthansa flight attendants walked off the job on Friday at Germany's busiest airport, causing more than 200 flights to be cancelled as their union warned of more stoppages unless the airline gives in to its demands. Lufthansa, Germany's largest airline, said it cancelled more than 200 short- and medium-haul flights from and to Frankfurt airport after some 1,000 cabin crew went on strike. A small number of long-haul flights...
08:02 PM, Aug 31, 2012
Itanagar: Maharashtra government will make available chartered aircraft to take students of Northeast back to educational institutions in Pune or Mumbai from Guwahati. Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan told a goodwill team from Arunachal Pradesh, led by MP Takan Sanjoy, on Tuesday that concessional chartered flights would be offered to students willing to go back. In a statement, Sanjoy quoted Chavan as saying, "If state governments send written requisitions, officials...
06:39 PM, Aug 22, 2012
Mumbai: Beleaguered Kingfisher Airlines faced fresh trouble on Saturday with a section of pilots going on strike demanding immediate payment of salaries for March, resulting in cancellation of 19 flights. "Eight departures from Mumbai and an equal number of flights from other places to the city have been cancelled due to non-availability of pilots in the wake of the strike by a section of its pilots," a Mumbai International Airport...
06:41 PM, Aug 18, 2012
Mumbai: A section of pilots of near-bankrupt Kingfisher Airlines on Saturday went on strike, second time in the month, demanding immediate payment of March salaries, leading to cancellation of seven flights from Mumbai. "A section of Mumbai-based pilots have gone on strike due to repeated failure to keep up with the promises (made by the airline management)," airline sources told PTI. Some flights from Mumbai have already been cancelled due...
02:46 PM, Aug 18, 2012
New Delhi: Twenty two Kingfisher Airlines flights have been cancelled from Delhi on Wednesday after a section of pilots and engineers failed to report to work. Sources said that the pilots are protesting against non-payment of salaries for over five months. Kingfisher Airlines owner and liqour baron Vijay Mallya is in the capital and is likely to address the issue on Wednesday. The airline's operations have been disrupted time and...
11:44 AM, Aug 08, 2012
Mumbai: National flag carrier Air India, which was forced to scale down its international operations massively following the recent two-month strike by a section of pilots, will resume most of its international operations by the end of August. "We will be ready to restart our full international operations by the end of August. We will restore New York, Chicago and Paris flights by then...also resume flights to Hong Kong and...
09:45 AM, Aug 05, 2012
Mumbai: Debt-crippled Kingfisher Airlines has cancelled 41 scheduled flights on Saturday, the firm said, after some employees did not report for work in response to the company failing to pay their salaries. The airline, which is under immense pressure from lenders to work out a turnaround plan, said 75 per cent of its employees received their salaries by Friday as promised, while the rest will be paid by Monday. Kingfisher,...
01:41 PM, Jul 14, 2012
New Delhi: At least 12 flights of Kingfisher Airlines were cancelled on Wednesday as pilots, who fly its short-haul ATR planes, continued their strike for the second day protesting non-payment of salaries. Nine flights from Bangalore and at least three from Delhi were cancelled till this afternoon as several pilots did not report for duty, airline officials said. All the flights cancelled involved operation of the 70-seater turboprop ATR fleet...
03:29 PM, Jul 11, 2012
New Delhi: Flight operations at the IGI airport in New Delhi were affected this evening due to the heavy rains that lashed the city. About five flights were diverted to Jaipur between 5.55 PM and 6.15 PM after visibility dropped due to heavy rains accompanied by strong winds, an airport sources said. The airport area recorded 29.4 mm of rains on Friday evening. The rains also delayed six flights, they...
02:40 AM, Jul 07, 2012
New Delhi: In a bid to resolve the ongoing Air India pilots' strike, the Delhi High Court on Monday observed that the case should be reconsidered and the two parties involved, the AI management and the pilots, should reconcile. The Air India management lawyers on Monday asked for a day to get back on reconciliation. The case will now come up for hearing on Tuesday. ...
12:06 PM, Jul 02, 2012
