Neha LM Tripathi

2 more pilots suspended for overshooting Mumbai airport runway

The DGCA’s preliminary investigation into the incident revealed that flight SG 6248, operating between Coimbatore and Mumbai, touched down approximately 4,462ft from the runway threshold, resulting in the aircraft overshooting the runway.

Air India Delhi-San Francisco flight could be India’s first to fly over North Pole

The country’s aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), has issued a circular seeking the interest of airlines interested in flying over the pole and Air India has expressed its interest .

More helipads, heliports likely to come up in MMR by year-end

The MADC, through expressions of interest (EoI) , has asked bidders to submit various land documents that will be required to conduct a feasibility study to construct helipads in and around the city.

In 20 days, aviation regulator suspends 12 pilots for a year

The country’s aviation regulator has suspended 12 pilots from across the country, in six different investigations.

Heavy showers delay flights at Mumbai airport

Mumbai airport set to add 24 daily flights to Southeast Asian countries

MIAL is seeing an increasing passenger traffic travelling to Southeast Asian countries like Singapore, Thailand, Bangkok, among other destinations, the officials said. A total of 488,538 passengers — 669 passengers per day each way — traveled between Mumbai-Bangkok-Mumbai in financial year 2018-19.

MIAL and online tracker differ on affected flight numbers

According to the Airport Authority of India (AAI), three flights had to be diverted due to bad weather.

Aviation watchdog’s report points to lapses in July 9 SpiceJet mishap

The aircraft that Rohit Pandey was working on had completed a Kolkata-Silchar flight. It had taxied out at 3.35pm and returned to the bay at 3.55pm owing to a snag.

Mumbai airport gets body scanner at T2, trial runs to begin soon

The machine, which was put up over the weekend at the airport’s terminal two, is currently being checked for efficiency. The scanner has been installed in the security hold area (SHA) of international departure area.

Eye on safety, DGCA revises rules to select flying instructors for helicopters

Over the last five years, four of the six helicopter crashes have been in Mumbai. These include the Bombay High crash in November 2015, which killed both the pilots performing night sortie.

After 3-hour delay, Mumbai-Durgapur fliers threaten to halt boarding of SpiceJet flights

Passengers of the same SG 6354 flight on Friday were forced to wait overnight as their flight was cancelled. They were accommodated on the Saturday flight, which was delayed by over three hours.

3 days on, SpiceJet aircraft still stuck at Mumbai airport

In the 72 hours since it has been stuck, the aircraft has been moved just around 70 metres towards the paved area of the runway

36 hours later, SpiceJet aircraft stuck at Mumbai airport runway; 75 flights cancelled

The SpiceJet aircraft SG 6237 from Jaipur to Mumbai with 160 passengers on board overshot the runway while landing at the main runway 27 at around 11.15pm on Monday.

SpiceJet plane overshoots runway while landing in rain-hit Mumbai

A photo tweeted by a passenger of SpiceJet flight SG 6237 shows oxygen masks dangling above the seats.

Airlines allowed to use vacant slots at Mumbai airport till September

The number of daily flights operating from the city’s airport had dropped to 650 from 950 after Jet Airways stopped operations on April 17. In order to meet rising demand and to lower rising ticket fares, the civil aviation ministry allowed IndiGo, SpiceJet and Vistara to take up these slots on an interim basis for three months.

Ghatkopar aircraft crash: A year on, probe report yet to be released

Soon after a private aircraft crashed in Ghatkopar in June 2018, the AAIB had said it would release preliminary findings within a month. However, no report was submitted.

Mumbai airport may see lesser flight disruptions this monsoon

Under a new centralised air traffic flow management system, pilots flying to Mumbai airport will be informed about ground traffic, weather conditions and delays in advance.

United Airlines cancels Mumbai to Newark flights

Following the shooting down of an American drone over Iranian airspace, the US aviation administration barred all its airlines from flying over that area

Mumbai airport touches a high with 13.4 million international fliers in 2018-19

The international passenger traffic in Mumbai went up to 13.4 million in 2018-19, from 12.2 million in 2017-18. Pune recorded a 5.4% rise in international passengers – 2.71 lakh in 2018-19 from 2.57 lakh in 2017-18.

Lohegaon airport flying higher than Mumbai, Nagpur for domestic traffic

Pune’s Lohegaon airport reported an increase in domestic passengers to 7.8 million in 2018-19 from 6.5 million in 2017-18. Nagpur saw 2.08 million passengers in 2018-19, compared to 1.7 million in 2017.

Air India to start Mumbai-Nairobi flight from September 27

Civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri directed Air India to start direct flight service to Nairobi in Kenya on September 27, World Tourism Day.

DGCA draft proposal seeks to make ops of choppers safer

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has asked helicopter operators to submit their suggestions and objections to the draft proposal by July 11.

Mumbai bizman to appeal against life sentence in hijack hoax case

Acquittal, asking for benefit of the doubt will be focus of appeal: Birju Salla’s lawyer

Clear our dues before selling Air India, says pilots union

In a letter written on Monday to Ashwani Lohani, chairman and managing director, Air India, the pilots guild demanded their arrears due to each pilot since 2012, with interest at a commercial rate.

Terminal 1B of city airport gets lounge for stopover fliers

The facilities at the lounge, which has couches and food kiosks, will be available at rates between ₹600 and ₹800, depending on whether passenger wants to use the place to just rest or to eat.

Pawan Hans pilots asked to resign, rejoin on contract at higher salaries

Senior PH pilots said that the offer is not useful for them as it requires them to leave their other salary benefits like provident fund, gratuity, medical insurance and pension eligibility. They would have to become contractual pilots.

Air India crew can pick up planes they want to fly on from Thursday

According to AI official, the portal will be opened for bidding on the sixth of every month for two days and the crew can select a flight in their home base or any sector of their choice on a first-come, first-served basis.

Fewer delays at Mumbai airport as Pakistan partially reopens airspace for flights

With Pakistan reopening the Karachi-Ahmedabad air route on Sunday evening, air traffic officials in Mumbai said they expect a 10%-12% drop in the excessive air traffic over Mumbai, as these flights will now fly over Ahmedabad.

Defence pilots may soon join civil aviation sector to tackle staff crunch

Civil aviation joint secretary discusses possibility to tackle staff crunch in industry

17 grounded aircraft to undergo repair: AI set to operate more flights from Oct

According to sources, the airline will complete repair work of all its wide-body aircraft by June and narrow-body aircraft by September.