Boeing Co found debris that could pose potential safety risks in the fuel tanks of several 737 MAX aircraft that are in storage and waiting to be delivered to airlines, according to an internal memo on Tuesday. Read More
NEW DELHI: Aircraft stuck on runways will not be able to hold up and delay traffic by September, with major airports set to install six Disabled Aircraft Recovery Kit (DARK) systems. Read More
New Delhi: The domestic air passenger traffic in January increased by 2.2 per cent to 1.27 crore compared to the same month in 2019, according to data released by aviation regulator DGCA on Monday.
NEW DELHI: The government on Thursday appointed senior IAS officer Rajiv Bansal as the chairman and managing director of Air India (AI). Bansal, currently additional secretary in petroleum ministry, had held additional charge of AI chief in August 2017 for about four months when the then chairman Ashwani Lohani was moved to Railway Board.
After retiring from Railway, Lohani was made AI CMD last February for a year and has completed his second term.
Rajiv Bansal, an IAS officer of Nagaland cadre, is a civil engineer from IIT Delhi. In his long career, he has served as secretary, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission; joint secretary in the department of heavy industries and and director in aviation ministry. He has earlier been on the boards of BHEL (Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited), National Aviation Company of India Ltd — the short-lived name of Air India and Indian Airlines after the two were merged in 2007 — and Alliance Air, among other organisations.
Once the third-largest aircraft maker, Canada’s Bombardier on Thursday announced the sale of its A220 stake to Airbus and the Quebec government, effectively exiting commercial aviation after a failed expansion. Heavily indebted, the Montreal-based company is also reportedly in talks to sell its rail division to France’s Alstom, which would leave the former Canadian manufacturing titan to build only business jets. Read More
MUMBAI : Wadia Group-controlled GoAir on Friday said that it has appointed former Jet Airways (India) Limited executive Vinay Dube as the chief executive officer (CEO) of the airline.
NEW DELHI: Flying licences of two SpiceJet pilots have been suspended for 4.5 months for carrying out an unstabilised landing at the tabletop runway of Mangalore airport and “jeopardizing safety of the aircraft and passengers”. Runway edge lights of this airport were found damaged after a SpiceJet Boeing 737 flew in Mangalore from Dubai on October 31, 2019. Read More
NEW DELHI: The aviation regulator on Monday suspended an IndiGo captain’s flying licence for three months after its probe found that the pilot had behaved aggressively with a wheelchair-bound senior citizen and her daughter on a Chennai-Bengaluru flight last month.
The daughter had complained on social media on January 14, a day after her harrowing experience, following which Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) chief Arun Kumar had ordered a probe into the issue and the senior pilot was grounded.
The altercation had happened when during deplaning in Bengaluru, a lady passenger asked the lead cabin crew for an early wheelchair assistance for her 75-year-old mother. The pilot-in-command (PIC) intervened at this point, leading to an altercation.
The regulator’s probe into the behaviour of January 13’s 6E-806 PIC has found that he had “misused his authority in intimidating and threatening the wheelchair-bound passenger and her attendant by saying that they will be handed over to CISF and a police case will be registered against them for unruly behaviour.”
The PIC, says the probe report, “further directed IndiGo security staff to detain both the lady passengers from deplaning. The PIC exhibited aggression… (He) also insisted on an apology letter from the(two), which further delayed the matter and the passengers were detained for about 75 minutes after the start of de-boarding process of the flight.
“The airline has informed the aviation ministry that the pilot has been off-rostered (meaning will not be assigned flights) pending full inquiry,” Puri had Tweeted on January 14.
The DGCA ordered a probe and issued a show cause notice to the PIC. “After examining the reply of the PIC to the show cause notice, it was established that (his) attitude towards the wheelchair-bound senior citizen passenger was intimidating, threatening and lacked compassion. His actions led to avoidable detention of wheelchair bound passenger. He exhibited lack of ability in managing threat and error situation especially when he was to operate another commercial flight after a short duration, DGCA has suspended the license held by the PIC for a period of three months,” said a senior DGCA official.
After a notice by aviation regulator DGCA for violation of rules regarding flight duty and time limitations (FDTL), GoAir has been conducting a daily audit of pilots’ roster every evening, Union Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Thursday.
“During review…Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) observed multiple cases of non compliance of FDTL requirements….in the case of Go Airlines (India) Ltd by both operator and flight crew,” Puri said. Read More