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Not just Jet Airways, this is how India’s booming civil aviation sector went bust

Ifrah Mufti -
In 6 months, Jet Airways has gone under, air fares have risen, passenger traffic growth has plateaued, and hundreds of aircraft are grounded. What went wrong?

Kolkata shuts flight operations for 17 hours as Cyclone Fani hits east coast

PTI -
DGCA has suspended the arrival and departure of all flights from 3 pm Friday to 8 am Saturday at Kolkata airport in view of Cyclone Fani.

Air India & Indigo fly without extra fuel for diversions, risky experiment say experts

Ifrah Mufti -
New system allows such flights if destination airport has two or more runways, and if there’s good weather and a 5 km visibility when the plane is an hour away.

DGCA to seek concrete & credible revival plan from Jet Airways, says official

PTI -
A senior official of the aviation regulatory body also said that DGCA will extend help within the regulatory framework to help restart Jet Airways.

Inside story of why DGCA is conducting a safety audit of Indigo’s A320neo Airbus planes

Sandhya Ramesh -
Since 2017, Pratt & Whitney-powered Airbus A320neos have faced emergency landings, smoke-filled cabins and many questions about passenger safety.

IndiGo gets show-cause notice from DGCA over Pratt & Whitney engine issue

Ifrah Mufti -
The aviation regulator issued the show-cause notice to IndiGo's operations and engineering officials, and also conducted a safety audit.

DGCA asks airlines to increase availability of flights to control rising airfares

PTI -
With Jet Airways grounding its fleet of 119 aircraft fleet and Spice Jet pulling out its 737 Max, airfares have been rising across India for past few weeks.

Cash crunch grounds two-thirds of under-debt Jet Airways fleet

Debjit Chakraborty -
The private air carrier needs Rs 850 crore to help recover its debt.

Jet Airways flight safety at risk, says employee union waiting for 3 months of salaries

PTI -
Jet Airways' has cancelled flights as it has been grappling with financial woes & it has been looking at ways to raise fresh funds

Civil aviation body to discuss rising fares with airlines as Jet Airways cancels flights

Deepak Patel -
Air fares have been rising after cash-strapped Jet Airways cancelled a number of flights over the last few weeks due to non-payment of lease rentals.
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CEA Nageswaran says India’s FY24 growth could hit 8%, but World Bank warns this is ‘above potential’

TCA Sharad Raghavan -
Speaking at an event, World Bank country director Auguste Tano Kouamé said growth above potential would result in high inflation.

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Three Indian Navy ships deployed to South China Sea

Smruti Deshpande -
Deployment comes at a time when Yuan Wang 03, a Chinese missile and satellite tracking vessel, has entered Indian Ocean Region.

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Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

Shekhar Gupta -
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.

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