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Thursday, November 7, 2024
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Inside story of why DGCA is conducting a safety audit of Indigo’s A320neo Airbus planes

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Govt to chalk out contingency plan after ban on Boeing 737 fleet affects flight schedules

Many flights have been cancelled following the civil aviation ministry ordering Boeing 737 Max flights to be grounded or restricted from Indian airspace.

Modi govt position on Rafale papers in SC is going from bad to worse

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

All Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft in India will be grounded by evening, says aviation body

The EU and several other countries have already banned the use of the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft in their airspace.

Why Ethiopian Airlines crash has put the spotlight on Boeing’s most modern jets

For the second time in 5 months, a Boeing 737 Max 8, the company's latest variant of its 737 jets, has crashed in 'spine-chillingly' similar accidents.

On Camera

How Adani halving power supply to Bangladesh could land the country in ‘dire straits’

Bangladesh is already reeling from low coal-fired power production & inability to import enough coal, gas. Now, Adani has cut supplies over unpaid dues. However, this could hurt Adani too.

India, Bangladesh Army chiefs discuss issues of ‘mutual interest’

Video call between two Army heads is their first interaction after political upheaval in Bangladesh forced former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to flee to India in August.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.