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26 Feb

DGCA introduces 48-hour free cancellation window for airline tickets, revises refund rules

New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has revised its Civil Aviation Requirements (CAR) related to airline ticket refunds and introduced a 48-hour "look-in" period that allows passengers to cancel or amend their bookings without paying extra charges. In a statement, the aviation regulator said that passengers can cancel or make changes to their tickets within 48 hours of booking without any additional fee. However, if the ticket is changed to another flight, passengers will have to pay the difference in fare, if any. This facility will apply only if the date of departure is…

30 Jan

Kuwait-Delhi IndiGo flight makes emergency landing in Ahmedabad after bomb threat

Ahmedabad, Jan 30 (IANS) An IndiGo Airlines flight from Kuwait to Delhi made an emergency landing in Ahmedabad on Friday after a bomb threat, triggering heightened security measures at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, officials said. The aircraft, carrying 186 people, including 180 passengers, was in the air when a handwritten threat was discovered on a tissue paper. The note referred to a hijacking and a bomb, prompting immediate action by the flight crew. Following standard aviation safety protocol, the pilot alerted Air Traffic Control and decided to divert the aircraft to the nearest suitable airport, Ahmedabad. The flight…

30 Jan

Trump moves to reopen Venezuela airspace

Washington, Jan 30 (IANS) President Donald Trump said the United States will reopen commercial airspace over Venezuela and described a new phase of engagement that includes US oil companies scouting opportunities in the country. Trump told a Cabinet meeting he had spoken with Venezuela’s interim president and ordered immediate steps to restore travel. “I just spoke to the president of Venezuela and informed her that we’re going to be opening up all commercial airspace over Venezuela,” he said. “American citizens will be very shortly able to go to Venezuela.” He said travelers would be safe. “They’ll be safe there,” Trump…

19 Jan

PIA privatisation comes at a high moral and fiscal cost, hits taxpayers hard: Report

New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) The privatisation of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) in 2025 halted the airline's daily operational haemorrhaging but at a high moral and fiscal cost, a report has said, adding that it has come at the expense of the taxpayer. According to a report in The Express tribune, the official announcement that the “Arif Habib-led consortium won a 75 percent stake in PIA with a bid of PKR 135 billion, is misleading, and deceptive”. Dr Mohammad Zubair Khan, former Pakistan Minister of Commerce who worked at the IMF, writes that the transaction is structured such that “most…

31 Dec

Operational disruptions: IndiGo says fully collaborating with regulator’s committee

New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) Low-cost airline IndiGo on Wednesday said that it is fully collaborating and providing requested information to the regulator’s committee, as it faced major operational disruptions earlier this month. The large-scale flight cancellations by IndiGo earlier this month, especially from December 3-5, left tens of thousands of passengers stranded nationwide. The airline cancelled thousands of flights due to poor pilot roster planning and failure to prepare for tighter safety regulations. “The operating environment presented periods of industry-wide challenges this year, including IndiGo’s major operational disruption (3-5 December 2025) regrettably impacting the airline’s valued customers for which…

19 Dec

Vijayawada–Visakhapatnam flight cancelled over safety concerns: Air India Express

New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) An Air India Express flight operating between Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam was cancelled after the pilot detected a technical issue before departure, the airline said on Friday. In a statement, Air India Express said that the aircraft returned to the ramp in the interest of safety after the issue was identified during pre-departure checks. Following this, the flight was cancelled as a precautionary measure. “In the interest of safety, our Vijayawada–Visakhapatnam flight returned to the ramp after the pilot identified a technical issue prior to departure. The flight was subsequently cancelled,” an Air India Express spokesperson…

19 Dec

भारत में रूसी सहयोग से बनेगा यात्री विमान

रूसी सहयोग से देश में यात्री विमान बनाने की दिशा में भारत ने कदम बढ़ाए हैं। इसके लिए हिंदुस्तान एयरोनॉटिक्स लिमिटेड और रूस की पब्लिक ज्वाइंट स्टॉक कंपनी यूनाइटेड एयरक्राफ्ट कॉरपोरेशन के बीच एक समझौता ज्ञापन पर हस्ताक्षर हुए हैं। यह समझौता भारत की नागरिक उड्डयन महत्वाकांक्षाओं के लिए एक ऐतिहासिक मील का पत्थर साबित होगा। इसके तहत देश में पहली बार पूर्ण यात्री विमान बनेगा, जिससे 'आत्मनिर्भर भारत' को बढ़ावा मिलेगा। इस समझौते से घरेलू बाजार के लिए 'मेड इन इंडिया' विमान उपलब्ध होंगे और उड़ान योजना को मजबूती मिलेगी। रक्षामंत्री राजनाथ सिंह ने सुखोई एसजे-100 परियोजना को एक…

13 Dec

IndiGo operates over 2,000 flights for 2nd day in a row

New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) IndiGo has operated more than 2,000 flights for the second day in a row, the company said on Saturday. This comes as the airline faced significant flight disruptions earlier this month, with thousands stranded in airports nationwide. As per its revised schedule, scaled down in line with government directive, the airline, in a statement, said that it is “demonstrating continuous operational normalisation and stability consecutively for the last five days, IndiGo is set to operate over 2,050 flights”. “All our 138 operational destinations are connected, and our on-time performance has been consistently normal as per…

05 Dec

Centre orders high-level inquiry into IndiGo fiasco, total normalcy expected in 3 days

New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) The government on Friday said it has decided to institute a high-level inquiry into the massive IndiGo disruption, which will examine what went wrong at the airline, determine accountability wherever required for appropriate actions, and recommend measures to prevent similar disruptions in the future -- ensuring that passengers do not face such hardships again. As thousands of passengers faced harrowing time at airports across the country, Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu said in a statement that “we expect that flight schedules will begin to stabilise and return to normal by tomorrow. We anticipate that…

17 Nov

Afghanistan cuts air cargo tariffs to boost trade with India amid Pak border closure

New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Soon after Afghanistan’s Taliban leadership asked the business community to look for alternate trade routes following the closure of its volatile border with Pakistan over heightening tensions, Ariana Afghan Airlines has announced a reduction in cargo tariffs to and from India. This decision comes amid reports from Kabul that the nation’s total export value in September-October exceeded 274 million dollars, while in the previous period of August–September, it was around 230 million dollars. Most Afghan goods and products were exported to Turkiye, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates. Afghanistan does not have a land route…