Alliance Air plane makes emergency landing at Delhi airport after engine failureAn Alliance Air aircraft made an emergency landing at Delhi airport on Friday afternoon. The flight, carrying approximately forty people, e...
11 Sep, 2026, 03.43 PM IST
Fly91 launches direct flights from Tirupati to Vijayawada, Hyderabad, RajahmundryFly91 has launched new flight services connecting Tirupati with three key cities. The airline now offers direct flights to Vijayawada, Hyde...
10 Sep, 2026, 04.35 PM IST
Fly91 plane order: Smaller cities emerge as Indian aviation's next frontier as airlines bet on deeper, wider domestic networkFly91 new plane order: India’s regional aviation story is gathering altitude. Fly91 currently operates six ATR 72-600s. It plans to add ano...
03 Sep, 2026, 04.12 PM IST
Abhinandan Varthaman quits IAF: How FLY91 hired the fighter pilot who shot down Pakistan's F-16 with an older-gen fighter jetAbhinandan varthaman retired: Former IAF Group Captain and Vir Chakra awardee Abhinandan Varthaman has joined Goa-based regional airline FL...
03 Sep, 2026, 04.02 PM IST
Fly91 orders 40 ATR-72 aircraft in $1-billion fleet expansion push across IndiaRegional airline Fly91 has placed an order for forty new ATR-72 turboprop aircraft, which will drastically increase its fleet size. Anticip...
02 Sep, 2026, 11.27 PM IST
Fly91 close to ordering at least 20 ATR turboprops, sources sayIndian airline Fly91 is close to ordering at least twenty ATR turboprop aircraft. This significant deal signals a strong bet on India's exp...
31 Aug, 2026, 06.18 PM IST
IndiGo in early talks with Embraer for large regional jet orderIndiGo parent InterGlobe Aviation is reportedly in early talks with Brazil’s Embraer for a potentially large order of E2 regional jets. The...
07 Aug, 2026, 06.14 PM IST
Turboprop maker ATR predicts demand for 10 aircraft per year in 2 decadesATR forecasts demand for ten aircraft annually in India over twenty years. Production capacity hinges on overcoming global supply chain con...
04 Aug, 2026, 01.01 AM IST
IndiGo to decide on next aircraft order in 2030 after assessing new-generation planes: Rahul BhatiaIndiGo plans to wait until the early 2030s before placing its next aircraft order as it evaluates next-generation aircraft technologies tha...
31 Jul, 2026, 01.34 PM IST
European plane maker ATR bullish on India; in talks with airlinesEuropean aircraft manufacturer ATR sees potential for 300 more turboprop aircraft over the next decade, citing India’s growing regional con...
08 Jun, 2025, 02.39 PM IST
ATR aircraft meant for North-East diverted to Bengaluru: Arunachal PradeshArunachal has claimed that the Union Civil Aviation Ministry had deprived the North Eastern state, in terms of development, by diverting a ...
09 Oct, 2015, 05.36 PM IST
Alliance Air to induct 8 ATR aircraft by end of 2015Alliance Air, national carrier Air India's subsidiary for regional operations, plans to expand its fleet by the end of next year by inducti...
03 Nov, 2014, 01.08 PM IST
Air India to dry lease eight 72-seater ATR aircraft to Alliance AirCurrently, Alliance Air has seven ATR-42 besides four Canadian Regional Jets (CRJs) in its fleet.
18 Nov, 2013, 07.18 PM IST
Vijay Mallya-promoted Kingfisher Airlines grounds 2 ATR Aircraft due to a cash crunchAt least 35 of Kingfisher's pilots have left the airlines over the past eight to nine months to join other rival carriers like IndiGo.
20 Jul, 2011, 10.10 AM IST
- Airlines go for small aircraft to reduce operating costs
With the high cost of aviation fuel threatening their existence, domestic airlines are preferring smaller and fuel-efficient aircraft to re...
05 Nov, 2008, 04.02 AM IST
- Airlines hire expat pilots to fly smaller aircraft
Indian pilots’ penchant for flying bigger aircraft and their disinclination to sit in cockpits of smaller aircraft, such as ATRs (40-70 sea...
28 Sep, 2007, 01.00 AM IST
- ATR eyes a piece of Indian sky
While Boeing plans to set up an MRO facility in Nagpur and Airbus is keen to operate an aviation engineering and design unit, Toulouse-base...
14 Sep, 2006, 12.42 AM IST