Civil aviation sector's challenges boosted resolve to enhance safety, public confidence: OfficialCivil Aviation Secretary Samir Kumar Sinha also said India's domestic air passenger traffic has grown at an annual average rate of 9 per ce...
19 Dec, 2025, 06.49 PM IST
France hits disruptive air passengers with fines up to €20,000 and flight bansFrance has implemented strict new rules for unruly passengers on flights. Fines can now reach twenty thousand Euros. Passengers may also fa...
20 Nov, 2025, 10.35 PM IST
23 years ago on July 25 Concorde crashed killing all 109 on board; marked the end of an era in supersonic air travelIn 2000, tragedy struck as an Air France Concorde, en route to New York, crashed shortly after takeoff near Paris. The devastating accident...
25 Jul, 2023, 04.28 PM IST
Black box from Nepal plane crash to be sent to Singapore for analysisIt was initially suggested the black box be taken to France where the aircraft was manufactured, but Nepalese authorities now plan to send ...
26 Jan, 2023, 12.09 PM IST
Why does Nepal's aviation industry have safety issues? An expert explainsThe aircraft was en route from Nepal's capital Kathmandu to Pokhara, the country's second largest city, situated under the picturesque Anna...
17 Jan, 2023, 11.10 AM IST
Challenge is to maintain, improve India's aviation safety ranking: DGCA chiefIn the latest rankings by the Indian Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), India's position has jumped to the 48th place from 102nd spot in 2...
04 Dec, 2022, 05.33 PM IST
Boeing 737 MAX to fly again in Europe, angering some crash relativesA green light from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is a key step towards resolving an almost two-year safety crisis after ...
25 Jan, 2021, 10.05 PM IST
Indians to be hit as EU suspends Turkmenistan Airlines from UKTurkmenistan, a former Soviet Union country, had set up its flagship airline in 1992. Its other flights to be affected by the EU suspension...
04 Feb, 2019, 06.39 PM IST
Warren Buffet-owned FlightSafety International signs pact with Deccan ChartersThe training will provide a major fillip to the budding regional aviation sector and the business aircraft segment in the country.
06 Jun, 2015, 07.53 PM IST
Air France Paris-Rio crash due to human error: ExpertsThe five experts said the "predominance of human factors in causing the accident and acting as contributory factors had been clearly establ...
13 May, 2014, 10.37 PM IST
Indian charter planes face scrutiny abroadThe DGCA had earlier this month formed two teams to check foreign aircraft and charter planes from abroad were high on their list for inspe...
21 Feb, 2014, 08.41 AM IST
Final report on Boeing 787 battery probe to come in fall: USThe agency said its final report on the incident at Boston Logan International Airport would be presented at a public meeting in Washington...
08 Jan, 2014, 11.03 PM IST
Rafale fighter aircraft deal not to be inked during visit of French Prez Francois HollandeThe contract between India and France on sale of Rafale fighter aircraft will not be signed during the visit of French President Francois H...
11 Feb, 2013, 05.39 PM IST
Faulty speed sensors found on jetsOn at least a dozen recent flights malfunctioning equipment made it impossible for the pilots to know how fast they were flying.
08 Aug, 2009, 01.43 PM IST
- Jet dismisses two senior pilots
Jet Airways pilots have gone on work-to-rule agitation to protest against the management’s decision. They will now operate only their sched...
05 Aug, 2009, 01.01 PM IST
- France, Eurocopter plan aviation training school in India
France on Wednesday said it is planning to set up an aviation training school in India together with helicopter maker Eurocopter, even as i...
14 May, 2008, 08.51 PM IST
- France offers to help India modernise railways
France will sign an agreement with India to help modernise its massive railway system with a focus on safety, training and technology inclu...
13 May, 2008, 02.08 PM IST