Potpourri

If you are a frequent flyer, then   www.flightstats.com   is a great and effective way (if not the best way) for you to keep a track of t...

Recently a lady pilot of IndiGo was found to have forged her marksheets of DGCA Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) test, thereby getting...

An Indian civil aviation sector watcher may not find it very striking to know that Air India Domestic has lost its 3rd position in terms of ...

The Indian government is likely to extend the 31st July 2011 deadline for phasing out expatriate pilots. If that happens, then it will be a ...

The Air India authority has grounded two of its pilots for the hard landing of an Airbus A319. The two pilots were in charge of the Mumbai-R...

It was really heartening to know that the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has decided to install solar powered AC in the Leh airport in La...

Whether you are a History buff or not, you must have read about the Bourbon dynasty of France, right? Well, in case you cannot recall, then ...

Among many factors that are being highlighted as the ones to have triggered the tragic Mangalore air crash is the point that the Bajpe airpo...

Indian private carrier Jet Airways has tied up with SBI Card, wherein the carrier’s customers can book their tickets through Jet Airways por...

Bavicca Bharathi of Marol (a part of the bigger suburb of Mumbai’s Andheri East area) became India’s youngest pilot after acquiring a Commer...

Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has ordered the grounding of Paramount Airways, the Coimbatore-based regional carrier. So wha...

The recent chaos in the global air travel, caused by an Icelandic volcanic eruption, probably established this point that there must be a gu...

A good news for the Indian civil aviation sector is that the private air carriers are constantly trying to upgrade themselves, in terms of i...

IndiGo – the Indian Low Cost Carrier (or budget carrier) with largest market share – is planning a hefty IPO of around Rs 2000 crores. Some ...

There has been a positive development for the troubled Indian carrier Air India, with Swiss International Airlines renewing a code sharing a...

Jet Airways, along with its low-cost subsidiary JetLite, has retained its No. 1 position in the Indian civil aviation arena, consecutively f...

It is really worth watching whether US aviation firms decide to set up bases in India. During his US tour the Indian Civil Aviation Minist...

The Indian Government is reportedly mulling a National Aeronautics Commission, which will act as the umbrella organization for all research ...

British Airways (BA) has signed a merger deal with Spain’s Iberia to form Europe’s third biggest airlines. The merger will come into life un...

For quite some time Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines have been the only two private airlines to fly abroad. But now they have to share th...