Flying

Chennai-based startup Waterfly Technologies’ Wing-in-Ground (WIG) craft, also known as seagliders, offer a zero-carbon, high-speed alternative

Monopoly, ahoy! Indigo is the sole airline flying on 552 out of 1,048 routes in India

Of the 1,048 routes within India, 769 are a monopoly, with only one airline operating. No player will be expanding rapidly in the immediate future, so IndiGo will remain the dominant player, with over 60 percent market share, for some time to come.

Peeing on co-passenger, shouting at crew: 4 mid-air incidents involving Indians

Air India peeing incident, IndiGo argument and other chaotic incidents reported on flights recently.

18-year-old pilot makes emergency landing with crying grandmother, cousins on board

Brock Peters flew his family a short distance as a holiday gift. During the journey, their rented plane's engine malfunctioned.

Captain Zoya Agarwal: 'I've had to really fight to show the power of women in the aviation sector'

In March 2020, in the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, Captain Zoya Agarwal with her team served as frontline volunteers and she co-piloted the first repatriation flight to India

DGCA again asks airlines, airports to ensure strict COVID-19 guidelines as cases rise

The DGCA has also asked airlines to take strict action against passengers who do not comply with the directions.

What SpiceJet’s launch of 42 ‘new’ flights really means

Time will tell how many of these routes sustain or are withdrawn but any airline expanding is a good sign in the current times and an indicator that travel is making a comeback.

SpiceJet’s Ajay Singh hints at higher fares this busy season

Weighed by the twin impact of a weaker rupee and higher fuel costs as well as one-time provision, SpiceJet posted a loss of Rs 38 crore in June quarter against a net profit of Rs 175 crore in the same period a year ago.

Govt permits flying commercial drones day-time from December 1, caps flying altitude at 400 feet

DGCA has put drones into 5 categories based on their weight, namely nano, micro, small, medium and large

Jet, SpiceJet, InterGlobe up 1-3%, airlines await policy boost

The Cabinet is expected to take final call on the existing 5/20 rule. The 5/20 rule states that airlines must have completed at least 5 years of flying and have 20 fleets to be allowed to fly international flights.

Discounted seats would have gone unsold: Sun Group

Sun Group CFO SL Narayanan says the low-cost airline is not reducing its effective revenue per seat kilometer. The inventory that is being put out for sale is highly controlled.

Dreamliners may fly again by mid-April

The Dreamliner planes of Air India may fly again by mid-April, with the airline expressing hope that a permanent solution to the battery-fire that led to the grounding of all the 50 Boeing 787s flying worldwide will be achieved by the month-end, official sources said today.

Domestic and international flying slots to KFA withdrawn

Spelling more trouble for beleaguered Kingfisher Airlines, Government today announced withdrawal of all domestic and international flying slots of the grounded carrier with immediate effect and decided to allot them to other Indian airlines.

Is there such a thing as 'airplane headache'?

Flying is a headache for many people, but for some that figure of speech becomes literal with "airplane headache," a form of pain that flares up during landing, researchers said.