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Preliminary report in Air India crash expected to be released by Friday, sources say

SECTOR | 09 Jul 2025, 09:11AM

Business Line

The London-bound Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which started losing height after reaching an altitude of 650 feet, crashed moments after takeoff from Ahmedabad, killing 241 of the 242 people on board and the rest on the ground

Preliminary report in Air India crash expected to be released by Friday

Business Standard | 09 Jul 2025, 07:37AM 1 more

Boeing Delivers Most Jets In 18 Months With Boost From Beijing

NDTV Profit | 08 Jul 2025, 09:26PM

Three nationalisations: Lessons from govt's approach to SBI, LIC, Air India

SECTOR | 08 Jul 2025, 10:23PM

Business Standard

A common factor uniting the three entities is that they all belonged to the services sector

Conduct safety audit of domestic aircraft: Parliamentary panel to DGCA

Business Standard | 08 Jul 2025, 08:56PM 9 more

Parliamentary Panel Meeting: DGCA Assures Of Mechanism To Curb Airfare Surge; MPs Flag Aviation Safety

NDTV Profit | 08 Jul 2025, 07:13PM

Parliament seeks answers on Air India crash, fare hike post-Pahalgam attack

Business Standard | 08 Jul 2025, 04:50PM

AAIB submits preliminary report on AI-171 crash to Ministry of Civil Aviation: Sources

Business Line | 08 Jul 2025, 01:52PM

Ahmedabad crash: AAIB submits initial report to Ministry of Civil Aviation

Business Standard | 08 Jul 2025, 01:48PM

Air India Crash: Preliminary Investigation Report Submitted, Say Sources

NDTV Profit | 08 Jul 2025, 01:36PM

Shankh Air looks to expand regional connectivity in UP, other places

Business Line | 08 Jul 2025, 12:12PM

Future "Very Strong And Bright" As India's Consumption Boosts Travel, Says Tata Sons Chairman

NDTV Profit | 07 Jul 2025, 06:02PM

Pilot medical test mandate by DGCA sparks concern in aviation sector

Business Standard | 07 Jul 2025

Air India crash: The cost of risk in modern aviation

Business Line | 07 Jul 2025

Delhi airport emerges as world's 9th busiest airport in 2024: ACI

SECTOR | 08 Jul 2025, 02:54PM

Business Standard

Delhi airport has been ranked the world's 9th busiest airport, handling more than 7.7 crore passengers in 2024, a report released on Tuesday said. Airports Council International's list of the world's 20 busiest airports is topped by Atlanta airport in the US which processed 10,80,67,766 passengers, followed by Dubai airport (9,23,31,506 passengers) and Dallas/Fort Worth airport in the US (8,78,17,864 passengers) at the second and third spots, respectively. "Global passenger traffic hit a new high in 2024, surpassing 9.4 billion travellers -- up 8.4 per cent from 2023 and 2.7 per cent above pre-pandemic levels (2019)... The top-20 airports alone processed 1.54 billion passengers, capturing 16 per cent of global traffic," the release said. In 2024, the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in the national capital handled 7,78,20,834 passengers, improving its ranking to the 9th position from 10th in 2023. The figure is based on the total number of enplaned and deplaned passenger

Akasa Air Partners With GMR Aero Technic For Base Maintenance Of Boeing 737 MAX Planes

SECTOR | 07 Jul 2025, 05:04PM

NDTV Profit

Currently, the airline has 30 Boeing 737 MAX planes.

Bali Says 24 Flights Canceled Following Volcanic Eruption

SECTOR | 07 Jul 2025, 03:56PM

NDTV Profit

Jetstar Airways and Virgin Australia canceled several Australia flights, while AirAsia Indonesia two domestic flights.

Air India's Riyadh-Delhi flight diverted to Jaipur due to bad weather

SECTOR | 07 Jul 2025, 02:12PM

Business Standard

The flight was originally scheduled to land at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport at around 1 am on July 7 but inclement weather in Delhi forced the aircraft to be rerouted to Jaipur

Thai Lion Air flight returns to parking bay after developing 'technical snag'

SECTOR | 05 Jul 2025

Business Line

The Boeing 737-800 new generation aircraft developed a flap-related problem and therefore the aircraft returned to the parking bay after push back following which the flight had to be cancelled