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SECTOR | 09 Apr 2025

IndiGo turns world's most valuable airline, m-cap tops Delta Airlines'

Business Standard

IndiGo is the only Indian carrier among world's top 10 airlines, runs 15,768 flights weekly

Aviation

SECTOR | 08 Apr 2025

Bengaluru's second airport site hunt progresses as AAI team inspects two sites in Kanakapura Road

Business Line

The proposal for a second airport comes at a time when Kempegowda International Airport is experiencing strong growth in passenger traffic.

71% of Bhogapuram airport works completed, says Civil Aviation Minister Rammohan Naidu

Business Line | 08 Apr 2025 1 more

Aviation

SECTOR | 08 Apr 2025

Hotels, Aviation, Food Delivery Are Samir Arora's Top Sectoral Picks Amid US Tariffs Here's Why

NDTV Profit

Food delivery companies are outperforming benchmarks by 10%. Zomato is Helios Capital's top pick in the space, Arora said.

Aviation

SECTOR | 07 Apr 2025

Aviation Watchdogs Face Manpower Shortage Of Up To 48%

NDTV Profit

At DGCA, nearly 48% of the posts are vacant, while it is 37% in the case of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security and the Airports Authority of India.

Aviation watchdogs DGCA, BCAS, AAI grapple with manpower shortage

Business Standard | 07 Apr 2025

Aviation

SECTOR | 07 Apr 2025

IndiGo flight makes emergency landing after woman dies during flight

Business Standard

An IndiGo Airlines flight made an emergency landing at the airport in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar after an 89-year-old woman died onboard, an airport official said on Monday. The Mumbai-Varanasi flight made an emergency landing at the Chikalthana Airport on Sunday night, he said. The official said Sushila Devi, a native of Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh, boarded the flight from Mumbai and started feeling unwell mid-air. He said the flight landed at the Chikalthana Airport due to a medical emergency around 10 pm. A medical team examined the woman on landing, but she had already succumbed. The MIDC CIDCO police station did the necessary formalities, and the flight proceeded for its onward journey to Varanasi, the official said. According to the airline, the woman's body was sent to the Government Medical College and Hospital in Chhatrapati Sambhjinagar.

Aviation

SECTOR | 07 Apr 2025

Air India Pushes Jet Upgrade To Lure Back Disgruntled Passengers

NDTV Profit

The multi-year turnaround program will initially focus on the airline's 27 Boeing Co. 787-8 Dreamliners that are more than 10 years old in some cases.

Air India launches major jet revamp to lure back disgruntled passengers

Business Standard | 07 Apr 2025

Aviation

SECTOR | 07 Apr 2025

From aviation to agriculture: How China's retaliatory tariffs will impact U.S. companies

Economic Times

China is imposing 34% tariffs on all U.S. goods affecting industries like aviation, semiconductors, and agriculture. Boeing, Intel, and U.S. farm equipment companies will face significant impacts. This move also includes suspensions on certain agricultural imports. These actions are part of a retaliatory measure against U.S. President Donald Trump's policies.

Aviation

SECTOR | 06 Apr 2025

AERA likely to reject Mumbai international airport's legal cost claim

Business Standard

Adani Group-led MIAL, which operates the Mumbai airport, has requested AERA to include legal expenses under operating costs, as this would result in higher tariffs being approved by the regulator

Aviation

SECTOR | 05 Apr 2025

Air India asked me to fly in broken seat or get refund: Goa AAP leader

Business Standard

Goa AAP president Amit Palekar on Friday evening claimed Air India told him that his seat on a Delhi to Seoul flight was broken, and he could either choose to fly or take a refund, which prompted the airline to respond that it was "reviewing his concern". Palekar shared a post and video on X about his experience. "I am at the counter (at the Delhi airport) and I have been told by the staff...that my confirmed seat is unserviceable, it does not recline. I have to give a consent, which is a kind of forced consent because I have no other choice but to fly because I have connecting flights....and Air India is saying either we will give you complete refund and you choose another option, or you fly this seat which is a broken seat," he said in the video. In his post, Palekar wrote, "Welcome to @airindia. This is a common feature for those flying on Air India to face this ordeal of being told that your seat is not reclining or broken after paying full fare." "This is my third time. I...

Aviation

SECTOR | 04 Apr 2025

Bengaluru Airport crosses 41 mn-mark in passenger handling, sees 25% surge in international travel

Business Line

Cargo handling is also up 14% on year, driven by a 21 per cent rise in international cargo