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07-09-2008

Indian Aviation News

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  • A year after merger, staff integration still absent in NACIL
    Mumbai: Despite a year after the merger of the two public sector airlines, Air India and Indian, staff integration has still not taken place due to the absence of a clear line of command.
    "A year after their ...

  • New navigation system fails to ease congestion at Mumbai airport
    Mumbai: Officials says PBNS, implemented last week, will not make any difference until infrastructure is improved.
    The Performance-Based Navigation System (PBNS), which was introduced last week by the Mumbai ...

  • Air traffic drops at Shamshabad
    Hyderabad: The State government has stated that the volume of air traffic at the new Shamshabad airport here has dropped on account of road connectivity problems and hike in price of aviation fuel.
    Against 23...

  • Aircraft damaged after hit by catering vehicle
    Kozhikode: An Air India Express aircraft was damaged on Saturday after a catering vehicle hit its wing at the Kozhikode International Airport, an official said.
    The accident took place when the aircraft was ...

  • BIT signs MoU for Flying Training Institute
    Birla Institute of Technology,Mesra has signed an MOU with the Jamshedpur Cooperative Flying Club (JCFC) to establish a joint venture flying training institute that will provide the flying training required ...

  • Maya to call it a day for Kanpur flying club
    Lucknow: After spending about Rs 2 crore annually on a defunct flying club in Kanpur for more than five years, the Uttar Pradesh government has finally decided to get rid of all the rusting trainer aircraft....

  • HAL plans maintenance base in Ecuador
    New Delhi: Upbeat over the encouraging export orders of Advance Light Helicopter - Dhruv, aerospace major Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has decided to set up a maintenance base for the chopper in Ecuad...

  • Air India, Jet Airways cut fares on London sector
    New Delhi/Mumbai: National Aviation Co. of India Ltd-run Air India, Jet Airways (India) Ltd and international carriers have cut fares of London flights by Rs10,000 to Rs12,000, a day after Kingfisher Airline...

  • Pvt airports attract soaring corporate interest
    The government had recently announced a greenfield airport policy under which all such proposals would be routed through the steering committee set up by the ministry of civil aviation to give quicker cleara...

  • British Airways eyes India tie-up
    UK flag carrier British Airways (BA) plans to tie up with an Indian domestic carrier in a franchise partnership.
    If the move comes through, it would pave the way for international carriers to extend their net...

  • Madhuri Dixit keeps PIA passengers entertained
    Islamabad: Bollywood's former diva Madhuri Dixit may have failed to impress her Indian fans with her comeback film "Aaja Nachle", but she seems to be Pakistan International Airline's best bet for keeping pas...

  • Lufthansa to Increase Flights to India
    German airline Lufthansa will increase the number of connections from Germany to India, including the addition of daily flights between the cities of Munich and Mumbai, said an airline official.
    "There is tre...

  • Airlines bet high on ATF futures as MCX
    With crude falling to five-month low on Wednesday, the aviation industry is not willing to repeat its mistake. All the airline companies have begun examining seriously the option of trading in aviation turbi...

  • Close shave for Sonia, PC as jet makes emergency landing
    New Delhi/Bangalore: Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Finance Minister P Chidambaram had a close shave on Thursday when an engine of the Falcon aircraft they were on developed a snag. The twin-engine jet,...

  • Remains of 17 found at Congo crash site
    The remains of 17 passengers on board a humanitarian flight which crashed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have been found, the United Nations (UN) has confirmed.
    The aid plane crashed into a mountain ...


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  • Maya to call it a day for Kanpur flying club
    Lucknow: After spending about Rs 2 crore annually on a defunct flying club in Kanpur for more than five years, the Uttar Pradesh government has finally decided to get rid of all the rusting trainer aircraft....

  • Careers in aviation grow even as sector witnesses slowdown
    New Delhi: The Indian aviation sector may have hit an air pocket because of an industry slowdown and rising airfares, but a leading travel and tourism training institute says this is temporary - the sector w...

  • Utah aviation school has international appeal
    In 1979, Susan Horstman became the first female pilot hired by Pan American World Airlines. Today, she is keeping one of Salt Lake City's busiest flight schools in the air. Horstman, 56, is Chief Executive O...

  • BIT signs MoU for Flying Training Institute
    Birla Institute of Technology,Mesra has signed an MOU with the Jamshedpur Cooperative Flying Club (JCFC) to establish a joint venture flying training institute that will provide the flying training required ...

  • Yet another crash involving Indian students abroad
    Provincial police have identified three men injured in a small plane crash Monday in central Ontario.
    The men were in a single-engine Cessna that crashed into a farmer's field near Shelburne, northwest of Ora...

  • Flight Dispatchers? Exam from 10 to 12 Sept
    DGCA has announced the schedule for Flight Dispatchers? (FDEG) Examination, September, 2008 Session.
    The examination will be conducted at New Delhi and Mumbai Centers only. The candidates appearing at Mumbai ...

  • Computer numbers allotted
    Computer numbers for flight crew examinations are allotted and the list is published here in the DGCA website.
    Check the correctness of the data in the notification against your name including spellings. In ...

  • DGCA to reduce flying hours for aspiring pilots by half
    To offer respite to students appearing for commercial pilot license (CPL), the director general of civil aviation (DGCA) has drafted a circular which relaxes the number of flying hours.
    On August 6, 2008, aft...

  • Madras Flying Club ready to return fees of trainee pilots
    Chennai: A cloud of uncertainty hangs over the future of the trainee pilots of Madras Flying Club (MFC), now in doldrums because of the dearth of instructors.
    Two hundred students, no flying lessons, one chie...

  • Airline woes ground pilot dreams
    Tumbling air traffic and aircraft utilisation have reduced demand for pilots, especially those holding commercial pilot licences (CPL), grounding many a dream.
    Twenty-nine-year-old Pan-kaj Desai (name changed...

  • Bahrain Air in search of Indian talent
    Bahrain Air is now looking for A 320/A 319 Captains, A 320/A 319 Co-pilots, Flight Attendants (Females only), Flight Dispatchers, Assistant Legal Advisor & Web Designer.

    Pilots candidates should've the follo...

  • I wish I hadn't given him the chance to fly: pilot's father
    New Delhi: The parents of Akash Anantha, the 24-year-old Indian who died in a mid-air crash last week, had to go into debt so that he could fulfil his dream and come to Melbourne to learn how to fly.
    Anantha ...

  • Dead student pilot?s parents blame Melbourne club
    Bangalore: Three days after 24-year-old Bangalore-based trainee pilot Akash Anantha died in a mid-air crash in Melbourne, Australia, his parents blamed the Royal Victoria Aero Club for the accident.
    Speaking ...

  • Fiery death for man who came here to learn to fly
    Akash Ananth was just one of a growing stream of overseas students coming to Melbourne to learn to fly.
    The 24-year-old's parents in India were last night mourning his death after the light plane he was flyin...

  • Pilot student from India dies on first solo flight
    Melbourne: A trainee pilot on his first solo flight died when his plane clipped another aircraft and crashed, barely missing several homes and a school in Melbourne today.
    The aviation student from India cra...


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