A passenger aircraft of budget carrier Indigo to Hyderabad returned to Mangaluru airport after a bomb alert by the Air Traffic Controller, an official said on Monday.
An IndiGo passenger on flight 6E 806 from Chennai to Bengaluru, Supriya Unni Nair, has alleged the flight captain Jayakrishna for being abusive, threatening her and her 75-year-old diabetic mother after she requested for a wheelchair for her mother. Matter under internal review, says IndiGo.
The DGCA on Monday extended the deadline for IndiGo to replace all 135 unmodified Pratt and Whitney (PW) engines from January 31 to May 31, a statement issued by the aviation regulator said.
To tap the booming Chinese market, IndiGo airlines has opened its first international call center comprising six employees at Guangzhou in China to cater to queries from passengers that speak in Cantonese, Mandarin and English.
"I am going to call Air India, IndiGo, SpiceJet and GoAir and also chairperson of the Khadi Gramodyog Commission, and request them to make both the choices available in flights," he said.
A city-bound IndiGo plane from Bengaluru made a priority landing at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport here on Monday due to a cabin pressurisation issue, a source said.
Later, IndiGo, in a statement said its Bengaluru-Mumbai plane was accorded priority landing due to an "air system indication caution" mid-air and that the aircraft was grounded for inspection.
Budget carrier IndiGo on Monday said it will commence operations to Agra with the launch of a direct flight from Bengaluru on March 5. The services on the new route will be operated under the government's regional connectivity scheme Udan, the airline said in a release.
Budget airline IndiGo on Friday announced that over the next two months it will start daily flights on six new routes which come under the Centre's regional connectivity scheme UDAN.
Singapore bound IndiGo flight was diverted to Nagpur due to oil leakage in the aircraft on January 1. IndiGo has confirmed the incident and issued a statement asserting that the aircraft was sent for technical inspection.
On Thursday, airlines cancelled flights to various places in Assam, which are witnessing unrest due to protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB).
An IndiGo A320 neo plane flying to Bengaluru had experienced high engine vibrations mid-air and returned to Mumbai airport. There were 180 passengers on board the aircraft.
IndiGo airlines have introduced a new flight on the segment between the city and Bengaluru. With this, the number of flights operating on this route has gone up to ten.
Aviation regulator DGCA on Monday instructed IndiGo to ensure that it grounds an old A320neo family aircraft with an unmodified Pratt and Whitney (PW) engine for every new A320neo plane added to its fleet.
An IndiGo flight made an emergency landing at the Chennai Airport today after a smoke alarm was heard in the cargo area of the plane. All passengers and crew onboard the aircraft were reported safe in the incident.
Interestingly, the country's civil aviation sector has been experiencing lower growth in traffic compared to previous years and there has also been softness in fares in October, according to industry experts.
In aviation parlance, a codeshare agreement allows two airlines to sell seats on each others' flights in order to provide passengers with a wider choice of destinations.
Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker added that he is interested in buying a stake in IndiGo but this is not the right time as issues among promoters are yet to be resolved.
Twitter users supported the actress and slammed the airline for mishandling the luggage.
Of the 97 aircraft, 23 have PW engines that have been used for more than 2,900 hours and have to be replaced in the first tranche by November 19, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) told the low-cost carrier.
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