IndiGo flight smoke incident: This was yet another incident of technical malfunction in an airplane as several such incidents have been reported across airlines in the last few days.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) took strong cognizance against IndiGo and has sought a clarification behind the nationwide massive flight delays.
All passengers were accommodated on another flight to Delhi. The Aircraft being inspected, IndiGo said.
The trial operations of the flight began on Friday. While the trial flight on June 17 saw 88 passengers, including two infants, fly into Mangaluru, 99 passengers flew out to Mumbai.
The DGCA has said that IndiGo should try and enhance the training of staff in terms of sensitivity.
Elbers' appointment, which is subject to regulatory approvals, will be effective from on or before October 1, it said.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation had constituted a fact-finding committee to probe the matter. "The committee has submitted its report," the DGCA said in a statement on Monday.
Indigo airlines will also offer an electric wheelchair for the specially-abled child as a token of appreciation.
A social media post on Sunday alleged the staff of IndiGo airlines barred an adolescent with special needs from boarding a plane along with his parents at the Ranchi airport on Saturday.
Lately, domestic airlines have started to raise pilots' pay as passenger traffic inches closer to pre-Covid levels.
In the past, RK Singh has served as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation and has served on the Boards of Air India, Indian Airlines, Alliance Air, Air India Charters Limited (Air India Express) among others.
The 72-seater IndiGo flight with 62 passengers on board was to take off around 9 am
At present, IndiGo has a fleet of over 275 aircraft. The airline operates over 1,500 daily flights connecting 73 domestic and 24 international destinations.
India on Saturday began the evacuation of its citizens from Romania and Hungary -- countries sharing borders with Ukraine -- as the Ukrainian airspace has been closed since February 24 when the military offensive began.
The airline encouraged the customers to digital channels since the call centers have been handling a large volume of calls.
MoS Finance Dr Bhagwat Karad, a doctor by profession helped a fellow passenger in an IndiGo flight who complained of giddiness and is a hypotension patient.
Kanpur is the 71st domestic city to be connected by IndiGo flights.
Managed and operated by IndiGo, the Rewards Programme is linked to a co-branded card wherein members can earn rewards by using such card on IndiGo and other merchants and redeem them for availing the benefits. 6E is the airline code for IndiGo.
Akasa Air, which is backed by former IndiGo president Aditya Ghosh, ace investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala and former Jet Airways CEO Vinay Dube, got NOC from Civil Aviation Ministry on Monday.
A Hyderabad-bound Indigo flight that departed from Kolkata made an emergency landing at Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in Bhubaneswar following a medical emergency.
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