Flights

In a drawback for travellers, flights to II-tier cities are soon going to be expensive. As per sources, Civil Aviation decided to hike fares, amid the recent announcement of a hike in small airport charges. Notably, the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation increased the landing and parking charges at smaller airports in India by 30%, whereas user development fees by four times. The hike in rates will be applicable soon.

The 47-member Indian rescue team, which went to the earthquake hit Turkey-Syria, returned to India on February 17. The team of NDRF along with dog squad Rambo and Honey flew to India after conducting a 10-day rescue operation in the quake hit region. After 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Turkey-Syria, the Indian Government announced 'Operation Dost'and sent a team from the Indian Army to set up rescue zones in Turkey.

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has given the Indian Space Research Organization the Crew Module Fairing (CMF) and High-altitude Escape Motor Thrust-transfer Structure. The transfer comes only days after Isro successfully tested the Low Altitude Escape Motor, which will power the Crew Escape System. In the event of an emergency, it will expel the Gaganyaan crew module, which contains astronauts. The mission's hardware was supplied by the… read-more

A flight operated by IndiGo with a destination of Kolkata slid as it taxied for takeoff in Jorhat, Assam on July 28. In accordance with a statement released by IndiGo Airlines, no passengers were hurt during the event, and no faults were found in the aircraft during the initial investigation. A team has been assembled to investigate the occurrence. Further information… read-more

IndiGo aircraft from Sharjah to Hyderabad was redirected to Pakistan's Karachi airport after the pilot claimed technical fault. IndiGo stated that another flight will be dispatched to Karachi to transport passengers to Hyderabad. This is the second time in two weeks that an Indian airline has made an emergency landing in Karachi. Previously, on July 5, a SpiceJet flight from New Delhi to Dubai had to undergo an emergency landing.