Aviation

US-India airline ticket sales for Dec-Jan cross 2019 levels

US-India airline ticket sales for Dec-Jan cross 20...

November 25, 2022

In a sign of dramatic growth in air traffic between India and the United States this year, a report by Trevolution Group says that the sale of air tickets for US-India flights grew by close to 10 pc for December 2022 and January 2023, compared to the same period in 2019-20. Trevo...

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Domestic travel deals by Thomas Cook India & SOTC

Domestic travel deals by Thomas Cook India & S...

November 6, 2022

With the year-end travel season approaching rapidly, India’s largest travel firm, Thomas Cook India and its subsidiary, SOTC Travel have launched special holiday deals for Indians to discover and explore their own country’s iconic and diverse locales and experiences that comp...

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Aviation industry pins hopes on Farnborough 2022 for revival

Aviation industry pins hopes on Farnborough 2022 f...

July 17, 2022

Though global civil aviation has been returning to normalcy for the past few months, after an unprecedented slowdown due to the outbreak of Covid-19, in many ways it is Monday that marks the return to things as they were before the pandemic as Farnborough Air Show returns in its ...

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Nir-Or displays LAD for glass cockpit at the Farnborough Airshow

Nir-Or displays LAD for glass cockpit at the Farnb...

July 12, 2022

Nir-Or, a subsidiary of IMCO Industries Ltd. will unveil the next generation of Large Area Display (LAD) 20″ X 8″ for glass cockpit at the Farnborough International Airshow, that opens on July 18 in the United Kingdom. Nir-Or is a leading system integrator with a spec...

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79 pc domestic air travellers say airlines compromise on comfort

79 pc domestic air travellers say airlines comprom...

May 29, 2022

With the rise of several complaints by many passengers towards the Indian airlines, LocalCircles, one of the community social media platform in India has conducted a survey regarding the experiences of these passengers. After a quick enquiry, the Director General of Civil Aviatio...

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Boeing 737 Max: Challenging times ahead

Boeing 737 Max: Challenging times ahead

April 22, 2019

Last month’s crash of Ethiopian Airlines’ Boeing 737 Max aircraft brings the focus back on the safety of technologies in today’s fly-by-wire aircraft.

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Turbulent times for Indian aviation

Turbulent times for Indian aviation

April 6, 2019

The Indian aviation sector seems to be on a turbulent ride with airlines such as Jet Airways, Air India, IndiGo, and SpiceJet’s, struggle in dealing with financial and operational performances.

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Safety measures for flying Boeing 737 Max

Safety measures for flying Boeing 737 Max

March 12, 2019

After a fatal plane crash in Ethiopia that killed 157 people recently, India's civil aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has introduced additional safety measures for Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes.

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Amadeus drags Air India to court

Amadeus drags Air India to court

March 7, 2019

Air India`s decision to shift exclusively to a single global distribution system (GDS) platform has faced criticism from travel agents who have protested against the decision and said that this move is going to be a setback to its recovery.

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India records fastest full-year domestic aviation market growth: IATA

India records fastest full-year domestic aviation ...

February 8, 2019

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for 2018 showing that demand (revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose by a healthy 6.5 pc compared to full-year 2017. India showed significant double-digit growth in the domestic avia...

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