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Delhi T3 is India’s only airport terminal capable of receiving A380 The Emirates Airbus A380 ‘superjumbo’ aircraft on July 15 flew to the swanky T3 of Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi to a rousing welcome. The passenger jet with 543 people on board — including 26 crew...
July 26th, 2010 | Aviation, Featured | Read MoreAir traffic in India continues to rise
Total passengers carried during second quarter is 135 lakhs Jet Airways and its subsidiary JetLite together garnered the largest chunk of passengers flying 35.28 lakh, followed by Kingfisher at 28.42 lakh and Air India (Domestic) 23.69 lakh. Air traffic in India continued to show a marked improvement...
July 23rd, 2010 | Aviation | Read MoreThe T3 Vismaya
New Delhi Airport’s Terminal 3 is sixth largest in the world India is projecting the new, swanky Terminal 3 at IGI as an example of country’s growing prosperity and confidence.New Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport’s Terminal 3 that was inaugurated on July 3 by Prime Minister...
July 23rd, 2010 | Aviation | Read MoreClose Encounters of the Feathered Kind
Bird strike a serious safety hazard at Indian airports too AH Correspondent Though they are so tiny and light when compared with the magnificent flying machines, birds always had represented a serious threat to aircraft. Thought most of the striking of birds with aircraft do not result in any significant...
July 22nd, 2010 | Aviation, Featured | Read MoreFour bird-hits within one month
July 08: Massive bird activity at IGI New Delhi resulted in grounding of a Cathy Pacific flight after bird strikes. Operations had to be stalled at the airport on about four occasions. July 07: SpiceJet flight SJ- 913 suffered a bird-hit at Jaipur while taxing soon after it arrived from Ahmedabad on...
July 22nd, 2010 | Aviation | Read MoreConcerns Paramount in the southern skies
With a single aircraft the airline struggle to stay alive AH Correspondent According to airport authorities, Paramount had been operating its services with a single Embraer aircraft VT-PAC to destinations like Madurai,Coimbatore and Trivandrum for quite some time On July 07, an official of Paramount...
July 22nd, 2010 | Aviation | Read MoreDelta will add First-Class Seats in long distance domestic flights
Delta Air Lines said it will add first class seats this year to domestic flights longer than 750 miles or about two and a half hours long trips. After this addition 50 routes that feature Delta Connection flights with just one service class will have both first and economy class.Meals and linen service...
July 9th, 2010 | Aviation | Read MoreIATA brings transparency to Baggage rules
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced Automated Carrier Baggage Rules (ACBR), the latest project in IATA’s Simplifying the Business program. ACBR will provide a central database for interline baggage rules, enabling airlines, travel agents, and passengers to know what baggage...
July 9th, 2010 | Aviation | Read MoreAs you sow, so you……
Erring Airlines boomeranged….. Zero Airlines have to be put up with this age-old adage. Indiscreetly,they had raised a Damocles’ sword against Travel Agents and Associations, moving the Competition Commissioner of India through a devious Agent to penalize Travel Associations that boycotted zero...
July 7th, 2010 | Aviation | Read MoreAerospace university to set up in Gujarat
Gujarat is set to become a seat of learning for aviation studies. The state will house India’s first aerospace university near Valsad in south Gujarat —presently, there are only two such universities in the world. Gujarat Vittal Innovation City (GVIC),a joint venture between state government...
June 11th, 2010 | Aviation | Read More
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