Rat holds up Air India flight to RiyadhOctober 4th, 2009 KOZHIKODE - A rat has possibly done it, again. An Air India flight to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia was held up here Sunday, possibly due to a rat in the aircraft.
Technical snag in Jet flight carrying ChidambaramOctober 2nd, 2009 CHENNAI - A Coimbatore-bound Jet Airways flight with union Home Minister P. Chidambaram and 63 others on board returned to Chennai after developing a technical snag Friday.
Kerala charters Kingfisher flight to take Thekkady victims homeOctober 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Kerala government has chartered a Kingfisher Airline flight to take the bodies of the Thekkady boat tragedy to Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kolkata, a state government official said Thursday. "The flight is expected to take off from Kochi (in Kerala) at 10 p.m.
Kingfisher flight makes emergency landing in MumbaiSeptember 15th, 2009 MUMBAI - A Mumbai to Bangalore Kingfisher Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing at Mumbai Airport soon after take-off after its landing gear malfunctioned on Tuesday. Preliminary reports quoting sources said that Kingfisher Flight IT 103, which was carrying 98 passengers headed for Bangalore reported a gear malfunction soon after take off to Air Traffic Control (ATC).
Four-member team set up to probe Air India fire incidentSeptember 5th, 2009 MUMBAI - A four-member in-house committee has been set up to probe the Air India fire incident that took place at Mumbai International Airport on Friday. Nearly 200 passengers were onboard on Riyadh bound Air India flight (AI-829) while the aircraft's left engine caught fire while taking off.
DGCA recommends derostering of Air India maintenance engineer for fuel leakSeptember 4th, 2009 MUMBAI - The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has ordered the derostering of the maintenance engineer who was working on Air India flight 829 after it developed a fuel leak. The DGCA has ordered a detailed probe into the fuel leak from the wings of an Air India flight that caused one of the engines to catch fire.
Fuel leak behind Air India flight fire: ExpertsSeptember 4th, 2009 MUMBAI - Aviation experts on Friday said that a fuel leak from the wings of an Air India flight caused one of the engines to catch fire. Ruling out the possibility of a technical snag leading to the grounding of the aircraft at Mumbai Airport on Friday morning, the experts said the fuel leaked onto the heated engines of the aircraft and that had caused the fire.
IndiGo flight makes emergency landing at HyderabadSeptember 1st, 2009 HYDERABAD - A Bangalore-Delhi IndiGo flight Tuesday had to make an emergency landing at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) here due to a technical snag. All 99 passengers and crew on board were safe, an official said.
Jet Airways flight makes emergency landing at Delhi airportAugust 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Jet Airways flight with 63 passengers on board made an emergency landing at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here Tuesday following a technical snag in its undercarriage wheels. The pilot of Flight 9W 2601, which was on its way from Delhi to Vadodara, detected problems in the undercarriage wheels around 40 minutes after the take-off and made emergency landing by around 6.10 p.m., airport officials said.
Kingfisher set to expand international networkJuly 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's private carrier Kingfisher Airlines is planning to launch flights on eight international routes this year, it said Saturday. We have planned a roadmap for the next phase of international routes.
Jeddah-Mumbai flight tyres burst on landing, passengers safeJuly 4th, 2009 MUMBAI - Passengers aboard a Saudia airliner on a Jeddah-Mumbai flight had a scare when its tyres burst during landing at Mumbai airport Saturday evening, an official said. The Saudia flight, SV-744, was landing around 6.30 p.m.
Air India flight makes emergency landing at DelhiJune 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An Air India flight to Hyderabad made an emergency landing here Monday, an hour after taking off from the Indira Gandhi International Airport. The airline said all passengers were flown to their destinations in another aircraft.
New terminal at Delhi airport becomes operationalApril 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The new domestic departure terminal of the Indira Gandhi International airport became operational here Sunday with an Indigo flight taking off for Guwahati early in the morning. A spokesperson of airport developer Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), a GMR-led consortium, told IANS: 'The first Indigo flight for Guwahati took off at 5.30 a.m.
Daily Kingfisher flights to Colombo from Bangalore, ChennaiJanuary 18th, 2009 BANGALORE - Kingfisher Airlines Monday launched daily direct flights to Colombo from Bangalore and Chennai, the airlines said here. 'The flights on these two new routes will be operated using brand new Airbus A320 aircraft,' it said in a press release.
Kingfisher to launch Mumbai-London flight MondayJanuary 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Vijay Mallya-led Kingfisher Airlines will launch its daily non-stop Mumbai-London flight from Monday. 'We will launch our first flight from Mumbai to London tomorrow (Monday),' a Kingfisher spokesperson said Sunday.
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