IndiGo, Air India among 25 flights receive bomb threats

As many as 25 flights of Indian airlines received bomb threats on Sunday, causing hardships to hundreds of passengers and forcing authorities to move scores of planes to isolation bays at airports......

Spate of bomb hoaxes continue, 30 flights threatened today

More than 30 flights operated by Indian airlines received bomb threats on Saturday, sending security agencies into a tizzy and causing hardships to hundreds of passengers as well as staff at......

Kerala Strikers team deplaned for 'misbehaviour'

The 28-member Kerala Strikers team, en route to Hyderabad to participate in the ongoing Celebrity Cricket League, were on Friday deplaned from an Indigo Airlines Kochi-Hyderabad flight for alleged......

DGCA begins 2-month-long special audit of airlines after technical snags

Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation has started a 2-month-long special audit of airlines after its spot checks earlier this month found that insufficient and unqualified......

3 airports hike landing charges, push up ticket cost

Mumbai, Bengaluru and Kochi airports have hiked landing charges by up to 45 per cent, increasing the operating cost for airlines at a time they confront severe financial distress. Photograph: PTI......

Airlines hope to fly high on festive fervour

After being hit by a fuel price hike and capacity cut, airlines such as Jet Airways, Kingfisher, SpiceJet and IndiGo are adding more flights in the domestic routes, anticipating better demand in......

As Jet grounds planes, AirAsia, Vistara launch more flights

Over 70 per cent of Jet’s fleet has been grounded, leading to massive cancellations. Tata-group owned airlines AirAsia India and Vistara have announced 11 new flights from Mumbai after the......

How domestic airlines are planning to counter Vistara

Jet Airways, for instance, is refurbishing aircraft cabins and improving in-flight menus. As competition in the Indian aviation space hots up, with Vistara taking to the skies next month, domestic......