Home ministry sounds 'powder' alert at airports

The home ministry has sounded alert at all small and major airports to tighten security and seize any suspicious powder or liquid any passenger may try to smuggle in on any domestic or......

Man mistakes jet door for loo; tries to open it at 30,000 ft

In a bizarre incident, a Scottish man tried to open a KLM plane's door at 30,000 feet, mistaking it for the loo entrance, attracting a fine of 600 euros and a ban from travelling with the airline......

If my flight disappears, this is what it looks like: MH17 flier's eerie post

A Dutch man heading to Kuala Lumpur on a vacation on the flight MH17, which was shot down in Ukraine on Thursday, posted an image of the Malaysian Airlines aircraft on his Facebook page. His......

Swapping shift kills Indian origin steward on board MH17

Swapping shift with a colleague cost ethnic Indian flight steward Sanjid Singh Sandu his life. Sanjid, 41, had switched his shift with a colleague on the ill-fated Flight MH17 from Amsterdam......

Boarding flights will soon be whole lot different. Here's how

The biometric entry will take place with the consent of the passenger and the present system of check-in will also co-exist. Consent and government oversight will be integral part of India’s......

Which Indian airport is 1 of the most followed airports on SM?

Delhi's ritzy Terminal 3 is on the global top 5 list on social media.And the first among Asian airports on social media.T E Narasimhan reports. IMAGE: The main arrival hall at T3, Indira Gandhi......

Many reasons why Jet Air may miss the flight path, once again

If the Murari Lal Jalan-Kalrock Capital combine can script a turnaround, it will have pulled off a bigger coup than Ajay Singh did with SpiceJet in 2014. In 2014, when Kalanithi Maran threw up his......

NCLAT to hear Dutch court administrator in Jet case

Jet is facing insolvency proceedings in the Netherlands as well where it was declared bankrupt after it failed to pay two European creditors. The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on......

Rowdy Maccabi fans thrown off flight

About 200 Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters were thrown off a homeward flight on Wednesday after several rowdy fans were involved in a fracas with the cabin crew, according to media reports in Israel.The......