Kingfisher plane overshoots runway at Mum airport

A Kingfisher Airlines ATR aircraft, with 42 passengers and four crew members on board, overshot the runway after it landed at Mumbai airport on Tuesday. All the passengers are safe and have been......

Failure to deploy full flaps may have caused Nepal plane crash: Report

The pilots of the Yeti Airlines aircraft that crashed in Nepal's resort city of Pokhara may have failed to fully deploy the wing flaps while attempting to land, leading to a stall, a media report......

Bomb in Kingfisher plane: Blame game begins

A debate regarding the security breach at the Bangalore International Airport due to which someone managed to plant a crude bomb on a Kingfisher Airlines aircraft from Bangalore to......

DGCA grounds six pilots of three airlines

Six pilots of Kingfisher Airlines, GoAir and Air India have been de-rostered by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation after they violated guidelines while landing on a short runway at Mumbai......

Kingfisher Airlines hires US firm to revamp ops

Confronted by growing losses, Kingfisher Airlines, part of the UB Group, the brewery and liquor giant, has hired Seabury Aviation & Aerospace, a US-based company, to advise on its restructure and......

Kingfisher Airlines set for US launch

Domestic private carrier Kingfisher Airlines, impatient to launch international services, will in the next six to eight weeks apply for launching an airline in the US that would enable it operate......

Kingfisher Airlines, Pratt & Whitney in pact

Premier domestic carrier Kingfisher Airlines on Tuesday signed two separate agreements with American engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney for purchase and maintenance of ten PW 4000-100 engines for......

Kingfisher may hive off ATR aircraft fleet

Kingfisher Airlines, struggling to stay afloat, may spin off its ATR fleet and loyalty programme (frequent flier programme) into separate units. The fund-starved carrier has a fleet of 66 planes,......

Profile: Dr Vijay Mallya

Dr Vijay Mallya -- Chairman and Managing Director, Force India Formula One Team The UB Group is one of India's largest conglomerates with annual sales of over US$ 4 billion and a market......