'Accidents were waiting to happen and it happened'

'The lay of the runway is not at all safe.' 'Even operating a 737 is dangerous there.' 'During the monsoon, they must ban landing on runway 10.' IMAGE: The wreckage of the Air India Express......

Why many Indians won't be able to afford air travel

'Earlier, when they were selling tickets at Rs 1,000, a family of five could travel by flight.''When it comes to realistic pricing and the price becomes Rs 5,000, a family of five will have shell......

India holds back plans to eject foreign pilots

The civil aviation ministry plans to extend its December 2013 deadline for phasing out foreign pilots, with airlines unable to train a sufficient number of local pilots for the commander’s......

DGCA's enforcement powers remain on paper

Directorate General of Civil Aviation may have been slow to act against Kingfisher Airlines but the regulator's notice to the airline last week comes as an acknowledgement that financial crisis......

New aviation wing may monitor finances

The civil aviation ministry is considering a proposal to set up a separate unit to monitor and analyse the financial position of airlines. That would take the function of monitoring airlines'......

Readers on where India has gone wrong

M KRISHNANAND:Dear SirI appreciate your efforts in getting valuable feedback from people on the reasons for India's poor form in ODIs and how we can improve it . Now that the Pakistan series is......

Readers speak out!

Rishi MarkendayIt is 230 in the morning here and I am enjoying the game. I thought that you need to be complimented for your typing speed and your command of english. Do keep up the good work and......

Readers on whether Ganguly should play

Vikram Shah: Can someone from your organisation lead a discussion on the validity of this penalty, please?Let us not talk about Saurav's form as a batsman as that is not the issue here.Do the rules......