Planes

Air India may lease five of Jet Airways' grounded planes, plans to operate them to London, Dubai and Singapore

National carrier Air India is looking at leasing five of the grounded carrier Jet Airways Boeing 777s and operate them to London, Dubai and Singapore

Jet Airways currently operational with only 15 aircraft, says aviation secretary P S Kharola

Less than 15 aircraft of Jet Airways are currently operational, Civil Aviation Secretary P S Kharola said on Wednesday

Jet Airways grounds 4 more planes for non-payment of lease rentals; total number of non-operational aircraft stands at 41

Cash-strapped Jet Airways on Monday said it has grounded four more planes, taking the number of aircraft that are non-operational due to non-payment of lease rentals to 41

Jet Airways grounds 2 more planes, total 23 out of operations due to non-payment to lessors

With the grounding of two more planes, almost 20% of aircraft in Jet Airways' fleet are now out of operations

Jet Airways shares plunge over 6% after company grounds seven more planes

Shares of Jet Airways fell by over 6 percent on Thursday after the company said seven more aircraft have been grounded due to non-payment of lease rentals

Earth’s north magnetic pole is erratically shifting at a speed at 50 km per year

The shifts are forcing an unprecedented early update to a model that helps navigation.

IndiGo's technical snags: A clueless aviation watchdog, DGCA must seek aircraft-specific glitch data from carriers

Instead of asking for the number of technical snags, aviation regulator DGCA must seek data on the percentage of snags per aircraft per cycle (one takeoff and landing).

Govt wants to extend 'Make in India' plan to planes, drones: Aviation minister Suresh Prabhu

The government wants to extend the 'Make in India' initiative to planes and drones and not just import the entire requirement in the coming years, Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu said on Wednesday

Canada introduces ban against bumping passengers from commercial flights

Canada introduced a ban on Tuesday against bumping passengers from commercial flights.

NGT slaps fine of Rs 50,000 on airlines dumping human waste from airplanes...no, really

Human waste being splattered on houses from airplanes while landing, on Monday led the National Green Tribunal to slap a fine of Rs 50,000 on the airline whose aircraft empties toilet tanks on air.