Monday 15 June '09
Trials for dedicated helicopter corridors at the Mumbai airport are set to begin next week, a senior airport official has confirmed.Monday 15 June '09
Ask any pilot which season they dread the most when it comes to operating aircraft in and out of Mumbai, and pat comes the reply: the monsoon.Friday
12 June '09The pilot of Mumbai-bound Kingfisher Airlines flight IT 304 that narrowly escaped a major mishap on Tuesday morning seems to have missed the warning sign atop the hill that the flight crossed just before losing altitude.Sunday
7 June '09In a bid to revive the Maharaja’s old glory, Air India’s new Chairman & Managing Director...Sunday
7 June '09At least four incidents, involving one or more aircraft, were reported at the Mumbai airport this year, and the aircraft suffered serious damage in two of them.Friday
5 June '09Denying reports that the revised wage agreement with its executive cabin crew staff will cost Air India’s exchequer a massive Rs 170 crore annually...Tuesday
2 June '09Theoretically, a piece of equipment could have helped prevent the scare that rocked Mumbai airport on Sunday, when two flights prepared simultaneously for takeoff from intersecting runways.Monday
1 June '09Their paths crossing, two passenger aircraft prepared to take off simultaneously from Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport on Sunday morning, before the danger was spotted and the flights aborted.Monday
1 June '09A collision between two departing aircraft, which carried 239 passengers between them, was narrowly averted on Sunday morning....Monday
1 June '09The Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Friday issued an order permitting the Mumbai airport round-the-clock use of its cross-runways for departures and arrivals.Sunday
31 May '09Almost a month and a half after a Petty Officer of the Indian Navy went missing under mysterious circumstances from INS Godavari, the sailor’s family has approached the Yellow Gate police to file an FIR alleging that he was murdered.Sunday
31 May '09In another case of passenger inconvenience, an old couple who flew from New York to Mumbai via Abu Dhabi on Etihad Airways have complained to the airline that they were forced to spend almost 14 hours at New York’s John F Kennedy (JFK) airport without any help from the airline’s ground staff.Thursday
28 May '09Almost two weeks after 53 Indian passengers onboard Air France flight AF-218 from Paris to Mumbai accused the airline of racial discrimination...Thursday
28 May '09As the third day passed by without any major breakthrough in the investigation into the airport robbery incident, the airport police told Newsline that there was serious shortage of manpower at the station to secure the city-side area of the airport.Wednesday
27 May '09While the heist at the Mumbai airport wherein armed robbers sped with 145 kilogram of gold and silver coins continues to amaze security personnel and airport officials alike...Wednesday
27 May '09After Monday’s daring heist at the Mumbai airport the Mumbai International Airport Limited is now planning to install scanners at all entry/ exit points to check even those with valid entry permits entering the operational area.Tuesday
26 May '09Mumbai airport has no CCTV cameras or even basic metal detectors installed at the entrance to the cargo holds for Air India and Jet Airways...Monday
25 May '09As many as 34 of the 214 tower controllers at the already short-staffed Mumbai Air Traffic Control have been issued transfer orders this year while only four or five controllers are set to join from other locations.Saturday
23 May '09In a bid to boost the revenue, Air India chairman & managing director Arvind Jadhav has curtailed all business class travel by all grades of its employees...Thursday
21 May '09After the Navi Mumbai airport finally got environmental clearance and centre’s nod, the experts from aviation...Thursday
14 May '09A day after 53 Indians spent an entire night in the basement immigration hall of Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport, the Travel Agents Federation of India has written a letter to Air France seeking an explanation from the carrier.Wednesday
13 May '09While the near-miss of the Mi-17 from President Pratibha Patil’s chopper convoy with Air India’s IC-866 created a storm...Wednesday
13 May '09A hiccup on the runway, a delayed take-off and then a return to Paris, only to spend the night inside an immigration hall at the Charles de Gaulle airport.Wednesday
13 May '09Fifty-three Indian passengers who were on their way to Mumbai on an Air France flight were forced to spend the night....Monday
11 May '09Hari Venkat’s was one among several stories of wheelchair-bound passengers for whom travelling by air comes across as a major challenge because of the apathy shown by most of the airport employees who work for the airlines.
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