Monday, March 19, 2018

Singapore: Changi Airport to penalise airlines that don't watch the clock


Habitual latecomers and early birds face fines of up to $100k and risk losing landing slots

Travellers at Changi Airport can expect fewer delays even as the skies become more crowded, with penalties to be rolled out in the coming months for the first time to punish airlines that do not watch the clock.

The Straits Times has learnt that not only habitual latecomers, but also early birds who too end up disrupting schedules will face a fine of up to $100,000 and risk losing their landing slots.

Singapore aviation authorities are taking a tough stance on the matter amid a growing number of flights that continue to put pressure on runway capacity at Changi Airport.

The Aviation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, which spells out the new rules, is expected to be passed in Parliament today. It is "to allow for optimal use of airport capacity", according to the document.

Only airlines that flout the rules "repeatedly or intentionally" will be taken to task, the Government said when proposing the Bill.

The operational details are expected to be made known to airlines soon.

 Read more at: https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/eat-drink-man-woman-16/changi-airport-penalise-airlines-dont-watch-clock-5794816.html

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IndiGo aircraft grounded in Jammu due to fuel leak


NEW DELHI: Another IndiGo’s Airbus 320 (new engine option or neo) was grounded in Jammu on Sunday due to a technical glitch, making it the sixth incident with the neo aircraft in a week. 

Sources said that the IndiGo’s aircraft (VT IVE) is grounded in Jammu since yesterday. 

“The aircraft was to operate flight 6e 559 to Srinagar from Jammu but was grounded due to fuel leak from engine 1 after which the plane was grounded,” said a source, in the know. 
IndiGo in a statement confirmed the incident and said: “An A320 neo aircraft that operated Mumbai-Jammu, during maintenance checks was detected with leakage from #1 engine. This is a technical snag and it is being rectified. This is not related to the PW engine on-going concerns,” read the statement. 



ANI reported

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Sunday, March 18, 2018

Bhawana Kanth becomes 2nd Indian woman to fly fighter aircraft solo


NEW DELHI: Flying officer Bhawana Kanth on Friday became the second woman pilot of the Indian Air Force (IAF) to fly a fighter aircraft solo, reported news agency ANI.

Kanth flew a MiG-21 "Bison" from Ambala Air Force Station at around 2pm yesterday.

The "Bison" has virtually the highest landing and take-off speed in the world - 340 kmph.

Kanth, who hails from Darbhanga in Bihar, told TOI in 2016 that flying "like a free bird" had been a childhood dream, which inspired her to join the IAF.

Getting the opportunity to opt for the fighter stream is the "best and biggest" thing that happened to her, she had said then, adding that she wants to fight for the nation and make her parents proud.

In February this year, flying officer Avani Chaturvedi made history by becoming the first Indian woman to fly a fighter aircraft solo.

Chaturvedi achieved the distinction on February 19, also flying a MiG-21 "Bison", from IAF's Jamnagar base.

Read more at https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/bhawana-kanth-becomes-2nd-indian-woman-to-fly-fighter-aircraft-solo/articleshow/63347320.cms

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Friday, March 16, 2018

Delhi HC refuses to ground entire fleet of IndiGo’s A320neo over ‘faulty’ engines


The aviation watchdog had on March 12 ordered IndiGo and GoAir to immediately ground 11 A320neo planes powered with a certain series of Pratt & Whitney engines after three incidents of mid-air engine failures within a month.

The Delhi high court on Friday refused to ground the entire fleet of IndiGo’s A320neo aircraft, which allegedly have defective engines.

Advocate Yeshwanth Shenoy’s said in his plea that IndiGo’s A320neo fleet should be grounded until the manufacturers give in writing that the existing defects have been rectified and the DGCA is satisfied.

“Your (petitioner) first prayer seeking direction to Directorate General of Civil Aviation to ground the entire fleet of Airbus A320neo cannot be granted,” a bench of acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and justice C Hari Shankar said.

It, however, said Shenoy’s plea seeking various other directions to the authorities, including an order to ensure that all accidents are published on DGCA’s website within 24 hours of its occurrence, shall be heard on March 20.

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IndiGo’s ATR plane on maiden flight returns to France due to technical snag


Toulouse: IndiGo Airline's brand new ATR plane, which was flying from France's Toulouse to India on Thursday, returned to its base an hour after taking off. The flight returned to its base due to low oil pressure in one of its engines for maintenance check.

"Within an hour into flight, engine low pressure was detected in one of the engines of IndiGo ATR 72-600. The aircraft was being ferried (non revenue flight/no revenue passengers onboard), from Toulouse (France) to India." read an official note.

"As a precautionary measure the aircraft immediately returned to Toulouse for maintenance checks. Post maintenance the aircraft was released for ferry. The matter has been brought to the notice of the regulator," it added.
Read more at: http://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/india-france-indigo-flight-toulouse-technical-snag/208288

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GOLD RAIN: Nine tons of gold, platinum and diamonds worth $368 million falls out of plane taking off from Russian airport


A plane with ten tons of gold, platinum and diamonds lost some of its cargo after taking off from Yakutsk airport in Russia. It has been reported the left flap of the cargo hatch was disrupted by the air flow. As the plane gained height, more gold bars rained down. 

The AN-12 cargo plane of Nimbus Airlines hit the problem during takeoff and the treasures fell out of the cargo all over the runway. 

The plane then dropped some bars of gold as far as 26 kilometres from the airport. The crew landed at Magan airport, some 26 kilometres north-west of Yakutsk. 
Police & secret service personnel sealed off the runway and a vast search is going on. 


Technical engineers at the Yakutsk airport who prepared the plane for takeoff have been arrested. 

The cargo was reported to be owned by Chukota Mining and Geological company; 75 per cent of the private company's stake is owned by Canadian Kinross Gold.

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Thursday, March 15, 2018

Flight cancellations: IndiGo scraps 488 flights, GoAir 138 after DGCA crackdown against A320 neo planes


Passengers are likely to face harrowing times with IndiGo and GoAir deciding to cancel more than 600 flights this month, of which 480 are by IndiGo alone, following grounding of 11 A320 neo planes with faulty Pratt & Whitney (P&W) engines. The cancellations by the two budget carriers, which operate more than 1,200 flights daily on average, may significantly disrupt the summer schedule. There was no immediate clarity about the way possible compensation and alternative choices would be made available to the passengers already having tickets.

IndiGo, which has the largest share in the domestic aviation market, would be cancelling as many as 488 flights during the period March 15-31. GoAir has decided to cancel a total of 138 flights between March 15-22, as per announcements made on their respective websites. According to the curtailed flight schedule submitted to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and posted on the airline's website, IndiGo would not operate 36 daily flights between March 15 and March 21.

Another 18 daily flights would remain cancelled between March 22 and March 24. The number of flights cancelled between March 25 and March 31 stands at 16 per day, the airline indicated.

This takes the total number of cancelled flights to 488 till the end of this month.

The revised schedule of Wadia group-promoted GoAir showed that the airline has cancelled seven daily flights to 10 destinations between March 16 and March 24 apart from cancelling six services per week between March 15 and March 22. On the whole, 138 flights stand cancelled. Put together, IndiGo and GoAir have cancelled around 626 flights.

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