Friday, March 23, 2018

Singapore Airlines eyes Tel Aviv flights over Saudi Arabia: Israel tourism minister


Photo: By Kentaro Iemoto from Tokyo, Japan - Singapore Airlines A330-300X(9V-STE), CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23458753

JERUSALEM, March 22 (Reuters) - Israel's tourism minister said on Thursday that Singapore Airlines and a Filipino airline were exploring the introduction of flights to and from Tel Aviv that would pass through Saudi airspace.

The minister, Yariv Levin, spoke after Air India launched its first flight from New Delhi to Tel Aviv on a route scheduled to take the plane over Saudi Arabia, a country that does not recognise Israel.

Granting overflight rights to Air India ended a 70-year blanket Saudi airspace ban on routes to and from Israel, but did not appear to herald any immediate change in policy towards Israeli airlines.
Read more at https://www.nasdaq.com/article/israel-says-singapore-airlines-eyes-tel-aviv-flights-over-saudi-20180322-00958



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Thursday, March 22, 2018

Air India scripts history with golden letters, launches maiden non-stop flight from Delhi to Tel Aviv over Saudi Arabia



#AirIndia launched non-stop flight from New Delhi to Tel Aviv  at 6 pm today. Flight AI139 took off from Indira Gandhi Intl Airport at 1800 hrs & will arrive at the Ben Gurion International Airport at Tel Aviv at 2145 hrs. Flt AI139 was flagged off by Shri Pradeep Singh Kharola, CMD Air India.

The 256-seater Boeing 787 Dreamliner to overfly Saudi Arabia and Persian Gulf states, countries with which Israel has no diplomatic relations.

The maiden flight departed New Delhi at 6 pm and is due to arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport at 9.45 pm Israel time, according to the Air India website. 

#AirIndia said it plans to fly the Delhi-Tel Aviv route three times a week.


Image Credit: Air India



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Tuesday, March 20, 2018

'P&W to deliver two engines to Indigo on Wednesday, remaining within next 40 days'



NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Pratt & Whitney will soon begin deliveries of spare engines to IndiGo airlines, which was forced to ground eight of its Airbus A320neo aircraft last week after engine problems, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.

P&W, owned by United Technologies Corp, will deliver two engines on Wednesday and the remaining within the next 40 days, said the source who did not want to identified.

A series of in-flight engine failures prompted India’s aviation regulator to ground 11 aircraft last week fitted with certain P&W engines and operated by IndiGo, the country’s biggest carrier by market share, and rival GoAir.

That led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights and about a 5 percent fall in the share price of IndiGo’s parent, InterGlobe Aviation, over the past week.

 Read more at: https://in.reuters.com/article/india-indigo-prattandwhitney/pw-to-deliver-spare-a320neo-engines-soon-to-indigo-source-idINKBN1GW1MQ     Image: By BriYYZ from Toronto, Canada - IndiGo Airbus A320neo F-WWDG (to VT-ITI), CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=51240604




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Vistara records 91% Passenger Load Factor in February 2018


New Delhi, March 19, 2018: Vistara recorded its highest-ever passenger load factor (PLF or occupancy) of 91.2% in the month of February 2018 (as per the DGCA monthly report), after having topped the list among full-service carriers (FSCs) several times over the last one year. The performance is phenomenal for a carrier with three cabin classes, with more than 95% occupancy in its Economy class during the month, which is amongst the highest in the world. Vistara also registered the highest on-time performance of 73.8% in the month among FSCs.

Additionally, Vistara registered only 0.1 complaints per 10,000 per 10,000 passengers, the lowest of all major Indian airlines. The airline’s cancellation rate also constantly remained to be one of the lowest in the industry at 0.15%.

Sanjiv Kapoor, Chief Strategy & Commercial Officer, said, “We are gratified by our performance in February 2018. We have hit the sweet spot of high loads with close to zero denied boardings, a difficult and creditable achievement indeed, while maintaining our record of having some of the lowest cancellation and customer complaint rates in the industry globally''. 

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Monday, March 19, 2018

Air India to begin service to Tel Aviv from Thursday



The disinvestment-bound national carrier Air India will deploy a 256-seater Boeing 787-800 on the New Delhi-Tel Aviv route that will be launched from Thursday.

Air India had on March 7 announced a tri-weekly flights to Tel Aviv from March 22, after Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu had announced that Saudi Arabia had allowed India to fly over its territory.

It will deploy a 256-seater Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft on the new route, the airline said today.

Air India will fly over Oman, Saudi Arabia and Jordan to reach Israel, taking seven hours to the destination, making it the fastest air route between the two countries.

The duration of the flight between New Delhi and Tel Aviv will be around two hours shorter than the time taken by Israel's national carrier El Al, which has direct flights between Tel Aviv and Mumbai, Air India said in the statement.
The national carrier had planned to launch the service last May, but that did not happen after some countries denied use of their airspace for flights to Israel.


Image: By Julian Herzog, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26856008
Read more at: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/air-india-to-begin-service-to-tel-aviv-from-thursday/articleshow/63367001.cms



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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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Air India's Twitter Account Hacked; "All Flights Cancelled," A Post Read



MUMBAI: Air India's official Twitter account was hacked early in the morning for many hours before being restored, the airline said today.

Messages in Turkish language were posted on the official Twitter handle @airindiain, an Air India spokesperson said.

All the malicious content posted on the handle has been removed and the official handle has now been restored, he said.

One of the posts by the hackers read, "Last minute important announcement. All our flights have been cancelled. From now on, we will fly with Turkish Airlines."

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/air-indias-twitter-account-hacked-all-flights-cancelled-a-post-read-1824049

Image Credit: Kentaro Iemoto via wiki commons

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Jet Airways adds 144 new weekly flights this summer




MUMBAI: Private carrier Jet Airways today announced expansion of its domestic network, adding 144 new weekly flights comprising both non-stop and one-stop services as part of its summer schedule, which begins later this month.



The new services include flights to north-eastern cities of Imphal and Jorhat as well as Tiruchanapalli in the south from New Delhi and Mumbai, Jet Airways said on Wednesday.

As part of the new schedule, Jet Airways will strengthen connectivity to the north eastern region from the national capital with non-stop services including thrice-a-week flights to Aizawl and Jorhat and four times-a-week flights to Silchar from New Delhi, it said.



The airline will also commence four times-a-week non-stop service to Imphal from Delhi, and will launch new non-stop services to Patna, Raipur and Chandigarh. 

Additionally, Jet Airways will begin a daily, non-stop service for the very first time between Mumbai and Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu's temple city and a religious centre, besides a new direct service between Tiruchirappalli and Delhi.


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Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Government wants to extend 'Make in India' plan to planes, drones: Prabhu


"We do not want 1,300 planes to be bought from abroad. We will make them in India,"

 NEW DELHI: 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 today.



India will need more than 1,300 planes in the next few years, he said.



"We do not want 1,300 planes to be bought from abroad. We will make them in India," he told .



He said the ministry will work together with its defence counterparts to look at civilian and defence aircraft requirements.



The second priority, he said, is going to be drones as this sector holds huge potential.
"It is a big market and India has a huge potential for that. So we will work on drones," he added.

Read more at: https://www.gadgetsnow.com/tech-news/government-wants-to-extend-make-in-india-plan-to-planes-drones-prabhu/articleshow/63301250.cms
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Aviation ministry eyes 5-fold rise in passenger trips to 1 billion in 15-20 years: Jayant Sinha


NEW DELHI:The aviation ministry is targeting a five-fold increase in passenger trips to one billion per annum in 15-20 years in view of the huge growth opportunities the sector holds, Union Minister Jayant Sinha said today. 

The Minister of State for Civil Aviation said that the government is working on steps such as developing new greenfield airports and skilling manpower to achieve this target. 

"A target of billion passenger trips in the next 15 to 20 yrs is very realisable and is in fact a realistic target that we should be looking for," he said here at the AIMA event. 

He also said that the billion passenger trips would not come from aircraft alone but also from helicopters, sea planes and passenger drones. 

Many of these have still to be manufactured in the country and it provides tremendous business opportunities to start and develop these new technologies, he said. 

Elaborating on passenger drones, Sinha said this is a big industry and in the coming years, it is likely to touch a trillion dollar mark. 
Image credit: AIMA
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Tuesday, March 13, 2018

AirAsia India adds 17th jet; to launch services to Imphal




Mumbai I PTI : Budget carrier #AirAsia India on Tuesday added one more A320 aircraft in the fleet, raising its size to 17 and announced the launch of its services to Imphal from New Delhi as well to Delhi and Pune from Bengaluru from early next month.

 With the latest induction, AirAsia India has added three new aircraft and as many destinations along with eight new routes in the first quarter of the current calendar year, the airline said in a statement. The Tata Sons and Malaysian airliner’s group AirAsia-invested AirAsia India is still short of three planes to qualify for launching international operations.

Under the existing rules, domestic airlines can fly overseas provided they deploy 20 aircraft or 20% of their capacity in the domestic market, whichever is higher. AirAsia India has inducted one more Airbus A320 plane, which has taken its total fleet size to 17 aircraft, the airline said, adding that it will launch its flight services to Imphal in the north-east from 7 April.

Read more at http://www.livemint.com/Companies/JNWzFKXhuHCJXhvVLTQphO/AirAsia-India-adds-17th-jet-to-launch-services-to-Imphal.html
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Prime Minister, President To Get Their Own Planes By Early 2020



Air India will prepare a pool of 44 pilots for VVIP operations

NEW DELHI: Two Boeing 777-300 ERs, bought by Air India recently, will be retrofitted to have VIP enclosures, a press conference room and a patient transport unit for medical emergencies.

NEW DELHI:  India's first set of brand new planes for the prime minister, president and vice-president will be customised and be ready for use by early 2020, senior government officials said.

Two Boeing 777-300 ERs, bought by Air India recently, will be retrofitted to have VIP enclosures, a press conference room and a patient transport unit for medical emergencies.
The aircraft will also be equipped with Wi-Fi on board and have anti-missile protection, a senior official said.

A Boeing 777 unlike the older Boeing 747, which were borrowed from Air India as and when a VVIP visited overseas, can fly non-stop to the US, thereby dispensing with the need to halt for refuelling.

In February and March, Air India inducted three Boeing 777 aircraft, completing an order of 68 planes placed with the aerospace major in 2006. Two of these three planes will be set aside exclusively for VVIP use.




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GoAir plane makes emergency landing at Delhi airport


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PTI|
Updated: Mar 13, 2018, 09.31 AM IST


New Delhi: A Mumbai-bound GoAir flight carrying 176 passengers on Monday made an emergency landing at the airport here following a technical glitch, according to the airline. 

An airport official said the aircraft made the emergency landing at around 2200 hours. The plane was an A320 sharklet.

"G8 446 (Del- Mum) with 176 passengers had a technical glitch right after becoming airborne. The flight crew chose to return back to Delhi," GoAir said in a statement. 
The aircraft is on ground and being inspected. All passengers have been accommodated in an alternate aircraft, it added. 

This is at least the second incident of emergency landing reported today in the country. Earlier in the day, engine failure forced an IndiGo plane to make an emergency landing at Ahmedabad airport. 

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IndiGo, GoAir cancel 65 flights after grounding of faulty planes


PTI
MUMBAI: Budget carriers IndiGo and GoAir cancelled as many as 65 flights today after the country's aviation regulator DGCA grounded 11 of their A320Neo planes with faulty Pratt & Whitney engines, causing severe inconvenience to hundreds of flyers.

The Gurugram-based IndiGo cancelled 47 of its 1,000-odd flights per day, the Wadia Group-promoted GoAir said it had cancelled 18 flights.

#GoAir has cancelled 18 flights originating from over eight cities, the airline said in a statement to PTI. GoAir operates 230 flights per day. 

IndiGo announced on its website the cancellations of some 47 flights across its domestic network for today.

The flights that have been cancelled are from Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Patna, Srinagar, Bhubaneswar, Amritsar, Srinagar and Guwahati, among others.

Later in a statement to the media, #IndiGo said the affected passengers have been given the option to either choose another flight at no additional cost or cancel their booking and get a full refund without any cancellation charges.

"IndiGo has cancelled certain flights due to the grounding of our aircraft further to the DGCA directions which has been issued in the interest of safety," the airline said.
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Monday, March 12, 2018

Vladimir Putin Ordered Downing Passenger Plane Over 2014 Olympics Threat



MOSCOW: Russia's Vladimir Putin in 2014 ordered a passenger aircraft which was reported to be carrying a bomb and targeting the opening of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi to be downed, the president said in a film shown on Sunday.

In a 2-hour documentary titled "Putin" and available on Russian social media, Putin told reporter Andrey Kondrashov he received a telephone call from security officers responsible for the Sochi Olympics on Feb. 7, 2014, shortly before the opening ceremony was due to start.

"I was told: a plane en route from Ukraine to Istanbul was seized, captors demand landing in Sochi," Putin said in the film seen by Reuters.

The pilots of a Turkish Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737-800 flying from Kharkiv to Istanbul reported that one of the passengers had a bomb and the plane had to change course to Sochi, Kondrashov said in the film.

There were 110 passengers onboard, while over 40,000 people had gathered at the stadium to watch the opening ceremony, the reporter said.

Putin said he sought advice from security officers and was told the emergency plan for that type of situation called for the plane to be shot down.

"I told them: act according to the plan," Putin said, adding that shortly afterwards he arrived at the Olympic venue with the International Olympic Committee officials.
After several minutes Putin received another call, he said, informing him that it was a false alarm - the passenger was drunk and the plane would continue its flight to Turkey.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Sunday confirmed the comments in the film.
Russia is on a high alert ahead of the football World Cup from June 14 to July 15, with matches in a number of cities.

Image Credit: Premier.gov.ru
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Ryanair passenger arrested after lighting a cigarette mid-air



UK airlines do not permit smoking on board and the 'no smoking' signs will remain on throughout the flight. Smoke detectors are fitted in the toilets as well.

A passenger was pulled off a Ryanair plane on Friday (March 9) in Bristol after he lit a cigarette while on board.  
The man was on the flight to Bristol when he decided to have a smoke. The pictures taken by a police body camera shows the officers boarding the plane and detaining the passenger.
Bristol police arrested the man and are likely to slap a hefty fine on him for the act. "Body Worn CCTV footage of PC James Boarding an aircraft to detain a male found smoking whilst travelling to Bristol," Avon and Somerset Police took to Twitter to warn passengers writing: "Please remember it is a criminal offence to smoke on an aircraft and you are likely to face arrest and a hefty fine on arrival at your destination."

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India grounds 11 Indigo, GoAir jets after Pratt & Whitney engine shutdowns


A series of in-flight engine failures prompted regulator DGCA to order the immediate grounding of Airbus A320neo aircraft fitted with certain Pratt & Whitney engines

New Delhi: A series of in-flight engine failures prompted India’s aviation regulator on Monday to order the immediate grounding of Airbus A320neo aircraft fitted with certain Pratt & Whitney engines.
Eleven aircraft operated by Indian carriers IndiGo and GoAir are affected by the directive from India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), it said. DGCA said it had also asked the airlines not to replace the engines.
On Monday a flight operated by IndiGo, India’s biggest low-cost carrier, experienced a technical glitch with one of its engines. It was forced to return to Ahmedabad airport, the airline, which is owned by InterGlobe Aviation, said in a separate statement.
DGCA said there had been three such incidents in 2018—two involving IndiGo and one with an GoAir aircraft.
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Bangladesh plane carrying 71 people crashes in Nepal




Gopal Sharma
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - A Bangladeshi aircraft carrying 67 passengers and four crew crashed on Monday while coming in to land at the airport in the Nepali capital, Kathmandu, an airport official said, adding that 17 people on board had been rescued.
The state of the other people on the flight from the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, operated by US-Bangla Airlines, was not clear, airport spokesman Birendra Prasad Shrestha said.

“We are trying to bring the fire under control. Details are awaited,” he said, adding that the airport had been shut down and all other flights diverted.

“We’re now concentrating on evacuating the passengers.”

Television images showed smoke rising from the crash site.

Mountainous Nepal is notorious for air accidents. Small aircraft often run into trouble at provincial airstrips

Read more at: https://in.reuters.com/article/nepal-crash/bangladesh-plane-carrying-71-people-crashes-in-nepal-idINKCN1GO0WR


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Zoom Air recruiting CABIN CREW & SENIOR CABIN CREW (Female)

























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Sunday, March 11, 2018

Airbus improving Primary Flight Display with a synthetic vision system




#Airbus brings two projects together in modernising the Primary Flight Display
Since the earliest days of flight, the aviation sector has worked to develop better ways for pilots to understand their aircraft’s position relative to the ground. The evolution has gone from visual cues outside the aircraft to in-cockpit digital displays with data-rich views of the environment – and innovators at Airbus are ready to improve this instrumentation once again.
A cornerstone of today’s cockpits is the Primary #Flight Display (PFD), an electronic instrument that brings together the functions of six previously separate gauges on the panel: the airspeed indicator, attitude indicator, altimeter, turn coordinator, horizontal situation indicator and vertical speed indicator.
“Every generation of PFD gave pilots a better version of what they already were used to,” explained Fabrice Bousquet, an Airbus vision systems expert. “In 2015, we started working on a research and technology project that would break with tradition to exploit the full potential of modern screen technology – giving pilots their data superimposed onto a nearly-real visual representation of where they’re heading.”
This led to development of a synthetic vision system (or SVS) that received a positive response from pilots during flight tests. Crucial to the SVS’ success was Airbus’ work on another project – the primary full-format flight display (PF3D) – because, without changes, older-generation PFDs would have degraded the visual dimension of information being presented.
Giving #pilots the information they need
“We had to adapt the scales because they weren’t uniform across the display, which would have resulted in natural features like mountains being flattened,” explained Alexis Frenot, the SVS and PF3D project leader. “We also needed the capacity to show pilots their trajectory. While existing PFDs give pilots the information needed to work this out for themselves, our new system actually shows them.”
Teams for the SVS and PF3D systems have now merged and are conducting feasibility studies in advance of the display’s anticipated commercial service entry in 2021. “We know from customer focus groups that airlines and their pilots would like to have cockpits with this technology,” said Frenot, “and that they value the added situational awareness it provides.”
The combined team is confident these new displays will become the norm. “We have a wave of pilots who grew up with information-rich screens, and the benefits are obvious to them,” concludes Frenot. “Add the ability to ‘see’, even at night and in poor conditions, and you have the best of the old and the new combined.”



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