On spoofing and interference incidents at other Indian airports, Naidu said that after DGCA made it mandatory for such incidents to be reported in 2023, regular reports are being received from major airports in India.
Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury apologised to airlines and passengers for the recall, seen as the biggest in the European aerospace major’s history.
IndiGo and Air India are the major Indian operators of A320 family aircraft—A320, A319, and A321—which form the bulk of India’s narrow-body aircraft fleet.
The airline reverted back to normal wide-body operations from October, with the exception of a few services.
Volcanic ash can damage aircraft engines, and even cause them to fail. It has extremely abrasive particles that can also damage other parts of the aircraft's fuselage and cause sensor failures as well.
Air India has already completed a bulk of its retrofit programme to modernise its legacy narrow-body fleet, and has also initiated the retrofit programme for its legacy wide-body fleet.
An Ariana Afghan Airlines Airbus A310 aircraft operating Flight FG-311 (Kabul-Delhi) was given clearance to land on runway 29L at the Delhi airport, however, the aircraft landed on the parallel runway 29R.
In its nearly two decades of existence, IndiGo has primarily relied on operating leases—taking the aircraft on lease for a fixed period after which it is returned.
Early October, the Ministry of External Affairs announced that India and China had agreed to allow direct flights between the two countries from the 2025 winter schedule starting October 26.
The flight, which was scheduled to operate from San Francisco to Delhi via Kolkata, diverted to Ulaanbaatar as a precautionary measure after the crew suspected a technical snag.
From early 2027, Air India will retrofit 13 of its legacy Boeing 777 aircraft, aiming for completing the programme by October 2028.
The government has been selective and cautious in expanding foreign carriers’ access to the Indian market, even as countries like the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, and their airlines, have been pushing New Delhi to allow them to carry more passengers to and from India.
The observations have been made by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) after a comprehensive review of surveillance data of the airline for the April-September period.
If the MoU materialises, SJ-100 could become the first passenger jet to be fully manufactured in India, which harbours the ambition to become an aerospace manufacturing hub.
Air India “categorically” denied that its Boeing 787 aircraft that experienced a technical snag on Thursday suffered an electrical failure.
Air India crash investigation: About two weeks ago, pilot grouping Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) wrote to the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) demanding that the Central government initiate a judicial investigation—through a court of inquiry—into the crash.
In an aircraft, RAT gets deployed automatically in the eventuality of a dual engine failure or total electronic or hydraulic failure. RAT uses wind speed to generate emergency power.
The DGCA is mandated by the Civil Aviation Ministry to keep a watch on airfares, especially during the festival season, and take appropriate measures in case of a surge in prices.
Pilots' group seeks probe into electrical systems of all Boeing 787s in India
IndiGo sees significant potential in the international segment, given that Indian airlines account for 45 per cent of India’s international air passenger traffic, while overseas carriers account for around 55 per cent.
From October 26, Air India will relocate 60 of its 180 daily domestic departures out of Delhi to Terminal 2; Air India Express will move all its domestic operations to Terminal 1
Subject to regulatory approvals, IndiGo will also introduce direct flights between Delhi and Guangzhou shortly.
Daily flights on Mumbai-Denpasar-Mumbai route starting October 18, 2025
In the strongly-worded letter, the pilot association alleged that the ongoing probe by the AAIB is “untenable” as the some of the bureau’s actions and selective leaks have “fundamentally and irrevocably compromised the integrity, impartiality, and legality” of the investigation process.
With a deterioration in relations between New Delhi and Islamabad after the Pahalgam terror attack in April, Pakistan initiated an airspace closure on April 24.






