Iraq closes airspace for civilian flights
Reports from Iraqi media on Saturday evening suggested that several Iranian drones had traversed Iraqi airspace en route to Israel.
Reports from Iraqi media on Saturday evening suggested that several Iranian drones had traversed Iraqi airspace en route to Israel.
Coming as a positive development for India’s biggest airlines IndiGo, one of its co-founder raised about USD 820 million from selling part of its holding.
Tata-owned Air India has appointed Manish Uppal as Head of Flight Operations.
After signing purchase agreements for over 470 new aircraft in the Paris air show, Air India CEO Campbell Wilson recently said that this purchase agreement was also referred to by US President Joe Biden during PM Modi's recent visit to the United States which reinforces that Indian aviation is on the rise.
NASA has created an all-electric aircraft that will not only pave the way toward electric aviation but also support the US climate goal of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from the aviation sector by 2050.
Airports Authority of India(AAI), the Implementing Agency has identified 154 RCS airports including 14 water aerodromes and 36 helipads so far under UDAN for operation of RCS flights.
Since the pandemic hit the city earlier this year, the airline witnessed a 99 per cent collapse in its daily passenger volume.
Mr Taneja alleged the airline has asked its pilots to do 98 per cent of landings in 'Flap 3' mode, which allows it to save fuel. He said if a pilot does not do 98 per cent of landings in "Flap 3" mode, the airline considers it a violation of its standard operating procedure (SOP).
As per Federation of Associations in Indian Tourism and Hospitality (FAITH), around 70 per cent out of a total estimated workforce of 5.5 crore (direct and indirect) could get unemployed (around 3.8 crore).
Travel and aviation are the two sectors that are bearing the brunt of the lockdown.
