SITA is partnering with start-up Safety Line to help pilots and airlines limit carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and operational costs by reducing fuel consumption of aircraft at key flight stages. Safety Line, a young French company that specializes in predictive big data solutions for airlines…

Smiths Detection has completed the installation of 34 units of the CTX 9800 DSi checked baggage Explosive Detection System (EDS) at ten airports managed by the Airports Authority India (AAI) and one airport managed by Chandigarh International Airport Limited (CHIAL). The company has also signed…

Boeing has entered into a patent and technology license with Florida-based Healthe Inc. under which Healthe will manufacture an ultraviolet (UV) wand designed to sanitise airplane interiors. Boeing designed and developed the UV wand as part of the company's Confident Travel Initiative (CTI) to support…

IATA has called for passengers to be tested for COVID19 as an alternative to quarantine. With international travel down 92 per cent on 2019 levels, IATA sees testing as a way to re-establish global air connectivity. Alexandre de Juniac, Director General and CEO, IATA said,…

IndiGo has been ranked #1 by the Safe Travel Barometer with a rating of 4.2 out of 5 as the safest airline in India. Safe Travel Barometer, which is the world’s most comprehensive database for COVID-19 traveller health and safety protocols, has released the Safe…

flydubai has announced the resumption of flights to Malé, the Maldives. The service, which the carrier initially operated between 2013 and 2018, will be reinstated from 27 October due to popular demand as the Indian Ocean destination welcomed back tourists of all nationalities earlier this…

IATA is aware of the specific incidents on the studied flights (London to Hanoi and a Boston to Hong Kong), as well as other flights where secondary transmission on board the flight has potentially occurred, IATA said in a media statement. IATA references incidents of…

The Government of India has sanctioned Rs. 48 crores for Jagdalpur (expenditure incurred Rs 45 crores), Rs. 27 crores for Ambikapur (expenditure incurred Rs 27 crores) and Rs. 33 crores for Bilaspur (expenditure made Rs 20 crores) under UDAN scheme for up-gradation and development of…

After three rounds of bidding under Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS)- UdeDeshkaAamNagrik (UDAN), pre-COVID, 688 valid routes were awarded, out of which 281 routes were operationalized. After suspension of domestic flight operations from 25th March 2020 to 24th May 2020, domestic air services including RCS operations…

India has entered into Air Bubble agreements with 10 countries viz. USA, Canada, France, Germany, UK, Maldives, UAE, Qatar, Afghanistan and Bahrain, till Sept 13, 2020, Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State (I/C) Civil Aviation, informed Lok Sabha yesterday. These are temporary agreements between two…