The first evacuation flight under the Vande Bharat Mission for the people stranded in Bangladesh due to Coronavirus pandemic had taken off from Dhaka for Srinagar on 8th May. Since then, close to 2800 people have been evacuated from Dhaka aboard Air India flights for various destinations in India. Till …
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Black Boxes Recovered From Crashed Air India Express Flight In Kerala
Kozhikode: The flight data recorders of the Air India Express flight that broke into pieces after it skidded off a tabletop runway amid heavy rain at Kerala’s Kozhikode airport late Friday evening have been found. The recorders – a Digital Flight Data Recorder (DFDR) and a Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) …
Read More »SpiceJet to launch daily direct flight on Hyderabad Shirdi route
SpiceJet will launch daily direct flight between Hyderabad and Shirdi from November 3. The airline will be deploying its Bombardier Q400 aircraft on the route. SG 3576 will leave from Hyderabad at 9.35am and reach Shirdi at 11am, while on its return journey it will take off at 11.20 am …
Read More »SpiceJet operates first direct commercial flight to Pakyong airport
SpiceJet has operated the first direct commercial flight to Pakyong airport from Kolkata. The airline will operate direct flights on the Kolkata-Pakyong-Kolkata route daily under the Centre’s regional connectivity scheme UDAN. The airline has deployed a 78-seater Bombardier Q-400 aircraft on the route. From October 16, the airline will launch …
Read More »Novel flying robot mimics rapid insect flight
A novel insect-inspired flying robot, developed by TU Delft researchers from the Micro Air Vehicle Laboratory (MAVLab), is presented in Science (14 September 2018). Experiments with this first autonomous, free-flying and agile flapping-wing robot — carried out in collaboration with Wageningen University & Research — improved our understanding of how …
Read More »Guiding flight: The fruit fly’s celestial compass
What do ancient seafaring explorers and fruit flies have in common? Caltech researchers have discovered that, similar to nautical navigators of old, fruit flies use celestial cues like the sun to navigate in straight lines. The research is described in a paper appearing online on August 30 in the journal …
Read More »India’s first bio fuelled flight lands in Delhi
As the Bombardier Q400 turboprop aircraft of low cost airlines spicejet touched down on the runway of Delhi Airport, it also heralded a new and exciting phase in aviation and energy sector of India. This is a historic moment for India indeed as very few countries have displayed the …
Read More »India’s first biofuel-powered flight lands in Delhi
The flight was powered with a blend of 75 per cent air turbine fuel (ATF) and 25 per cent biojet fuel. The advantage of using biojet fuel as compared to ATF is that it reduces carbon emissions and enhances fuel efficiency. Made from Jatropha crop, the fuel has been developed by …
Read More »ISRO successfully carries out flight tests for Crew Escape System
The space agency said it was the first in a series of tests to ascertain the trustworthiness and efficiency of the Crew Escape System. The system is an emergency measure designed to quickly pull away the crew module along with the astronauts to a safe distance from the launch vehicle …
Read More »Air India marks 70 years since 1st India-UK flight
The national carrier is inviting members of the Indian diaspora in Britain to share their memories of the airline in its early days. The iconic first flight, on a Super Constellation aircraft, took off from Mumbai on June 8 and landed in London via Cairo and Geneva on June 10, …
Read More »Telecom Commission approves proposal for in-flight mobile services
Telecom Commission – the highest decision making body of telecom department – also approved regulator TRAI’s recommendations on internet telephony in its meeting in New Delhi today. Another proposal that received approval entails creation of an ombudsman to deal with telecom grievances, telecom secretary Aruna Sundararajan told reporters. The ombudsman …
Read More »Air India announces non-stop flight between Amritsar and Bangkok
Days after announcing increasing the frequency of flights from Delhi to Copenhagen and San Francisco, the airline said the flight from Amritsar to Bangkok would operate on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. However, the service will remain in effect till May 30 and a decision on its extension will be …
Read More »Air India Delhi-Srinagar flight makes emergency landing at Delhi airport after engine snag
NEW DELHI: An Air India flight from Delhi to Srinagar made an emergency landing at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International airport after the flight AI-825 developed an engine snag. The incident comes just a few days after an Air India flight AI-476 made an emergency landing in Jaipur on April 7. The Airbus …
Read More »Hot Summer Sale On Cleartrip Domestic Flight Booking
It is summertime and nothing can torture us more than this hot weather. But, you can easily evade it by booking flight tickets to any nearby domestic place and spending time there. Wondering as to why are we suggesting this insanely good idea? It is because of Cleartrip summer sale …
Read More »Non-scheduled international flight makes emergency landing at Delhi airport
NEW DELHI: A non-scheduled international flight on Saturday made an emergency landing at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport. It had earlier sought permission to make the landing. The landing of flight number ABG 8772 has been made safely. As many as eight fire tenders are present at the spot. The …
Read More »To Bring In-Flight Data Connectivity, Airtel Joins Global Consortium
India’s largest telecom operator Bharti Airtel has joined a new global collaboration to bring high-speed and uninterrupted in-flight data connectivity to mobile customers. The global partnership Seamless Alliance, whose other founding members include OneWeb, Airbus, Delta and Sprint, will work towards leveraging satellite technology to offer high-speed data connectivity to mobile users …
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