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. @airindia group loss share declines but fuel bites @SingaporeAir grp as H1 profit falls 44% to Rs 767 cr
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In 2001, a wealthy charter customer pressured pilots to land at Aspen, Colorado, despite worsening weather and a nighttime landing restriction.
The wealthy businessman became furious when told the aircraft might have to divert, even having his assistant call the charter operator to insist they continue.
A passenger was also allowed into the cockpit jump seat, adding further pressure on the crew.
The Gulfstream III descended below the minimum descent altitude without the required visual reference, struck mountainous terrain just 2,400 feet short of the runway and burst into flames.
All 18 people onboard were killed.
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Unbelievable static discharge captured from the cockpit of a commercial airliner!
Those flashes are static electricity building up as the aircraft flies through ice crystals, dust, ash or other airborne particles. The electrical charge is discharging through the aircraft.
The red flashes are reflections from the anti-collision beacon.
It may look alarming, but this is completely normal in these conditions. Nothing for the pilots to worry about.
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Pia Dandiya makes history as the first Indian-American elected to Congress from Florida. She won in Florida’s 22nd Congressional District on Democrat ticket - securing a seat in the US House of Representatives
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✈️ Pilot Body FIP Urges PM Modi over Helicopter Safety
🔹 Seeks a comprehensive review of helicopter operations
🔹 Flags concerns over regulatory oversight, pilot training and helipad infrastructure.
#Aviation #HelicopterSafety
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The gazette notification for India's aircraft rules are out-
➡️Unruly behaviour (Rules 18–19): Assaulting, threatening or intimidating crew or anyone else on board is banned, and so is refusing lawful crew instructions.
➡️India can prosecute such acts on foreign flights if the next landing is in India and the pilot hands the offender over.
➡️Assaulting crew is an offence carrying up to 2 years’ jail and/or a fine of up to ₹1 crore.
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IndiGo CEO Willie Walsh confirms @EconomicTimes newsbreak that
IndiGo will have 16 lie flat business class & premium economy configuration #Aviation
🚨🚨EXCLUSIVE details on IndiGo's Airbus A350 product for its long haul foray on @EconomicTimes
Lie-flat business class, premium economy & a dense economy cabin
Network strategy of agreegating a wide domestic feed for long haul:
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Chopper operators' “collective objection to the implementation of mandatory twin-pilot operations and intimation of suspension of operations from Nov 2, 2026:”
BREAKING
Chopper operators threaten to suspend Char Dam flights from Nov 2 as @DGCAIndia mandates twin-pilot operations
Send “collective objection to mandatory twin-pilot ops & intimation of suspension of operations" to Govt
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@pushkardhami @samirsinha69
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This is what happens when you try to fly a "widebody" operation on a narrowbody aircraft.
Airlines are increasingly opting for efficient narrowbody jets on long-haul, augmented-crew flights, without dedicated crew rest bunks.
Unfortunately, the fuselage of the B737 MAX 8, A321XLR and A321neo don't accommodate the dedicated crew rest facilities found on widebody aircraft.
A major downgrade for pilots and even the cabin crews!
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The Badrinath Heli Crash of October 30, 2026:
I am deeply saddened & extremely disturbed by today's helicopter crash on the #Badrinath-Dehradun route in the district of #Chamoli that has claimed six lives, including that of the pilot. As someone who tracks the Char Dham Yatra of #Uttarakhand very closely, I find this deeply disappointing. After the series of helicopter accidents during last years' (2025) Char Dham Yatra, I expected much greater sensitivity towards aviation safety in our state.
What makes today's tragedy really very difficult to digest is that at 5:44 PM i.e. last evening on 29 October, an official press note was issued following a meeting chaired by Disaster Management Secretary Vinod Kumar Suman. It announced an Orange Alert for five districts for 30 October, including Chamoli. The detailed press note carried many instructions that also included calls for passengers to be stopped at safe locations in the event of bad weather or potential danger.
Then, at 8:01 AM this morning on 30 October, another press note was issued on behalf of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami which reiterated the need for heightened vigilance. It specifically called for regulating tourist movement in high Himalayan areas during adverse weather considering the orange alerts in the districts of Chamoli and elsehwere. Both communications are in the public domain. Yet, helicopter sorties took off in inclement weather
Time for some sobering questions for us all : Are these press notes only for statements in the press? Why were these sorties allowed? Who took these decisions? What commercial or other pressures are at play? Why do we repeatedly see such slips in basic safety protocols in Uttarakhand? Who allows sorties to take place even when the CM of the state is expressing his concerns regrading orange alerts early in the morning? What are the aviation companies doing themselves, flying passengers in risky weather? Why take unnecessary risks? Could this have ben avoided? Will we make any changes going ahead? Or, will it be business as usual from tomorrow morning.
Finally its time to ask - who will answer these questions? Who will take responsibility? I once again urge the Uttarakhand government to issue clear cut and enforceable orders. It's obvious that safety must come before tourism, commercial interests & revenue.
My heartfelt condolences to the grieving families.
Om Shanti 🙏
Picture Courtesy : Mint
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@PMOIndia
@DGCAIndia
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We are proud to receive DGCA approval for the Air India Flying Academy at Amravati's Belora Airport, making it the first flying academy established by an Indian airline in the country.
With world-class training infrastructure and a planned fleet of 34 training aircraft, the academy will help strengthen India's pilot training capacity and support the nation's rapidly growing aviation sector.
Read more: airindia.com/in/en/newsroom/…
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If there is power to collective prayers , I urge you all to pray , please.
उत्तराखंडः बद्रीनाथ धाम से लौट रहा हेलीकॉप्टर जोशीमठ के पास क्रैश, पायलट समेत 6 लोग थे सवार
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#TravelAdvisory
Due to the prevailing situation in the region, Air India and Air India Express flights to and from Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam will remain suspended until 14 November 2026 (inclusive).
Guests holding confirmed bookings issued on or before 30 October 2026 for travel up to 14 November 2026 may avail a one-time complimentary rebooking, subject to availability, for travel up to 29 November 2026, or opt for a full refund upon cancellation of their booking. Air India guests may rebook to or from any operational Air India station in Saudi Arabia, while Air India Express guests may rebook to or from any operational Air India Express station in Saudi Arabia or Bahrain.
Our teams remain available to assist guests with rebooking and refund requests through our contact centres (Air India: +91 11 69329333 / +91 11 69329999; Air India Express: +91 124 6935600) and city booking offices.
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Air Chief Marshal AP Singh ends his tenure tomorrow - among the finest Chiefs I have seen in 3 decades of covering the forces. Met him first when he headed the National Flight Test Centre's team of test pilots flying the Tejas. Excellent aviator, a very fine mind. Utterly unpretentious, spoke his mind - singularly determined to make changes where they mattered. Didn't want to kick the can down the road. Took on HAL directly with Tejas and made it clear - deliver what you promise or don't deliver at all. This was the man we needed at the helm for Op Sindoor. In an era of social media, foreign disinformation campaigns on X and a plain lack of understanding of how warfare happens, his reputation took a hit over IAF losses during Sindoor. The expectation was of a perfect record. That doesn't happen in military operations of the scale and intensity that we saw. Important to remember ACM Singh as the Chief who helmed the IAF's massive fight back which forced Pakistan to the ceasefire table. On May 10, 2025, the IAF hit Pakistan harder than at any point since the 1971 war, 54 years earlier. By about noon that day, the IAF was clearly on the ascendency, picking off high value targets at will. More than 10 airbases and air defence sites had been struck. An Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft had been shot down. IAF jets tasked with hitting even more targets had to abort their missions when Pak's DGMO picked up the hotline and said they had had enough. That will remain my abiding memory of Air Chief Marshal AP Singh.
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✈️ Mumbai Airport: 5 Million Passengers’ International Traffic to Shift for T1 Redevelopment
🔹 IndiGo, Air India & Akasa to shift 3 million pax’ traffic
🔹 Remaining traffic to shift in Summer 2027.
🔹 Airlines to submit plans by November 3.
#Aviation
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🔴 SWISS has launched its Zurich–Bengaluru route on October 27, 2026, with inaugural flight LX140 departing at 1:34 p.m. The airline will operate five weekly nonstop flights using Airbus A330-300s, making Bengaluru its third Indian destination alongside Delhi and Mumbai.
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आखिर @flyspicejet की प्रॉब्लम क्या है?
सितंबर के DGCA आंकड़े:
कैंसिलेशन: 20.29%, यानी हर 5 में से 1 उड़ान रद्द
OTP: सिर्फ 16.6%, यानी हर 6 में से सिर्फ 1 उड़ान ही समय पर उड़ी
2 घंटे से ज्यादा लेट: 39.36% उड़ानें
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Post Diwali TEAM BHARAT will protest outside IIT Bombay and stand in solidarity with Professor Dr Suryanarayana Doolla!
The pandemic of of fake SC-ST cases must come to a end!
The disease of fake SC ST cases is destroying our institutions & our beautiful INDIA!
Imagine a sitting CM shri Hemant Soren ji born into a dynasty with a diamond spoon filed an SC-ST cases againt officials raiding him.
@OGTeamBharat @FactswithDinesh @neha_laldas @Nidhzee @ajeetbharti @DecodeSatya @AbhinayWithYou @Shankyram2 @nachiket1982
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In line with the broader transition plan for domestic and international airlines to facilitate the redevelopment of Terminal 1 at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA), Air India Group will commence a phased transition of select domestic and West Asia services to Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA).
Air India Express will operate four daily domestic flights from December 2026. Its planned services to Kuwait* and existing services to Oman will operate from January 2027.
Air India Group will progressively transition Air India Express services to Jeddah, Riyadh, Dammam, Doha, Muscat and Sharjah to NMIA, with the process expected to be completed by the IATA Northern Summer 2027 season.
@airindia
@navimumairport
*The transition of services to Kuwait from NMIA is subject to the requisite approvals.
