Florida: A private mission to the International Space Station (ISS) was successfully launched on Thursday with Turkey’s first astronaut on board, US space agency NASA said. A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule lifted off on top of a Falcon 9 rocket at 4.49 p.m. local time (21:49 GMT/UTC) from Cape Canaveral Space Centre in Florida. NASA said…
Three people were injured and taken to hospital Multiple flights were diverted on Thursday after a VSR Ventures Learjet 45 aircraft VT-DBL on a flight from Visakhapatnam to Mumbai was involved in runway excursion (veer off) while landing on runway 27 at Mumbai airport leading to a temporary closure of runway, an official statement said….
Over 150 passengers were on board the Dibrugarh-bound plane A Dibrugarh-bound IndiGo flight was diverted to Guwahati’s Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International after the pilot of the plane announced a snag in the engine of the aircraft. Over 150 passengers were travelling on the flight, including Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Rameshwar…
According to an airport official, so far, nine have been redirected to Jaipur, while one has been rerouted to Lucknow According to an airport official, among the affected flights, nine were redirected to Jaipur, while one was rerouted to Lucknow At least 10 flights were diverted at the Delhi airport on Monday due to bad…
The man was detained for allegedly breaking aviation security laws; he faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted South Korea’s Asiana Airlines has stopped selling some emergency seats following an accident in which a passenger opened an emergency exit mid-air, the carrier said Sunday. The incident took place onboard a A321-200 plane, which…
New Delhi: Ministry of Civil Aviation Senior Economic Advisor Piyush Srivastava on Wednesday said the level of passengers’ travel has now surpassed the pre-Covid levels. During a media interaction at an event in New Delhi, the senior economic advisor of the ministry said, “It goes to show that the aviation industry and the Indian economy are…
Singapore: India is fast emerging as a key global aviation market, according to the latest market analysis report of the International Air Transport Association ( ATA). India’s domestic air travel has continued to grow robustly and as of February, it was a mere 2.2 per cent shy of reaching pre-pandemic levels measured by passenger revenue kilometres…
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates is to complement its Canadian service to Toronto with a new route to the city of Montreal from July. It will operate daily from Dubai, using 354-seat Boeing 777-300ERs configured in three classes – including eight first- and 42 business-class seats. The airline says Canada and the United Arab Emirates are…
The last gas-powered muscle car from Dodge isn’t leaving the road without some squeals, thunder and crazy-fast speed. The 2023 Challenger SRT Demon 170 will deliver 1,025 horsepower from its 6.2-litre supercharged V-8, and the automaker says it will be the quickest production car made. Stellantis says it can go from zero to 60 miles…
Air Canada has announced the strategic expansion of its international network with the addition of new, non-stop flights from its hub at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to Dubai. The new route will operate four times weekly beginning October 28, onboard Air Canada’s flagship Dreamliner fleet, according to an Air Canada press release. The carrier’s new…
