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  • Bomb Threat In Kolkata-Jaipur Indigo Flight: Airlines With 183 Passengers Make Emergency Landing At Jaipur Airport | Mobility News

    Bomb Threat In Kolkata-Jaipur Indigo Flight: An IndiGo Airlines flight with 183 passengers on board on Tuesday evening had to make an emergency landing at the Jaipur International Airport after receiving a bomb threat. An official said that the flight was coming from Kolkata to Jaipur when the pilot got information that there was a bomb in the flight.

    “The pilot spoke to the air traffic control system and got the flight to make an emergency landing at Jaipur Airport,” he said, adding that the investigation of the flight was underway.

    He said that Indigo Airlines flight 6E-394 took off from Kolkata to Jaipur at 2:58 pm with 183 passengers on board. “The plane was to land at Jaipur Airport at 5:19 pm. Shortly before landing, the pilot got information about the bomb in the flight,” he said,

    He said that the pilot showed prudence and got the flight to make an emergency landing at the Tango Taxi Area of ​​Jaipur Airport at 5:14 pm.

    The tango area is a place where the flight is parked and is a little far from the runway area. The official said that CISF staff started the investigation by cordoning off the flight 100 meters away.

    “Currently there are 183 passengers in the flight, who will be evacuated safely after the investigation is completed,” the officials said.

    On October 15, a flight going from Dammam to Lucknow had to make an emergency landing here at Jaipur airport after receiving a bomb threat. Similarly, on October 19, a flight coming from Dubai to Jaipur again had to make an emergency landing here at Jaipur airport after receiving a bomb. threats.

  • Ruckus at Lucknow airport: Flight took off without 18 passengers, chaos ensued

    Lucknow. Passengers created a ruckus on Tuesday at Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh. Here, IndiGo flight took off from the airport without taking the passengers. After which the passengers expressed their displeasure by accusing IndiGo Airlines of negligence.

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    Actually, the 18 passengers who were to be taken on the Indigo flight were going from Lucknow to Varanasi. But before the passengers could arrive, the Indigo Airlines flight took off from Lucknow to Varanasi. After which the passengers created a ruckus at the airport. Indigo employees are trying to convince the passengers.

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    Let us tell you that 18 passengers took a flight from Dehradun to go to Varanasi. There was no direct flight from Dehradun to Varanasi, they had to change a connecting flight from Lucknow. The plane took off from Dehradun to Lucknow with all the passengers. Here the Indigo Airlines flight from Lucknow to Varanasi was ready to take off at its scheduled time. On the other hand, the flight coming from Dehradun was delayed by about one and a half hours.

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  • IndiGo Airlines flights from Mumbai to Delhi, and Delhi to Deogarh obtain bomb menace calls

    By ANI

    NEW DELHI: IndiGo Airlines flight 6E-2051 from Mumbai to Delhi acquired a hoax bomb menace name and one other flight IndiGo 6E 6191 working from Delhi to Deogarh was diverted to Lucknow following a selected bomb menace on Monday. Security companies rushed for the required checks and adopted all needed safety protocols, stated statements launched by the airline.

    Regarding IndiGo Airlines flight 6E-2051 from Mumbai to Delhi, an announcement stated that “As per protocol, the aircraft was taken to a remote bay for search by the security agencies on arrival at Delhi airport. The passengers left the airport after all the necessary security protocols were followed. IndiGo is following the rules of the security agencies in the investigation. We regret the inconvenience caused to the passengers.”

    In the second incident, IndiGo flight 6E 6191 working from Delhi to Deogarh was diverted to Lucknow following a selected bomb menace at this time. All needed safety protocols had been adopted and the plane was cleared for takeoff, an indigo assertion issued stated.

    “Indigo flight 6E-6191 flying from Delhi to Deogarh got diverted to Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport, due to security reasons. The flight landed safely at CCSIA at 12:20 pm and was taken to the isolation bay,” CCSIA Spokesperson stated

    “The airport security followed necessary checks to verify the threat and after proper investigation, the threat turned out to be a hoax and the aircraft was released for the onward journey at 14:55,” the spokesperson added.

    On a associated notice, IndiGo Airlines acquired a bomb menace name for its flight 6E-65 on board from Chennai to Dubai in August 2022. The flight which was carrying round 170 passengers was delayed by roughly 6 hours because of the evacuation and search of your complete plane.

    On July 22, 2022, A Delhi-bound IndiGo flight (6e 2126) was reportedly grounded at Patna airport after a passenger claimed that he had a bomb in his bag. 

    NEW DELHI: IndiGo Airlines flight 6E-2051 from Mumbai to Delhi acquired a hoax bomb menace name and one other flight IndiGo 6E 6191 working from Delhi to Deogarh was diverted to Lucknow following a selected bomb menace on Monday. Security companies rushed for the required checks and adopted all needed safety protocols, stated statements launched by the airline.

    Regarding IndiGo Airlines flight 6E-2051 from Mumbai to Delhi, an announcement stated that “As per protocol, the aircraft was taken to a remote bay for search by the security agencies on arrival at Delhi airport. The passengers left the airport after all the necessary security protocols were followed. IndiGo is following the rules of the security agencies in the investigation. We regret the inconvenience caused to the passengers.”

    In the second incident, IndiGo flight 6E 6191 working from Delhi to Deogarh was diverted to Lucknow following a selected bomb menace at this time. All needed safety protocols had been adopted and the plane was cleared for takeoff, an indigo assertion issued stated.

    “Indigo flight 6E-6191 flying from Delhi to Deogarh got diverted to Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport, due to security reasons. The flight landed safely at CCSIA at 12:20 pm and was taken to the isolation bay,” CCSIA Spokesperson stated

    “The airport security followed necessary checks to verify the threat and after proper investigation, the threat turned out to be a hoax and the aircraft was released for the onward journey at 14:55,” the spokesperson added.

    On a associated notice, IndiGo Airlines acquired a bomb menace name for its flight 6E-65 on board from Chennai to Dubai in August 2022. The flight which was carrying round 170 passengers was delayed by roughly 6 hours because of the evacuation and search of your complete plane.

    On July 22, 2022, A Delhi-bound IndiGo flight (6e 2126) was reportedly grounded at Patna airport after a passenger claimed that he had a bomb in his bag. 

  • IndiGo Q2 loss widens by 10%

    InterGlobe Aviation, the father or mother firm of IndiGo, India’s largest service, on Friday noticed its standalone web loss widen by 10 per cent to Rs 1,585 crore for the three months ended September. The loss reported was greater than the Bloomberg estimate of Rs 1,284.5 crore.

    An enhance in gas bills on account of a weaker rupee and a surge in worker prices eroded margins. However, the entire income from operations for the quarter jumped 123 per cent to Rs 12,479 crore following an 80 per cent enhance in passenger numbers to 19.7 million.

  • Fewer flights by GoAir, IndiGo and AI to deliver down choices this winter

    With GoFirst, Air India and IndiGo lowering flights, Indian fliers can have lesser home flights to select from through the Winter Schedule that begins October-end.

    The knowledge compiled by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) exhibits Indian airways will function 22,287 flights per week through the schedule, which is about 1.6% decrease than 21,941 flights throughout the identical interval final 12 months. The winter schedule might be efficient from October 30, 2022 until March 25, 2023.

    The knowledge exhibits that GoFirst will function about 40% decrease flights adopted by Air India, which is able to function 3.07% much less flights this winter. Market chief IndiGo will function 1.54% much less flights as in comparison with the identical interval final 12 months.

    Lesser availability of plane and engines are doubtless causes for lesse capability by these airways. There is a more-than-anticipated demand for plane and engines throughout the globe because of an increase within the variety of individuals flying post-COVID.“In the upcoming Winter Schedule 2022, 21,941 departures per week have been approved from 105 airports. Out of these 105 airports Deoghar, Shimla and Rourkela are the new airports proposed by the scheduled airlines,” the DGCA mentioned in a press release on Friday.

    Reduction in flights is going on at a time home passenger numbers are clocking passenger numbers near pre-COVID ranges of 420,000 per day and airfares are transferring north because of rising enter price for airline firms. Any discount would translate into larger airfares for passengers that might have an effect on the passenger numbers for airways, as tendencies present rising fares at all times have an opposed affect on the variety of passengers flying.

    DGCA lifts capability restriction on SpiceJet

    The DGCA eliminated capability restrictions on SpiceJet permitting them to function all their scheduled flights from the winter schedule that begins from the final day of October.

    “DGCA lifts restrictions; SpiceJet to operate with full capacity from October 30,” the airline mentioned in a tweet.The aviation had first put an eight week restriction on flights in July after SpiceJet planes have been concerned in a minimum of eight technical malfunction incidents in an 18-day interval beginning June 19. The regulator had then acknowledged that ‘poor internal safety oversight’ and insufficient upkeep actions’ have resulted in degradation of security margins.

  • IndiGo: Welcome competitors; good time to increase our community

    As the Indian aviation sector undergoes a churn, with a privately-owned Air India and new gamers like Akasa Air doubtlessly mounting a problem to market chief IndiGo, the provider’s new chief government Pieter Elbers mentioned that competitors within the nation’s aviation market is a “good thing” for shoppers because it creates larger entry to the market.

    Air India just lately introduced a plan to boost its market share to no less than 30 per cent within the home market over the following 5 years. Last month, Air India had a home market share of 8.5 per cent, whereas IndiGo’s was 57.5 per cent, in keeping with knowledge launched by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

    In August, which was its first month of operations, Akasa Air carried 24,000 passengers, accounting for 0.2 per cent of market share. The airline has since added a number of sectors on its route map, together with from Delhi.

    “If we look at the percentage of air travel in India today, it is still relatively small. So there is an enormous potential for growth in the industry. And with that reality, the fact that there is more and maturing competition, it is a good thing. It will provide more people the ability to travel, create better service standards and higher access to the market. So, we are welcoming the competition,” Elbers mentioned, in response to a question by The Sunday Express.

    “At the end of the day, there are basically two aircraft types and three seat types you can buy. But what stands out is the people who run the airline and that is where IndiGo has made such a big difference. So are we afraid of competition? No, we are not because we have great people.”

    He was talking on the event of IndiGo finishing its first flight to its one centesimal vacation spot, Ras Al-Khaimah, one of many seven emirates of the UAE.

    Elbers mentioned that passengers who took the flight to Ras Al-Khaimah from Mumbai had flown in from ten totally different Indian cities. He added that with the expansion of India’s economic system and extra companies being arrange, worldwide connectivity might be a key precedence space for the airline even because it expands home connectivity. “It is a good time to further expand our network and with India’s economic growth, more businesses are being developed. So, more international connectivity starting with regional connectivity is one of the key priorities for our company going forward.”

    He additionally hinted that the Airbus A321 XLR (Xtra Long Range) plane that IndiGo is prone to obtain in 2024-25 might have a enterprise class part. This can be a primary for the airline, which has thus far supplied solely economic system class. The plane has an prolonged vary over the common A321s and permits for 7-8 hours of flying time, opening up potentialities for flying to key worldwide locations.

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    Prior to becoming a member of Indigo, Elbers spent over 8 years heading Dutch flag provider KLM — a community provider that feeds a number of components of the world via numerous sorts of plane from its hub in Amsterdam. Asked if he would experiment with the same mannequin at IndiGo, he mentioned the Indian market could be very totally different from the Netherlands. in dimension and in nature, and it will not be very best to copy the identical mannequin within the nation

    “KLM had one hub and from that one hub we connected flights to different parts of the world. The difference with IndiGo is that we don’t have one hub, we have multiple places in India, there are huge metro cities. So the fact that we operate not only out of the big metros but also from airports in smaller cities provides a lot of connectivity options,” he replied.

    “There are some similarities (with the hub model at KLM), but it is still very different in itself given the nature of the network Indigo is operating here.”

    (The reporter is in Ras Al-Khaimah, UAE, on the invitation of IndiGo)

  • Bahrain now on IndiGo’s map, first flight took off from Mumbai on Monday

    The maiden direct flight of home airline IndiGo from Mumbai to Bahrain, reached the gulf nation on Monday morning.

    “Bahrain International Airport welcomes the arrival of the inaugural IndiGo flight from Mumbai to Bahrain, following the commencement of a new direct service,” an official launch stated.

    Indigo on July 6 introduced the graduation of direct service between Mumbai and Bahrain from August 1. The airways stated it now covers 25 overseas locations together with all of the six international locations of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) comprising Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.

    “Bahrain will be the first post-covid international addition to the 6E network. We will strive to stay true to our promise of affordable fares,” Sanjay Kumar, Chief Strategy and Revenue Officer, IndiGo stated as quoted within the launch.

    Bahrain is legendary for Royal Camel Farm, the island of Pearls, the Twin Towers of Bahrain Trade Centre, one of many largest underwater theme parks, Dive Bahrain, Isa Town, the capital metropolis of Manama, Zalaq, UNESCO world heritage web site of Qal’at Al Bahrain, Sitra, Muharraq and the wildlife reserve at Al Areen.

  • Airlines can’t deny boarding over ‘disability’, want medical opinion: DGCA

    STATING THAT airways can’t deny boarding to “any person on the basis of disability”, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has mentioned that if an airline feels the passenger’s well being is more likely to deteriorate in the course of the flight, it should seek the advice of a physician on the airport after which take an “appropriate decision”.

    In an announcement on Friday, the DGCA mentioned it has amended its laws to enhance accessibility of boarding and flying for the specially-abled. The transfer, which was initially proposed on June 3, comes within the backdrop of the incident on the Ranchi airport in May, when IndiGo didn’t enable a specially-abled baby to board its Hyderabad-bound flight, citing potential menace to air security.

    In its new Civil Aviation Requirement (CAR), the DGCA has mentioned that if an airline decides to disclaim boarding after getting medical opinion, it must instantly inform the passenger in writing and point out the explanations.

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    The clause added to the CAR on “carriage by air – persons with disability and/ or persons with reduced mobility” states: “Airline shall not refuse carriage of any person on the basis of disability. However, in case, an airline perceives that the health of such a passenger may deteriorate in-flight, the said passenger will have to be examined by a doctor, who shall categorically state the medical condition and whether the passenger is fit to fly or not. After obtaining the medical opinion, the airline shall take the appropriate call”.

    According to the sooner guidelines, airways might deny boarding to any particular person on the idea of incapacity if it opined that “transportation of such persons would or might be inimical to the safety of flight”. The airways, nonetheless, had been sure to specify in writing the idea of such refusal.

    Following the IndiGo incident, the aviation security regulator had performed an investigation and imposed a advantageous of Rs 5 lakh on the airline. It had famous that the airline’s floor workers might have averted the state of affairs with “more compassionate handling”, however ended up “exacerbating” the state of affairs.

    While IndiGo stood by its floor workers’s resolution to disclaim boarding, saying it was carried out within the curiosity of flight security, it later mentioned that it deliberate to conduct an inside research on find out how to higher serve passengers with disabilities, particularly when they’re feeling distressed.

  • IndiGo technicians in Hyderabad, Delhi name in sick over wage points

    A major variety of IndiGo plane upkeep engineers at Hyderabad and Delhi referred to as in sick over the previous few days in protest of the salaries being paid to those technicians, in response to a number of sources. This comes barely every week after the airline’s cabin crew took a sick go away on July 2 inflicting greater than half of IndiGo’s flights getting delayed.

    According to a supply, a big variety of plane technicians didn’t report for responsibility on Friday’s evening shift at Hyderabad airport. This was adopted by technicians not reporting for responsibility on Saturday morning as nicely.

    The disruptions on the nation’s largest airline come at a time when rival airways akin to Air India are conducting recruitment drives, as well as these by upcoming airways akin to Akasa Air and a revived Jet Airways.

    Just final week, days after the cabin crew mass go away, IndiGo restored salaries of pilots and cabin crew by an extra 8 per cent. The airline had minimize salaries by about 28 per cent throughout Covid19 pandemic, and this was the second partial rollback — the primary one additionally being 8 per cent. The firm additionally mandated its crew members reporting sick to go to their respective foundation for verification. IndiGo didn’t reply to a request for a remark.

    Notably, IndiGo is in midst of a senior administration reshuffle with CEO Ronojoy Dutta and chief industrial officer Willy Boulter set to exit the corporate. KLM’s president and CEO Pieter Elbers is about to take over as IndiGo’s subsequent chief govt.

    Other corporations have additionally witnessed protests by plane technicians this 12 months. In March, state-owned AI Engineering Services Ltd, which was earlier a subsidiary of Air India, additionally noticed its technicians occurring a flash strike searching for wage revisions.

  • IndiGo to begin Kolkata-Deoghar flight service on July 12

    The nation’s largest price range service IndiGo on Friday introduced that it’s going to begin flights between Kolkata and the newly constructed airport in Deoghar in Jharkhand from Tuesday, July 12.

    IndiGo’s flights within the Kolkata-Deoghar route will function 4 instances every week – Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, the airline knowledgeable in an announcement.

    Source: IndiGo

    Late final month, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) granted an aerodrome license to the brand new Deoghar airport, permitting it to deal with narrow-body plane equivalent to A321 and B737.

    The newly constructed #DeogharAirport in #Jharkhand acquired Aerodrome Licence from @DGCAIndia at present. The license has been upgraded from 3C to 4C which allows business plane operations upto Airbus 321, Boeing 737 kind and equal plane. pic.twitter.com/YanRUb9ZlO

    — Airports Authority of India (@AAI_Official) June 29, 2022

    IndiGo’s Chief Strategy and Revenue Officer Sanjay Kumar stated, “These new flights will enhance connectivity and significantly reduce transit time between Kolkata and Deoghar, from 7.5 hrs to less than 1.25 hrs. The increased access to Deoghar – home to Baba Baidyanath Temple, Trikuta Parvata, Rama Krishna Mission Vidyapith and Naulakha Mandir – will also boost religious tourism in the region.”