NEW DELHI: Hoax threat messages continue to wreak havoc on flights of Indian carriers. While Air India got a threat for five flights — Mumbai-London (AI 129), Delhi – New York JFK (AI 119), a Chennai-Singapore and two domestic on Thursday, — IndiGo and Vistara threats for two flights each. AI Express is also learnt…
NEW DELHI: At least seven more flights received hoax threat messages on Wednesday, bringing the total number of affected airliners to nearly 20 in the past three days. An IndiGo Riyadh-Mumbai flight (6E 74) was diverted to Muscat on Wednesday, and its Mumbai-Delhi flight (6E 651) to Ahmedabad, while Akasa’s Delhi-Bengaluru flight (QP 1335) returned…
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: A rash of bomb threats on social media disrupted at least 10 Indian flights the past two days, prompting diversions and security checks. Flights such as Air India‘s Delhi-Chicago and IndiGo‘s Dammam-Lucknow were diverted Tuesday, following Monday’s diversion of AI’s Mumbai-New York flight. All threats were later confirmed as hoaxes.Authorities intensified their crackdown,…
NEW DELHI: Hoax bomb threat messages have made it a maniac Monday for three international flights of two Indian carriers and close to 600 passengers onboard. Since any threat is taken very seriously, one flight — Air India Mumbai-New York was diverted to Delhi — and two others delayed for being checked thoroughly before being…
NEW DELHI: Just over half the 2,000 plus flights that IndiGo operates daily flew on time Saturday (October 5) when the airline suffered a massive system outage that led to serpentine queues across airports with boarding cards being issued manually. The Union aviation ministry’s data shows the impact the outage had on IndiGo on time…
NEW DELHI: IndiGo passengers are facing long waiting at airports for check-ins and baggage drops on Saturday as India’s biggest airline (by domestic market share) is facing a network-wide system outage. “We are currently experiencing a temporary system slowdown across our network, affecting our website and booking system. As a result, customers may face increased…
Shark Tank judge Anupam Mittal has responded to Indigo CEO Pieter Elbers’ post celebrating two years of being in India and Indigo. In a LinkedIn post, Elbers wrote “Being a part of IndiGo and now living now in India for two years….IndiGo and this beautiful country India have indeed become a part of me. Bharat…
NEW DELHI: An IndiGo Delhi-Bengaluru flight had a tail strike during take off from IGI Airport on Sept 9. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has grounded the crew operating flight 6E-6054 on Airbus A321neo (VT-IBI). The aircraft is learned to have suffered a tail strike during take-off, which left significant signs of damage….
NEW DELHI: India’s low cost carrier (LCC) space is in for a major rejig with Tata Group‘s mega Air India Express coming into being on Oct 1, 2024, when the process of merging erstwhile AirAsia India into it gets completed. The combined entity, with 7,000 employees, as of now has 84 aircraft (mainly Boeing 737s…
NEW DELHI: IndiGo Airlines has apologised for the discomfort caused to passengers aboard its Delhi-Varanasi flight on Thursday after a malfunctioning air conditioning system resulted in extreme heat inside the cabin. The incident led to a chaotic situation, with several passengers reportedly fainting due to the high temperatures.Flight 6E 2235, which was en-route from Delhi…
