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Engine snag forces Hyderabad-bound IndiGo flight to return to Mumbai

This is the 23rd engine snag the airline has faced with Pratt engines in the last two years

Coronavirus: IndiGo, Air India waives cancellation fee in flights to China

Air India has only one direct flight to China and it runs on Delhi-Shanghai route

Hyderabad-bound IndiGo flight makes emergency landing due to engine glitch

The flight, however, landed safely, the source said. An IndiGo spokesperson confirmed the mid-air incident and said the glitch-hit plane has been grounded for inspection

Sanjay Kumar returns to IndiGo as Chief Strategy and Revenue Officer

Kumar had left IndiGo to join AirAsia India. He has also worked at erstwhile Sahara Airlines

IndiGo pilot taken off roster after passenger tweets about jail threat

A woman passenger has claimed that she was threatened by an IndiGo pilot with jail after she asked for a wheelchair for her mother at Bengaluru, with Union Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri saying the airline has "off-rostered" the pilot. Supriya Unni Nair, who had asked for a wheelchair for her 75-year old mother, after landing in Bengaluru on Monday night, alleged in a tweet that the pilot had misbehaved and threatened her with jail. She claimed that her mother was diabetic. "I requested my office to contact IndiGo as soon as I saw the tweet by Ms Supriya Unni Nair about the pilot's behaviour with her & her 75 year old mother in need of wheelchair assistance. "The airline has informed Ministry of Civil Aviation that the pilot has been off-rostered pending full enquiry," said Puri in a tweet. Nair claimed that when the wheelchair was brought to take her mother at the Bengaluru airport, the pilot prevented the 75-year-old to be taken from the plane. She alleged that the pilot

DGCA gives IndiGo 4 months more to replace unmodified A320Neo engines

Restrictions on use of new planes for new routes or additional frequencies has been eased

IndiGo gets time till May 31 to replace unmodified PW engines on A320neos

Stating that 'desperate measures' were required to 'put things in order', the DGCA had on November 1 told IndiGo to replace the PW engines in 97 A320neo aircraft

DGCA extends deadline till May 31 for IndiGo to replace P&W engines

DGCA earlier directed budget carrier IndiGo to replace Pratt and Whitney (P&W) engines on 97 Airbus A320neo aircraft by 31 January

IndiGo opens its first international call centre in China's Guangzhou

The Guangzhou call center was started around the same time the low-cost carrier started its flight operations between India and China in September last year

IndiGo set to launch flight services to Dubai and Doha from Kolkata

IndiGo will commence operations on the Kolkata-Dubai route from February 16, while the services to Doha from the capital city of West Bengal will begin from March 1

IndiGo to start Bengaluru-Agra direct flight services from March 5

The services on the new route will be operated under the government's regional connectivity scheme Udan

Amid promoters' spat, IndiGo's Rakesh Gangwal calls for EGM on January 29

The duo, together holding 75 per cent stake, is credited with building a successful airline, which at present is worth about Rs 64,627 crore-many times more than the promoters' initial investment

Amid promoter spat, InterGlobe Aviation to hold shareholder meet on Jan 29

The meeting is being convened following request by co-promoter Rakesh Gangwal and related entities who together hold 36.64% stake in the company

IndiGo to start daily flights on six UDAN routes in next two months

The flights will be to and from Prayagraj-Gorakhpur, Aizawl-Agartala and Varanasi-Bhubaneswar

Some airlines may have to shut due to predatory pricing: Hardeep Singh Puri

Hardeep Singh Puri says tariff wars only work in the short run, hurt entire industry long term; rules out regulatory intervention

The decade saw its fair share of brand bashing, bans and boycotts

The decade is defined by globalised consumption patterns and a tetchy consumer-brand relationship

Airports Authority banks on non-metros for overnight parking of planes

The AAI's western region also requested the Madhya Pradesh government to reduce value-added tax (VAT) on aviation turbine in Bhopal, Indore and Jabalpur to encourage overnight parking of planes

A new, alien animal

The aviation sector in India has undergone a structural change - from one dominated by personalities to one dominated by well... nothingness

IndiGo may have to replace more engines as govt intensifies scrutiny

The increased scrutiny will add further pressure on IndiGo, which has been prohibited from adding new routes or flights until it replaces all faulty engines

Anti-CAA protests: 19 IndiGo flights stand cancelled, 16 others delayed

Three airlines -- Vistara, Air India and IndiGo -- announced that their passengers, who are stuck in traffic due to anti-CAA protests at various parts of Delhi, will be adjusted in subsequent flights