Aviation

National, 19 May 2022: The Board of Directors of InterGlobe Aviation Limited (IndiGo) appoints Pieter Elbers as Chief Executive Officer, subject to regulatory approvals. He will join IndiGo on or before 01 October 2022. He succeeds Mr. Ronojoy Dutta (71) who has decided to retire on 30 September 2022, after guiding IndiGo through the turbulent Covid period. Commending his service,...

National, May 12, 2022: Noida International Airport, the upcoming greenfield airport at Jewar, Uttar Pradesh, has been awarded Architectural Review Future Projects’ “Best Infrastructure Award 2022”. The AR Future Projects awards are a window into tomorrow’s cities, celebrating excellence in unbuilt and incomplete projects and the potential for positive contribution to communities, neighborhoods, and urban landscapes around the world. Noida...

DOHA, Qatar – Commitment, care and charity means a lot to Qatar Airways Cargo. The success of the first two chapters of the WeQare programme demonstrated it very well. Chapter 1, “One Million Kilos” launched in July 2020 led the way by providing the free transport of 1 million kilos of humanitarian aid and medical equipment to charitable organisations. As...

National, April 30, 2022- IndiGo, India’s leading carrier, became the first Airline in Asia to conduct Localiser Performance with Vertical Guidance (LPV) Approach. IndiGo conducted the LPV approach on its ATR 72-600 aircraft, equipped with GAGAN, at Kishangarh Airport (Ajmer) on April 28, 2022. This test flight is a part of the approval process with DGCA, which includes training of pilots, validation...

ECS Group Brazilian subsidiary, BCS AIR, is in close cooperation with DHL Aviation in setting up the airline’s first Brazilian connection and will serve as its exclusive GSSA when flights commence on 10 July 2022. São Paulo-based BCS AIR has signed a year-long GSSA contract with DHL Aviation, which will come into effect with the start of a 6-weekly freighter...

National, April 21, 2022: Qatar Airways, the multiple award-winning airline, and IndiGo, India's largest airline, announce the reactivation of their strategic cooperation following the lifting of the suspension on international scheduled flights by the Indian government. Qatar Airways is currently operating 190 flights per week to and from 12 destinations in India, namely Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kochi, Kozhikode, Ahmedabad,...

National, April 10, 2022: Australia’s national airline Qantas will fly non-stop from Bengaluru to Sydney and is finalising a codeshare partnership with IndiGo to make travel between India and Australia easier. From 14 September, Qantas will operate four weekly return flights between Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru and Sydney’s Kingsford Smith International Airport with its widebody Airbus A330 aircraft. These are...

Mumbai – 07th April 2022 – Motherson Sumi Systems Limited (MSSL) has successfully completed the acquisition    of a majority stake in CIM Tools Private Limited. As announced earlier, MSSL has acquired a 55% stake in CIM Tools Private Limited (CIM). CIM in turn holds 83% in Aero Treatment Private Limited (ATPL) and 49.99% in Lauak CIM Aerospace (JV with Lauak International, LCA). CIM, ATPL and LCA are hereinafter referred to as “CIM Group”. The three founders, Mr. Srikanth GS, Mr. Umesh AS and Mr. Vishwanath Deshpande, retain the remaining 45% stake in CIM. Since the initial announcement in October-21, CIM’s order book has grown 26% to ~$ 252 Mn. CIM Group’s provisional revenue in Q4 FY22 was ~INR 548 Mn, implying a strong recovery to pre-COVID levels (Revenues of INR 2,031 mn in FY20 and INR 1,296 mn in FY21)....

IIT Kanpur alumnus and co-founder of budget carrier IndiGo, Rakesh Gangwal, has made a personal donation of Rs 100 crore to support the School of Medical Sciences and Technology at his alma mater.

flybig is on an expansion mode, adding more destinations to India’s aviation map. It just launched a new commercial flight route from Bhopal and Hyderabad.