Pratt & Whitney (P&W) plans to set up an engine training centre at Hyderabad airport to train aircraft engineers and technicians on current and new engine models. The Hyderabad training facility will be Pratt & Whitney’s third such centre in the world and will be operational early next year, said Palash Roy Chowdhury, country manager (India), Pratt & Whitney. He, however, declined to share the total investment for the Hyderabad centre. At present, over 300 aircraft Read More....

At a time when the Visakhapatnam International Airport has opened its landing strip for 24x7 operations, low-cost carriers IndiGo and Air Costa are introducing new flights connecting the Port City to Hyderabad, Bangalore and Bhubhaneswar from Sunday onwards. While Vijayawada-based Air Costa has announced that it will operate daily direct flights from Vizag to Hyderabad and Bangalore, IndiGo is also launching flights to Bhubaneswar and Bangalore. Currently, IndiGo, Air India, SpiceJet and Read More....

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has hired 3-4 pilots from the grounded Kingfisher airlines as part of its appointment of 29 new Flight Operation Inspectors (FOIs). This is part of the requirement to regain category 1 air safety rating from the US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA), which had downgraded India in January this year, citing inadequate oversight mechanism with the DGCA to properly monitor the safety performance of Indian carriers. The civil aviation ministry ho Read More....