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‘Much more work to be done’: US Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy; operations to continue during process – The Times of India

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Spirit Airlines to file for bankruptcy (Representative image) US Budget airline Spirit Airlines announced on Friday that has filed file for bankruptcy again within a year, but will maintain normal operations, ticket sales and flights.Following its initial bankruptcy filing in November, Spirit had completed a debt restructuring agreement with creditors in March, reducing its liabilities…

Air turbulence to worsen due to climate change, affecting air travel: Study

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The atmosphere at altitudes where aircraft typically fly could become more turbulent under a continued warming of the planet, making the air less stable and increasing the risk of turbulence, a new study has found. Researchers from the UK’s University of Reading built on findings from their previous study that found severe air turbulence has…

India-China direct flights to resume, likely with airlines of both sides simultaneously | India News – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: For the first time post Covid, direct flights will finally resume between India and China very soon. Sources say while Chinese carriers can resume flights “from tomorrow”, Indian carriers need to do so some work before doing so. So India proposes to resume flights when airlines of both sides are able to do…

Blind passengers left behind, Southwest airlines issues apology

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Southwest Airlines has issued a public apology after two blind passengers were left behind during a rebooking shuffle and only learned later that they had missed an earlier flight to Orlando. The passengers, Camille Tate and Sherri Brun, eventually travelled on a later flight from New Orleans on July 14 but they were the only…

Fixing the fleet: Air India taps Singapore Airlines for best practices, retrofitting of legacy aircraft picks up after Ahmedabad crash – Times of India

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Air India is working with Singapore Airlines to adopt global best practices and improve the reliability of its ageing aircraft fleet, CEO Campbell Wilson told employees during a townhall on Friday, amid heightened regulatory oversight following the June 12 crash of its Boeing 787-8.According to a PTI report citing sources present at the internal meeting,…

‘Why just Air India?’: SC rejects plea seeking safety audit after AI171 crash; asks why not other airlines? | India News – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected to hear a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that called for a committee, headed by a retired Supreme Court judge, to independently examine Air India’s safety and maintenance standards.The petition, filed last month after crash sought a comprehensive safety audit of Air India’s fleet by an international aviation…

All flights of US-based United Airlines grounded, thousands affected

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United Airlines temporarily grounded all of its mainline flights due to a technical issue facing its systems, affecting thousands of US passengers. The issue was resolved in a couple of hours as passengers took to social media to vent their frustrations as operations came to a standstill in the airports of Chicago, Denver, Newark, Houston…

DGCA audit of 8 airlines finds 263 lapses in 1 year – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Wednesday said it has had 263 ‘findings’ (lapses found during audits) across eight airlines in the last one year. Among big airlines, 51 ‘findings’ were at Air India, followed by 25 at Air India Express and 23 at IndiGo.Of the total 263, 19 were level one…

US airlines push back against Senate plan to curb airport facial recognition

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Air travellers may soon face changes at security lines as a new Senate bill takes aim at TSA’s use of facial recognition technology. But the nation’s biggest airlines aren’t on board. Warning of longer wait times and disrupted operations, travel companies and airports urged the Senate to reject the bill that promises to give passengers…

Air India tragedy fallout: DGCA directs airlines to inspect fuel switches in Boeings | India News – Times of India

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NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: India on Monday directed its airlines using certain Boeing aircraft, like the B737s and B787 Dreamliners, to check fuel control switch locking mechanisms on them by July 21.The regulators and airlines of some other countries, like South Korea and the UAE, are also doing the same. The US Federal Aviation Administration had in…