NEW DELHI: Enroute airspace restrictions due to the Israel-Iran war forced Air India to cancel its Delhi-Frankfurt (AI 2029) and Delhi-Zurich (AI 151) flights on Sunday. This happened “due to extended flight times caused by airspace closures in the Middle East amid rising tensions in the region. These closures would have exceeded the mandatory flight…
Air India on Friday announced that it has cancelled seven flights, including four international and three domestic routes, due to “enhanced maintenance and operational reasons.” The cancellations come days after an Air India flight from Ahmedabad to London crashed.Affected flights include services between Dubai, Chennai, Delhi, Melbourne, Pune, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, and Mumbai.Also read: Air India…
NEW DELHI: Air India on Tuesday cancelled at least eight international flights to be operated on Boeing 787 Dreamliner and one on a B777. The B787 cancellations were for: Ahmedabad-London Gatwick; Gatwick-Amritsar; Delhi to Vienna, Paris and Dubai; Bangalore-London & return and Paris-Delhi. A Boeing 777 (not a Dreamliner) operating San Francisco (SFO)-Kolkata (where it…
The catastrophic Air India incident is likely to subject Boeing to additional scrutiny. (AP photo) Air India plane crash: Boeing’s CEO Kelly Ortberg has cancelled his visit to the upcoming Paris air show, a significant aviation sector gathering, to concentrate on investigating the Air India Dreamliner 787-8 crash.“As our industry prepares to start the Paris…
Boeing’s planned trial over deadly 737 MAX crashes called off by US judge (Image caption: AP) NEW YORK: A US federal judge on Monday cancelled the planned trial of US aviation giant Boeing over crashes of its 737 MAX aircraft that left nearly 350 people dead.The trial had been scheduled to begin June 23, but…
The Trump administration has halted $1 billion for mental health services for children, saying that the programs funded by a bipartisan law aimed at stemming gun violence in schools were no longer in “the best interest of the federal government.” Lawmakers authorized the money in 2022 after a former student opened fire at an elementary…
The Israeli government has cancelled visas for 27 French left-wing lawmakers and local officials just two days before they were set to begin a five-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories. The delegation, comprising members of France’s Ecologist and Communist parties, was invited by the French consulate in Jerusalem. Their mission, according to the…
US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced the termination of two federal grants awarded to Harvard University on Wednesday. The grants, which together amounted to over $2.7 million, were part of the Department of Homeland Security’s ongoing programs. The cancellation aligns with President Donald Trump’s broader initiative to scrutinise federal support to institutions he…
New Delhi: Supreme Court on Wednesday cancelled anticipatory bail granted by Bombay HC to 16 accused in the Rs 4,000 crore Adarsh Credit Cooperative Society scam in Maharashtra on the ground that they had deliberately dodged court summons and attempted to delay trial proceedings, reports Dhananjay Mahapatra.Accepting arguments of advocate Padmesh Mishra, a bench of…
The US State Department revoked the visas of members of a Mexican band after they projected the face of a drug cartel boss onto a large screen during a performance in the western state of Jalisco over the weekend. US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau, who was US ambassador to Mexico during the first…