Indian airline sees Pakistan airspace ban costing it $600m over 12 months, seeks aid
- 02-May-2025
Air India expects to face around $600 million in additional costs if a ban from Pakistan’s airspace lasts for a year, and has asked the federal government to compensate it for the hit, a company letter seen by Reuters shows. Indian airlines are bracing for higher fuel costs and longer journey times after Pakistan shut its […]
CAA stops Indian airline from using Pakistan’s airspace
- 03-Nov-2021
KARACHI: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Wednesday stopped an Indian airline from using its airspace, ARY News reported. According to sources, the CAA has denied the use of Pakistan’s airspace to Indian airline’s Srinagar-Sharjah flight. The CAA has cancelled Indian airline permission for using the country’s airspace on government order, said sources. Also Read: Pakistan […]
Pakistan allows Indian airline’s Srinagar-Sharjah flight to use airspace
- 29-Oct-2021
KARACHI: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) green-lighted an Indian airline’s Srinagar-Sharjah flight to use Pakistan’s airspace, ARY News reported on Friday. A spokesperson for the country’s aviation regulator relayed that the airline sought a special permission for its flight travelling from occupied Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar to the UAE’s Sharjah to use the Pakistani airspace, […]
Indian airline decides to stop free meals for some passengers
- 03-Dec-2018
NEW DELHI: Jet Airways Ltd, India’s biggest full-service carrier, will stop providing free meals to most domestic economy class passengers from January, in the debt-laden airline’s latest move to cut costs and boost revenues. Passengers will, instead, have the option to buy meals on board, the airline said in a statement on Monday. “(The move) […]
Indian airline torments passengers by putting AC on blast
- 22-Jun-2018
Air Asia, an Indian airline, travelling from Kolkata to Bagdogra has been accused of mistreating its passengers for putting the air-conditioning blower on full in order to disembark passengers from the plane. According to NDTV, the airline was delayed by four hours and the passengers were seated inside the airplane. When the airline’s crew asked passengers to deplane […]