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Time of India
5 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
India hikes Kuwait's flying rights by 50% to 18,000 weekly seats
NEW DELHI: In a rare move, India has enhanced the flying rights of a Gulf nation when it raised weekly seats to 18,000 per week between India and Kuwait from earlier 12,000 — a raise of 50%. Now airlines of both sides can deploy 18,000 seats per week. The agreement was signed by India's aviation secretary Samir Kumar Sinha and Kuwait DGCA president Sheikh Hamoud Al-Mubarak. Kuwait gets more bilaterals after 18 years, when its capacity was raised from 8,320 to 12,000. The enhancement comes as airlines of both countries had long ago fully utilised their share of allowed allowed seats. Air India Express, Akasa, IndiGo, Jazeera Airways and Kuwait Airways operate nearly 40 flights daily between the two countries. At 54 weekly flights, Kuwait Airways is is the biggest operator followed by IndiGo at 36. With an increase in demand for travel, Kuwait — like several other regions especially in the Middle East including Dubai — had been seeking a hike in bilaterals. In the last one year, India has signed new air service agreements with Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Uzbekistan. The Modi govt since 2014 had been following a policy for bilaterals that keeps in mind the interest of Indian carriers and has been taking steps to increase their share in the international traffic flying in and out of the country. The steps taken include massive capex in augmenting Indian airports' capacity so that they can become big global hubs; divesting Air India and AI Express; letting new airlines like Akasa take wings and enabling IndiGo to grow despite massive global supply chain constraints. Stay informed with the latest business news, updates on bank holidays and public holidays . AI Masterclass for Students. Upskill Young Ones Today!– Join Now
The Hindu
6 days ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
Corrections and Clarifications — July 16, 2025
Akasa has Boeing 737s and not 787s as mentioned in the front page report, 'DGCA orders Boeing fuel switch inspection' (July 15, 2025). Due to an editing error, the incumbent U.S. President Donald Trump was referred to as former President in a report, 'Ahead of Monsoon Session, Congress to hold strategy meet to discuss key issues' ('News page', July 14, 2025).
Time of India
14-07-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Cargo truck hits Akasa Air aircraft parked at Mumbai airport
Mumbai: A cargo truck hit an Akasa Air Boeing 737 aircraft parked at Mumbai airport in the early hours of Monday. Akasa confirmed the incident. The airline, in a statement, said a third-party ground handler was operating the cargo truck that came in contact with the aircraft. "The aircraft is currently undergoing a thorough inspection, and we are investigating the incident with the third-party ground handler," the airline added. The aircraft operated a flight from Bengaluru and landed and docked at the Mumbai airport when the incident occurred, said sources.
Time of India
14-07-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Cargo truck hits Akasa air airplane parked at Mumbai airport
MUMBAI: A cargo truck hit an Akasa Air Boeing 737 aircraft parked at Mumbai airport in the early hours of Monday. Akasa confirmed the incident. The airline, in a statement, said a third-party ground handler was operating the cargo truck that came in contact with the aircraft. "The aircraft is currently undergoing a thorough inspection, and we are investigating the incident with the third-party ground handler," the airline added. The aircraft operated a flight from Bengaluru and landed and docked at the Mumbai airport when the incident occurred, said sources. Stay informed with the latest business news, updates on bank holidays and public holidays . AI Masterclass for Students. Upskill Young Ones Today!– Join Now
Time of India
14-07-2025
- Time of India
Cargo truck hits parked plane of Akasa at Mumbai Airport, no one hurt
File photo NEW DELHI: An Akasa aircraft parked at Mumbai Airport was hit by a truck on Monday afternoon. In a statement, Akasa said: "A third party ground handler, while operating a cargo truck, came in contact with an Akasa Air aircraft that was parked at CSMIA, Mumbai. The aircraft is currently undergoing a thorough inspection, and we are investigating this incident with the third party ground handler." The Boeing 737MAX was parked when the truck hit it and there were no injuries to employees or passengers. Following the Air India June 12 crash in Ahmedabad, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had conducted checks at Delhi and Mumbai airports. Among the deficiencies observed was this: 'Many vehicles in the ramp area were found without speed governors. These vehicles were withdrawn by cancelling their permits along with their drivers' airport driving licences.' For years, attempts are being made to arrest the increase in ground accidents at Indian airports. The DGCA had six years back mandated that operators will have to ensure vehicles are completely safe to drive and drivers have the required knowledge of airside driving rules. An order to the effect issued in 2019 said: "In order to curb (ground incidents at airports), DGCA has developed a detailed checklist to benchmark safety standards on airside of airport…. checking ground facilities like equipment, passenger boarding bridge, condition of apron/ marking/ lighting, availability of foreign object debris bins." Regarding vehicles and drivers, it says: "To regulate the movement of vehicles in airside, checks include fitness of vehicle as well as the fitness of drivers and their knowledge with regard to the geography of aerodrome, aerodrome signs, marking, lighting, radio telephony operating procedures, terms and phrases used in airside operations, adequate training of driving/ operating the relevant vehicle/equipment and the training of the employees working at airside. The checklist also includes aircraft turnaround and general safety procedures such as aircraft fuelling, pushback, towing, marshalling, mooring and arrival and departure of aircraft."
