Air Asia News
A full emergency was declared at the airport after the Bengaluru-bound Air Asia flight with 168 passengers returned to Kochi due to a suspected hydraulic failure.
The Air Asia flight was bound to land in Pune but had to make an emergency landing at Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar after the bird strike incident.
The Air Asia India flight was grounded because of pieces of tire treads found on the runway of Bengaluru Airport, where the plane was taxiing earlier, reports ANI.
AirAsia India allegedly violated aviation norms with respect to pilot proficiency checks and instrument rating tests and was likely to face enforcement action from the safety regulator, reports PTI.
An Air Asia flight going from Lucknow to Kolkata had to make an emergency landing at the city's airport after suffering a bird strike after take-off, reports ANI.
An operational review process is underway with a view to ultimately integrating AirAsia India fully with Air India Express (AIXL), as per the Tata-owned airline Air India.
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Delhi had made a negative RT-PCR test report not older than 72 hours mandatory for passengers travelling from Maharashtra.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said over 25,000 people have tested COVID-19 positive in the last 24 hours in Delhi.
On Saturday, the national capital had recorded 24,375 fresh COVID-19 cases.
Mumbai-bound AirAsia flight was about to take off from Birsa Munda airport in Ranchi when the incident occurred, said the airline spokesperson.
The pilot applied emergency brakes and avoided a major mishap. All 176 people on board are reported to be safe and secure.
Vistara has instituted a compulsory leave without pay for up to six days in April for senior employees, while AirAsia India last week cut the salaries of senior employees by up to 20 per cent.
AirAsia India operations coordinated with Kolkata Air traffic control (ATC) to initiate an immediate landing in Kolkata. The airlines added that all the guests were taken care of and were provided with an alternate arrangement of aircraft to Mumbai again.
Major airlines including IndiGo, Spicejet, Air Asia suspended all flight operations to and from Kolkata after the IMD warning about the Cyclone Bulbul.
An Air Asia plane from Hyderabad made a safe landing in Delhi on Monday morning despite suffering a hydraulic failure.
The Delhi Police and airport security have initiated an investigation.
AirAsia X at the top has an average of USD 0.07 per km.
The woman was travelling from Ranchi to Bengaluru on Nov 3 when the incident took place.
An AirAsia flight from Australia to Indonesia was forced to turn back to Perth after losing cabin pressure, with passengers recounting their terror as oxygen masks dropped from the ceiling.
The Odisha government on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with AirAsia for direct international flight between Bhubaneswar and Kuala Lumpur.
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