New Delhi [India], June 12: One year ago today, Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner bound for London Gatwick, crashed moments after take-off from Ahmedabad, killing 241 of the 242 people on board and 19 on the ground – India’s deadliest aviation disaster in decades. A year on, with the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau’s final report still awaited, a…
In a significant development, India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has renewed Jet Airways’ Air Operator Certificate (AOC) after a prolonged period of suspension. The revival of Jet Airways comes as a ray of hope for the Indian aviation industry, which had been grappling with the aftermath of the airline’s suspension in 2019 due to financial difficulties. Under the…