28 survivors of the Madurai train accident will be boarding a Lucknow-bound Indigo flight from Madurai at 2:30 PM on Sunday in order to reach their respective home towns.
During the just-concluded monsoon session of Parliament, some parliamentarians have registered a complaint that necessary protocol was not accorded to them at the airports by the airline companies and security agencies (CISF), including airport operators.
Delhi's Dwarka Court on Thursday granted bail to a junior First Officer (pilot) (now de-rostered) with IndiGo Airlines after being in custody for one month.
Cochin Customs officers on Friday recovered gold, worth around Rs 85 lakh, from the rear toilet of an Indigo Airlines plane. The gold was in paste form found in two unclaimed bags, said officials.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Union Minister of State for civil aviation General VK Singh (Retd) and other senior officials of the Ministry of Civil Aviation joined the inaugural event via video conferencing.
A total of 206 cases of technical snags out of a total of 338 cases were reported by Indigo Airlines, which informed the Ministry of Civil Aviation on Monday.
The passenger identified as Kavraj Tagat Singh, a resident of Rajasthan, was found smoking in the toilet of an IndiGo Dubai-Mumbai flight when it was airborne.
"IndiGo flight 6E 2172 operating from Delhi to Ranchi returned to Delhi as a precaution due to a momentary technical caution," the airline said in its statement.