On October 27th (start of Winter Schedule), Virgin Atlantic restarted their daily flights from London Heathrow to CSMIA, Mumbai after almost a four year gap of absence. This service adds to the existing flights provided by Air India and British Airways between Heathrow Airport and CSMIA, Mumbai. The inaugural flight was operated by a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner equipment with registration G-VCRU nicknamed “Olivia-Rae“. The aircraft has a 3-class seating configuration – C31W35Y198. Photo Gallery We at Team VT Aviation were pleased […]
India’s second biggest airline, SpiceJet, on Wednesday, announced plans to build it’s first international hub in the northernmost state of the UAE kingdom, Ras-Al-Khaimah. Ras-Al-Khaimah International Airport (IATA: RKT, ICAO: OMRK) will be the airline’s first international hub. RAK Airport only has a total of 27 departures with the majority of flights being operated by Air Arabia. Ras-Al-Khaimah is known for its Mountainesque view of the Hajar mountains and the scenic beaches. This gives the perfect opportunity for tourists to […]
UPDATE (26 October) – On October 25, Vistara announced Colombo as their 4th International destination and announced some readjustments on the existing international routes. More details at the end of the article! Click here to read more. Over the last few months, Vistara has been aggressive with its expansion plans, both on the domestic as well as the international sectors. After the successful launch of their international destinations – Singapore, Bangkok and Dubai, Vistara’s new routes has been focussed towards […]
After having connected to 7 international destinations, GoAir has added Singapore as it’s 8th destination. GoAir commenced flights to Singapore from October 18th, four times a week from the silicon valley of India, Bengaluru and from October 19th, three times a week from the capital city of the land of Royal Bengal Tigers, Kolkata! The timings of the flights are as shown below – G827 BLR2045 – SIN0320(+1) A320N 4x G828 SIN0450 – BLR0735 A320N 4x Here are some pictures […]
Jaffna is a city on the northern tip of Sri Lanka and about 400km drive from Colombo. Alliance Air, a subsidiary of Air India which operates the regional operations across India with ATR turbo-prop aircraft successfully conducted a test flight to Jaffna from Chennai. As per the initial plan, the airline will operate to Jaffna from Chennai, Tiruchirapalli and Kochi. The regular operations to Jaffna International Airport from Chennai is expected to start from November 1 with flights operating 3 […]
On October 15th, on it’s 87th birthday, Air India made history by becoming the first airline in the world to use a Taxibot on a commercial passenger aircraft. Air India’s Chairman and Managing Director Ashwani Lohani flagged-off the flight. The flight was AI 665, an Airbus A321 with registration VT-PPH, bound for CSMIA, Mumbai from IGI Airport Terminal 3, New Delhi. The Taxibot is a semi-robotic towbarless tractor (built for aircraft) used as an alternate taxiing equipment. The taxibot is […]
October 7, 2019, Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (KLM) celebrated their 100th birthday and this year, KLM successfully complete a centenary of the Dutch flying. The airline is one of the oldest airline in the world and has been consistently flying millions of passengers to and from Amsterdam. In September 1919, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands granted the proposed airline the title of “Royal” thus known as the Royal Dutch Airlines. The first flight carried two journalists and newspaper from London to […]
Indian Air Force celebrates it’s 87th Indian Air Force Day today i.e October 8, 2019. The event marks the formation of Indian Air Force back in 1954 and today completed 87 years of “Touching the Sky with Glory”. The event was well attended by a number of dignitaries and families from Air Force, Army and Navy including the veterans. The Air Force Day had a stunning aerial and ground performance by the Air Warriors who believe in the motto of […]
Starting October 2, Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) has announced a 100% ban on single-single use plastic. So now no more single-use plastic items including bottles, cutlery, bags etc. will be seen at the airport. Alternate arrangements are made at the airport for necessary items by using cutlery from biodegradable materials, steel straws and cloth bags to support this sustainable cause and bringing a total termination on single-use plastic which has been one of the biggest cause of […]
SpiceXpress, SpiceJet’s cargo airline took delivery of it’s first Boeing 737-800BCF on September 22, 2019. The aircraft is leased from NGF Alpha Ltd., a division of Spectre Cargo Solutions. Boeing Converted Aircraft (BCF) are next-generation 737 aircraft, which are converted by Boeing into cargo jets. The airplane can carry 23.9 tonnes of freight and has a range of 2000NM. Launched during September 2018, SpiceXpress currently operates cargo flights as follows: Six weekly services to Hong Kong from New Delhi, Kolkata and Guwahati and […]