The India Meteorological Department issued an orange alert for very dense fog on Monday, with temperatures expected to range between a maximum of 22°C and a minimum of 7°C
Savagely assaulted and left bleeding on the airport floor, a passenger’s routine journey turned into a nightmare. At Indira Gandhi International Airport’s Terminal 1, SpiceJet flyer Ankit Dewan was brutally attacked by an Air India Express pilot, allegedly after a verbal spat. The horrifying incident unfolded in full public view, with Ankit’s seven-year-old daughter witnessing the assault and breaking down in tears. As her injured father lay bleeding, family members tried to console the traumatised child. Ankit later narrated the sequence of events to India Today, explaining why he did not immediately file a complaint. The airline has since grounded the pilot and ordered an internal probe, while the civil aviation ministry has sought a detailed report.
The passenger, Ankit Dewan, was traveling with his family, including a four-month-old baby in a stroller. Dewan claimed that airport staff directed his family to use the staff and PRM security check due to the infant.
Both Delhi Airport and the airlines have urged passengers to check the status of their flights in advance, as thick fog has caused significant delays
Several domestic carriers, including IndiGo, Air India, and SpiceJet, alerted passengers to possible disruptions as visibility dropped sharply
India’s major airlines are set to present their fleet and network expansion plans to the DGCA amid changing capacity dynamics caused by IndiGo’s mandated schedule cut.
In Chennai, the slots are full. And we may not even have slots to connect to major cities. There are a whole lot of these structural issues, says former CFO Vijay Gopalan
IndiGo flight cancellations: SpiceJet plans to introduce up to 100 additional daily flights during the current winter schedule, subject to regulatory approvals.
The upbeat sentiment around the stock follows the airline’s ongoing expansion of its operational capacity. In a press statement, SpiceJet said it has added two Boeing 737 aircraft to its fleet.
The planes began flying on November 26 and 29 and are now serving key routes, including Delhi–Bangkok, Ahmedabad–Dubai, and Ahmedabad–Kolkata
The recent rebound in SpiceJet's share price followed a statement by Chairman and Managing Director Ajay Singh, who announced that the airline would be operating 100 additional flights over the next few days to support passengers amid widespread IndiGo flight delays and cancellations across the country.
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