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Ride-hailing app Uber has signed a pact with AAI to build its cab service zone across their airports as it sees the aviation sector as one of the key growth drivers of its business, a senior company official said. Uber India and South Asia President Prabhjeet Singh told PTI that it has recorded nearly 100 per cent year-on-year growth in Airport trips in January and February this year and one in every 10 trips on the Uber platform is an airport trip. "We have signed an MOU with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to…

Published By: Paras YadavLast Updated: April 14, 2023, 08:55 ISTAir India will launch TaxiBot operations at Delhi and Bengaluru airports for its Airbus A320 family of aircraft.A semi-robotic equipment, the TaxiBot, once attached to the aircraft, acts as an extension of the aircraft’s nose landing gear. It is used to tow aircraft from the airport terminal gate to the taxi-out point, and from the terminal gate after landing (taxi-in phase) without utilising the aircraft’s engines, thus saving jet fuel. The pioneering…

Last Updated: April 07, 2023, 10:44 ISTNavi Mumbai Metro (Photo: Mumbai Metro)A 35-km metro line is all set to connect the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) with the upcoming Navi Mumbai AirportThe public transport system in India’s economic capital Mumbai is set to get a major boost with the completion of metro projects in the upcoming years. Among the upcoming projects is a proposed 35-km metro line set to connect the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) to the upcoming Navi…

Fast News At full capacity, the airport will serve more than 200 million passengers per year after the completion of all four phases with six runways by 2028. Istanbul Airport serves 64.3M passengers in 2022, up 73.8 percent on a yearly basis.…

A United Airlines plane taxis at Newark International Airport, in Newark, New Jersey, on January 11 2023.Kena Betancur | AFP | Getty ImagesNEWARK, New Jersey — Faced with congested airports, rising costs, a pilot shortage and a resurgence in travel demand, airlines are increasingly turning to the same remedy: bigger planes that fit more passengers.Flights operated by the 11 largest U.S. airlines had an average of more than 153 seats on domestic flights last year, up from an average of nearly 141 seats in 2017, according…

Russia has limited access to parts, software and technical skills needed to carry out critical maintenance due on hundreds of commercial jets, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis, raising safety concerns among industry executives and regulators.In the days after Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, many Western countries closed airspace to Russian jets. The U.S. and Europe also slapped the country with a series of sanctions and export controls that have blocked parts, services and other technology from…

Atlanta has retained its title as the busiest airport in the world, as more people return to flying all over the globe. There were 93.7 million passengers who passed through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in 2022, a 24% increase from the prior year, according to figures released Wednesday by Airports Council International World, an industry group. Like most other major airports, Atlanta still hasn’t fully bounced back from the pandemic, when…

April 4, 2023 7:07 am ET Aircraft close calls have been rising, prompting safety concerns. WSJ goes inside the air traffic control tower at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to see how controllers juggle around 2,100 flights every day. Copyright ©2022 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8…

Published By: Paras YadavLast Updated: March 31, 2023, 10:01 ISTImage used for Representation. (Photo: IANS)Officials said that the diverted flights have landed at different airports in Lucknow, Jaipur, Dehradun and Chandigarh due to heavy rainsAdverse weather conditions caused by rain and thunderstorm led to the diversion of nearly 22 flights from the Delhi airport till late on Thursday evening.Officials said that the diverted flights have landed at different airports in Lucknow, Jaipur, Dehradun and Chandigarh due to…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research from the University of Alberta's School of Business shows airports perform better—with improved customer service, fewer cancelations and delays, and more routes—when purchased by private investors. Canada's airports, most of which are private, not-for-profit organizations with…