Indigo Flight Row

IndiGo chief Pieter Elbers on Thursday referred to a recent incident of a passenger assaulting one of its pilots, calling it is "unacceptable", and said the airline's operations are back to normal as flight cancellations over fog-related disruptions

Amid the row over the video in which passengers of an IndiGo flight are seen eating on the tarmac in Mumbai airport while waiting for take-off, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said today that the way security was compromised

If an airline feels a disabled passenger's health is likely to deteriorate during a flight, it must consult a doctor at the airport and take an "appropriate decision" on whether boarding should be denied to the flyer or not, aviation watchdog said.

When in doubt, err on the side of caution, IndiGo CEO Ronojoy Dutta underlined amid an escalating row over the airline's decision to not allow a child with special needs on board one of its flights in Ranchi over the weekend.

IndiGo has barred nine media persons for 15 days for unruly behaviour while they were on the same flight in which Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut was heading to Mumbai from Chandigarh.

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, one of the most forceful critics of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government, on Monday claimed that he prompted organisers of an event in Kolkata to cancel his reservation on an IndoGo airlines flight to show solidarity with Mumbai-based comedian Kunal Kamra, who has been banned by the budget carrier for six months...

JC Diwakar Reddy, the Telugu Desam Party lawmaker who created a ruckus at the Visakhapatnam airport on Thursday after being denied a boarding pass for arriving late by IndiGo, refused to apologise for his behaviour.

Six private airline pilots have been grounded and asked to take "corrective training" for reporting low fuel after being asked to hover at the airport in Kolkata last week, which became a huge political controversy as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was in one of the flights.

I have taken flights with bawling toddlers and screaming infants and wished they could be deplaned - even mid-air. I have walked up and down the aisle, staring at the already embarrassed parents. Then, I became one of those parents.

The low cost airline will charge the passenger a premium of Rs 500 for sitting in rows one, two, 12 and 13 on a domestic flight and Rs 800 for an international flight under its Indigo Seat Plus plan.

IndiGo chief Pieter Elbers on Thursday referred to a recent incident of a passenger assaulting one of its pilots, calling it is "unacceptable", and said the airline's operations are back to normal as flight cancellations over fog-related disruptions

Amid the row over the video in which passengers of an IndiGo flight are seen eating on the tarmac in Mumbai airport while waiting for take-off, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said today that the way security was compromised

If an airline feels a disabled passenger's health is likely to deteriorate during a flight, it must consult a doctor at the airport and take an "appropriate decision" on whether boarding should be denied to the flyer or not, aviation watchdog said.

When in doubt, err on the side of caution, IndiGo CEO Ronojoy Dutta underlined amid an escalating row over the airline's decision to not allow a child with special needs on board one of its flights in Ranchi over the weekend.

IndiGo has barred nine media persons for 15 days for unruly behaviour while they were on the same flight in which Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut was heading to Mumbai from Chandigarh.

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, one of the most forceful critics of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government, on Monday claimed that he prompted organisers of an event in Kolkata to cancel his reservation on an IndoGo airlines flight to show solidarity with Mumbai-based comedian Kunal Kamra, who has been banned by the budget carrier for six months...

JC Diwakar Reddy, the Telugu Desam Party lawmaker who created a ruckus at the Visakhapatnam airport on Thursday after being denied a boarding pass for arriving late by IndiGo, refused to apologise for his behaviour.

Six private airline pilots have been grounded and asked to take "corrective training" for reporting low fuel after being asked to hover at the airport in Kolkata last week, which became a huge political controversy as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was in one of the flights.

I have taken flights with bawling toddlers and screaming infants and wished they could be deplaned - even mid-air. I have walked up and down the aisle, staring at the already embarrassed parents. Then, I became one of those parents.

The low cost airline will charge the passenger a premium of Rs 500 for sitting in rows one, two, 12 and 13 on a domestic flight and Rs 800 for an international flight under its Indigo Seat Plus plan.