Kingfisher Atr Aircraft

• GMR's unit seeks nod to repair 14 grounded Kingfisher aircraft

  The aircraft (7 ATRs and 7 Air Bus 320) were grounded in various airports of Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru and Kolkata due to operational problems and subsequent financial crisis faced by the airlines.

• Kingfisher owes Bank of Scotland $21.6 mn: UK High Court

  Vijay Mallya-owned troubled Kingfisher Airlines owes Bank of Scotland $21.6 million in overdue lease payments for 10 ATR 72-500 aircraft, the UK High Court has ruled, paving the way for potential action by the bank to recover the outstanding sum. According to flightglobal.com, Bank of Scotland had brought the action on behalf of a consortium of le...

• Dogs' day out at Bangalore airport

  There's a new problem dogging the Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) that threatens air passengers' safety. Stray dogs on the airport's runway are putting the flights and the passengers at a grave risk, threatening an encore of the mishap on HAL airport runway on March 28, 2008 night when a Kingfisher ATR aircraft taking off for Hyderabad hit a ...

• Manic Monday at Mumbai airport

  A kingfisher ATR 72-500 aircraft going to Jamnagar with 30 passengers was given clearance to take off by ATC around 1:30 pm, when it was ready to take off, it was asked to abort.

• Scare at Delhi airport after plane goes off radar

  The ATC sources said that turbo-propped ATR aircraft, during its 40-minute flight, was not in communication with the ATC for about seven minutes.