Flying 1,000 km per day: Tiny Indian Falcon stuns scientists with marathon flight

Flying 1,000 km per day: Tiny Indian Falcon stuns scientists with marathon flight

Three new aerial travellers are rewriting the limits of endurance in the natural world. On November 11 2025, wildlife scientists tagged three Amur Falcons, Apapang (an adult male), Alang (a young female), and Ahu (an adult female), as part of the Manipur Amur Falcon Tracking Project (Phase 2) led by the Wildlife Institute of India. … Read more

Flight operations at Delhi airport returning to normal, says DIAL

Flight operations at Delhi airport returning to normal, says DIAL

Indira Gandhi International Airport. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Airline operations at the Delhi airport, the country’s busiest airport, were slowly returning to normalcy on Saturday (November 8, 2025) morning, a day after a glitch with the air traffic control system delayed more than 800 flights. Also Read | Delhi IGI airport ATC glitch has … Read more

Maiden flight of HTT-40 series production aircraft

Maiden flight of HTT-40 series production aircraft

The Hindustan Turbo Trainer-40 Series Production aircraft during its maiden flight in Bengaluru on October 25, 2025. The first Hindustan Turbo Trainer-40 (HTT-40) Series Production aircraft, TH 4001 made its maiden flight here on Friday. The HTT-40 is an indigenous Basic Trainer Aircraft (BTA) designed and developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian … Read more

Abu Dhabi-bound IndiGo flight returns to Kochi after technical snag

Abu Dhabi-bound IndiGo flight returns to Kochi after technical snag

An IndiGo flight bound for Abu Dhabi returned to Kochi shortly after take-off on Saturday morning following a technical issue, the airline said. The aircraft landed safely in Kochi and is undergoing maintenance checks. In a statement, IndiGo said: “A technical issue was detected on IndiGo flight 6E 1403 operating from Kochin to Abu Dhabi … Read more

Dubai-bound IndiGo flight makes emergency landing in Ahmedabad after technical snag

Dubai-bound IndiGo flight makes emergency landing in Ahmedabad after technical snag

A Dubai-bound IndiGo flight that took off from Gujarat’s Surat on Thursday morning made an emergency landing at Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. The pilots decided to have an emergency landing at the Ahmedabad airport after the aircraft suffered a technical fault. After a two-hour hiatus, another flight was arranged for all the passengers … Read more

Kolkata-bound Alliance Air flight returns to Guwahati after mid-air snag, all safe

Kolkata-bound Alliance Air flight returns to Guwahati after mid-air snag, all safe

A Kolkata-bound Alliance Air flight returned to Guwahati midway on Wednesday after developing a technical snag, prompting the authorities at Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International (LGBI) Airport to declare a “full-scale emergency”, news agency ANI reported. Officials said flight 9I756 took off from Guwahati at 1.09 pm for Kolkata but soon after take-off, the pilots reported … Read more

One flight diverted, three delayed due to heavy rain at KIA

One flight diverted, three delayed due to heavy rain at KIA

There was a minor disruption of flight operations at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru due to heavy rains on Tuesday. KIA officials said that one IndiGo flight from Delhi to Bengaluru was diverted to Coimbatore. The flight returned to Bengaluru after a one-and-half-hour delay. The officials added that three flights from Bengaluru were also … Read more

British Airways flight to London returns to Chennai soon after departure ‘due to airspace tensions over Middle East’

British Airways flight to London returns to Chennai soon after departure ‘due to airspace tensions over Middle East’

Photo used for representation purpose only | Photo Credit: Reuters A British Airways flight from Chennai to London returned to Chennai airport briefly after departure. The flight that departed around 6 a.m. from the Chennai airport flew for a while and returned to the airport at 8.30 a.m. There were nearly 200 passengers on board … Read more

Flight carrying over 100 Indian students, evacuated to Armenia from war-torn Iran, lands in Delhi

Flight carrying over 100 Indian students, evacuated to Armenia from war-torn Iran, lands in Delhi

Armenia, Jun 18 (ANI): Indian students reach Zvartnots International Airport to board a flight from Armenia to New Delhi, under Operation Sindhu, facilitated by the Government of India in view of the Israel-Iran conflict, on June 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: X/@MEAIndia via ANI Photo The first flight carrying over 100 students, who were evacuated … Read more

Kurnool-Vijayawada flight services to start from July 2

Kurnool-Vijayawada flight services to start from July 2

File picture of Industries and Commerce Minister T.G. Bharath submitting a representation to Union Minister for Civil Aviation K. Rammohan Naidu, seeking flight services between Kurnool and Vijayawada. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Industries and Commerce Minister T.G. Bharath has said that flight services between Kurnool and Vijayawada will commence from July 2. In a … Read more