4+ hour, 15+ min ago (199+ words) Published - November 30, 2025 07:41 pm IST - Bengaluru The Karnataka State Travel Operators Association (KSTOA) has cautioned that the ongoing disruption in Airbus A320 operations could unleash a major economic and employment crisis across the State's tourism sector if the situation continues for even 15 days. KSTOA expressed concern that State tourism revenues could fall sharply, hampering a fragile post-pandemic recovery that many operators are still struggling through. On Friday, Airbus stated that intense solar radiation could corrupt data critical to flight controls in several A320 family aircraft. The aircraft manufacturer warned that essential software modifications would lead to temporary operational disruptions. Following this, India's aviation regulator mandated that airlines ground A320 aircraft that had not completed the software update by Sunday morning. Major carriers then moved quickly to implement the fix across their fleets. The manufacturer's alert came after a JetBlue flight from Mexico to Newark…...

11+ hour, 1+ min ago (311+ words) Published - November 30, 2025 12:56 pm IST - New Delhi Aviation regulator DGCA on Sunday (November 30, 2025) said Indian carriers have completed the software upgrades on 323 operational A320 family planes to address a potential issue related to flight controls. On Friday (November 28, 2025), Airbus said intense solar radiation might corrupt data critical to flight controls in a significant number of A320 family aircraft and that the software changes required to fix the issue would lead to operational disruptions. A total of 338 A320 family aircraft with the three Indian airlines" IndiGo, Air India and Air India Express" were initially identified for the software upgrades to address the issue. Among them, 323 were operational, six were under base maintenance and later it was found that the upgrades were no needed for nine such planes in the fleet of Air India, according to a senior DGCA official. IndiGo has completed the upgrades on…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago (128+ words) U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday (November 29, 2025) that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela is to be closed in its entirety. Mr. Trump, in a Truth Social post said: "To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY." Last week, the U.S. aviation regulator warned major airlines of a "potentially hazardous situation" when flying over Venezuela due to a "worsening security situation and heightened military activity in or around" the country. Venezuela revoked operating rights for six major international airlines that had suspended flights to the country following a warning from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. Published - November 29, 2025 07:14 pm IST Donald Trump / Venezuela / USA...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago (180+ words) Updated - November 29, 2025 10:09 am IST - NEW DELHI Air travellers can expect widespread flight delays and cancellations as the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Saturday (November 29, 2025) barred airlines from operating certain Airbus A319, A320 and A321 aircraft until urgent software or hardware modifications mandated by an Airbus safety alert are carried out. "This is to be ensured that no person shall operate the product which falls under the applicability of this Mandatory Modification," the DGCA order states. Airlines say software updates are being carried out in between flights, and some older aircraft that require a hardware replacement may have to be grounded. Pilots have already been informed by airlines that there will be disruption to flight duties. "Airbus acknowledges these recommendations will lead to operational disruptions to passengers and customers. We apologise for the inconvenience caused and will work closely with operators, while…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago (281+ words) Published - November 29, 2025 02:47 pm IST - Mumbai Tata Sons chairman N. Chandrasekaran on Saturday (November 29, 2025) said that Air India, which is undergoing a transformation, is not just a business opportunity but a "responsibility" for the Tata Group. The aviation sector faces continous challenges, Mr. Chandrasekaran said and added that the global supply chain issues make availability of parts, infrastructure and new fleet pretty unpredictable. "Every plan that you have is becoming difficult because of the situations that you face in this area," he said. Mr. Chandrasekaran also mentioned that the aviation is a very capital intensive business and also the margins are thin. At an event in the city to celebrate the 121st birth anniversary of J.R.D Tata, Mr. Chandrasekaran said, "I firmly believe for the Tata Group, Air India is just not a business opportunity. It's a responsibility." Tata acquired loss-making Air India…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago (233+ words) Updated - November 29, 2025 11:21 am IST Airbus said in a statement a recent incident involving an A320-family aircraft had revealed that intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls. "Airbus acknowledges these recommendations will lead to operational disruptions to passengers and customers," the company said. For about two-thirds of the affected jets, the recall will result in a relatively brief grounding as airlines revert to a previous software version, industry sources said. But the scale of the operation is expected to cause significant disruption. Hundreds of jets may also have to have hardware changed, leading to weeks out of service. Follow here for more updates, Europe's Airbus said on Friday (November 28, 2025) it was ordering an immediate software change on a significant number of its best-selling A320 family of jets in a move that industry sources said would involve…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago (934+ words) Updated - November 29, 2025 04:32 pm IST Europe's Airbus said on Friday (November 28, 2025) it was ordering immediate repairs to 6,000 of its widely used A320 family of jets in a software fix affecting more than half the global fleet, threatening upheaval during the busiest travel weekend of the year in the United States and disruption worldwide. The setback appears to be among the largest software fix affecting Airbus in its 55-year history and comes weeks after the A320 overtook the Boeing 737 as the most-delivered model. At the time Airbus issued its bulletin to the plane's more than 350 operators, some 3,000 A320-family jets were in the air. The fix mainly involves reverting to earlier software and is relatively simple, but must be carried out before the planes can fly again, other than repositioning to repair centres, according to the bulletin to airlines seen by Reuters. Airlines from the…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago (724+ words) Updated - November 29, 2025 03:09 am IST - New Delhi IndiGo, Air India and Air India Express flight operations will see disruptions as they work on fixing a potential issue related to flight controls in their A320 family planes and 200-250 aircraft will be impacted in the country, according to sources. Airbus on Friday (November 28, 2025) said intense solar radiation might corrupt data critical to flight controls in a significant number of A320 family aircraft and that the software changes required to fix the issue would lead to operational disruptions. With many of the narrow-body A320 family planes of the domestic carriers set to undergo software changes or in some cases hardware realignment, there will be operational disruptions as the aircraft have to be grounded, the sources said. Indian operators have about 560 A320 family aircraft and 200-250 of them will need software changes or hardware realignment, they added. The European Union…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago (171+ words) ED issues lookout circular, preventing MES president P.A. Fasal Gafoor from flying abroad amid financial investigation. The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has stopped Muslim Educational Society (MES) State president P.A Fasal Gafoor from flying abroad.Reportedly, emigration officials at the Cochin airport turned away Mr Gafoor and his son who were to board a Malaysia Airlines flight to Australia in the early hours of Friday It is learnt that the ED had issued a lookout circular against Mr Gafoor at airports across the country after he allegedly declined to appear for interrogation regarding MES" financial transactions, for which the agency had issued him summons.Mr Gafoor and his son arrived at the airport late on Thursday night to board the flight scheduled for 12.35 a.m During passport verification, emigration officials reportedly came across the lookout circular and contacted the Kochi office of…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago (243+ words) Published - November 27, 2025 06:00 pm IST - CHENNAI A few weeks after sending the site clearance application for the Hosur airport, the Tamil Nadu government has now begun to look for a consultant to prepare the comprehensive Detailed Techno-Economic Report (DTER). Watch: What's happening to Tamil Nadu's plans for newer airports? | Focus Tamil Nadu Hosur airport | Many obstacles before take off According to TIDCO, Hosur airport planned over 2,300 acres with a handling capacity of 30 million passengers a year will have a single runway, dual parallel taxiway and will be developed to accommodate Code 4E aircraft operations with precision approach CAT III (that aids in landing during very poor visibility conditions). TIDCO has now issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) to finalise a consultant. The chosen consultant will first have to review the Obstacle Limitation Surfaces (OLS) survey data. Notably, TIDCO will also assess the…...