IndiGo plans to shift 12 daily international departures from Mumbai's CSMIA to Navi Mumbai International Airport in phases, covering all its services to destinations including Bahrain, Riyadh, Jeddah, Kuwait, Muscat, Dhaka and Jakarta.
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Adani Airports and Air India Group announced a plan to gradually move some Air India flights to West Asian destinations from Mumbai's CSMIA to Navi Mumbai International Airport, making way for the redevelopment of Terminal 1.
Read more at Hindustan Times →Airlines at Mumbai airport want verifiable capacity assessments and operational data from Adani-run MIAL before agreeing to move international flights to Navi Mumbai. The dispute centres on a plan to restrict capacity equal to about five million passengers a year.
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Adani Airports says Mumbai Terminal 1 will handle 20 million passengers after redevelopment. The first phase aims to move about 5 million passengers to Navi Mumbai, and the planned transfer of 3.6 million covers about 70% of that.
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Navi Mumbai International Airport added Agatti via Goa MOPA, Darbhanga, Guwahati, Jalgaon, Jodhpur, Ranchi, Bagdogra, Sindhudurg and Udaipur, expanding connectivity across western, northern, eastern and northeastern India, the airport said.
Read more at BW Businessworld →From 25 October Air India is withdrawing from Birmingham and Vienna routes, adding to earlier decisions to drop Copenhagen from Delhi and London Gatwick from Amritsar, as it reshapes its network for Winter 2026-27.
Read more at Live From A Lounge →Air India and Air India Express extended suspensions of Riyadh and Dammam flights until 7 November, with Jeddah suspended until 31 October amid security concerns. Passengers with bookings issued by 24 October get flexible options.
Read more at IndToday →Akasa Air launched Visakhapatnam to Delhi flights on Sunday, becoming the third airline on the route and returning to Vizag after three years, Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu said in a post on X.
Read more at The Economic Times →Akasa Air, flying since August 2022, now has 44 aircraft. The latest delivery supports its plan to grow scale and connectivity, and it is preparing to introduce the Boeing 737 MAX 10, with the first expected in 2027.
Read more at Hotelier Buzz →Akasa Air has launched redemptions on Akasa Elevate, the revenue-based frequent flyer programme it unveiled earlier this year, which rewards passengers for flying and for spending on ancillary services, Live From A Lounge reports.
Read more at Live From A Lounge →Goa and Tamil Nadu have cut value-added tax on aviation turbine fuel, easing costs for airlines. Goa reduced its rate by 8 percentage points, from 15% to 7%, in a notification issued on 23 October 2026.
Read more at Zee Business →The UDAN Yatri Cafe at Terminal 3 of Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport offers tea for Rs 10 and coffee for Rs 20, aiming to make refreshments affordable for passengers who face high airport prices.
Read more at The Open Press →A message reading Bomb inside aircraft was found written on a lavatory mirror of a flight from Phuket after it landed at Kolkata's Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, a day after another bomb scare there.
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Emirates President Sir Tim Clark named Denver, Detroit and Philadelphia as possible new nonstop destinations from Dubai, which would expand the airline beyond the 12 US airports it serves today. None has a nonstop Dubai link now.
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From 1 November Emirates will fly its newest aircraft, the Airbus A350, on flights EK709 and EK710, one of its three daily services between Dubai and Mauritius, replacing a Boeing 777, AeroTime reports.
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From 25 October Riyadh Air flights to Cairo, Dhaka, Jeddah, London Heathrow, Lahore and Islamabad depart from Al Qassim International Airport instead of Riyadh, as the airline resumes flying after Houthi attacks.
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Qatar Airways is expected to receive its first Airbus A321LR in the coming months, its first narrowbody with latest generation interiors including flat bed business class. It will take delivery of 10, One Mile at a Time reports.
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Riyadh's international airport said flights would resume on Sunday after a two-week closure following Houthi strikes on the Saudi capital, though the group warned of more. Flight tracking showed a plane leaving for Jeddah early Sunday.
Read more at The New Indian Express →The US Department of Transportation fined Air France and KLM a combined $425,000 for flights under Delta's code through the Baghdad flight information region between 2022 and 2025, FlightGlobal reports.
Read more at FlightGlobal →Hundreds of passengers on SAS flight SK916 from New York JFK to Copenhagen were stranded at Newark past midnight after a technical issue forced a return. They had no new flight details or bags and were told to book their own hotels.
Read more at Simple Flying →Ibrahim Canliel, who succeeded Peter Foster as Air Astana CEO on 1 April 2026, talks to AeroTime about growth plans. He joined the Kazakh airline in 2003, barely a year after its first flight.
Read more at AeroTime →Delta calls its new Delta One suite its biggest premium cabin overhaul in nearly 30 years, with a 24-inch 4K QLED screen on the Airbus A350-1000, its largest ever. United's Polaris Studio suites still offer a bigger screen.
Read more at Simple Flying →All four Moscow airports, Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, Vnukovo and Zhukovsky, stopped handling flights on the afternoon of 23 October as Russian air defences engaged drones approaching the capital, Rosaviatsiya said, citing flight safety.
Read more at AeroTime →Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport welcomed its first passengers on 25 October. A Jetstar Airbus A320neo was first to depart, just after 11:20 local time, for the Gold Coast.
Read more at AeroTime →Sharjah-based budget airline Air Arabia expects its Airbus A321XLRs to open new destinations in China and Southeast Asia, and is not tempted to move up to widebody operations, FlightGlobal reports.
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Allegiant converted six options into firm orders for Boeing 737 MAX 8s due in 2028, taking its firm order to 56 aircraft. It also agreed new executive contracts, with the CEO earning $750,000 a year plus possible stock awards.
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A quarterly filing shows American Airlines exercised options for five more Airbus aircraft and committed to buy two Boeing 777-200ERs it already operates, raising remaining A320 family commitments to 165.
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Embraer's company-wide backlog reached a record $35.7 billion in the third quarter of 2026, up 3% from the previous quarter, helped by sizeable firm E-Jet orders from Abra Group and ANA Holdings.
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Biman Bangladesh Airlines placed a firm order for four Airbus A350-900s and six A321neos, Airbus announced, as the national carrier modernises its fleet and expands its international network, mixing long-range capacity with jets suited to regional markets.
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Airbus's 2026 Cargo Global Market Forecast sees the dedicated freighter fleet growing from 2,360 aircraft to 3,460 by 2045, requiring 2,670 freighter deliveries, of which 1,580 will be replacements, driven by fleet renewal and growing air cargo demand.
Read more at Aviation24.be →Air cargo executives want Boeing and Airbus to offer a new midsize freighter, with a Boeing 787 freighter emerging as a candidate to replace the ageing Boeing 767F, FlightGlobal reports.
Read more at FlightGlobal →Uzbek carrier Qanot Sharq's planned Airbus A321neo handovers are slipping into 2027 as production constraints continue to hurt Airbus, which is postponing production increases and facing other slippages, DJ's Aviation reports.
Read more at DJ's Aviation →Rolls-Royce is said to be close to a UK government subsidy of between 100 and 200 million pounds to help develop and test its new narrowbody engine, according to the Financial Times, with an announcement possibly next week.
Read more at AeroTime →Safran chief executive Olivier Andries said the aftermarket shows a solid trend even as engine shop visits plateau, pointing to a low aircraft retirement rate and high workscope, FlightGlobal reports.
Read more at FlightGlobal →The Airbus A350-1000 entered service with Qatar Airways in 2018 but long lived in the shadow of the Boeing 777-300ER and the 777X, now due in 2027 about seven years late. Simple Flying says the market has shifted its way.
Read more at Simple Flying →After President Trump announced it, Bombardier confirmed it is expanding in the US and hiring 800 people in Kansas, Texas, Indiana and Connecticut, driven by infrastructure investments, the company said, AeroTime reports.
Read more at AeroTime →Africa World Airlines is building its expansion into underserved West African markets around Embraer E190s. COO Sohail Mahmood told AeroTime reliable regional connectivity matters more than flying larger aircraft, at the Aviation Africa Summit in Nairobi.
Read more at AeroTime →Speaking at Routes World 2026 in Frankfurt, Gulf Air said it is considering more Boeing 787 Dreamliners as widebody constraints leave it struggling to meet demand in European and Asian markets, DJ's Aviation reports.
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DGCA extended full implementation of revised Flight Duty Time Limitations by five months to 31 March 2027, the third extension for norms meant to manage pilot fatigue. The relaxations had been due to expire on 31 October 2026.
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In a letter to Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu, the Federation of Indian Pilots opposed extending full implementation of revised flight duty norms to March 2027, saying commercial or operational convenience cannot take precedence over safety.
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Cargolux is inspecting the undercarriage of its Boeing 747-8F fleet after a parked freighter suffered a collapse of the left-side wing main landing gear while on the ground, FlightGlobal reports.
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The FAA ordered inspections of nearly 2,000 Boeing 737 Next Generation jets after operators reported pitch oscillations linked to excessive looseness in the horizontal stabiliser mechanism. The directive was published on 19 October 2026.
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US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced a first-of-its-kind Special Airworthiness Market Survey Certificate for BETA Technologies, allowing its ALIA A250 eVTOL to fly for market-survey purposes after an FAA safety review.
Read more at Aviation Today India →The FAA released draft design standards for vertical lift infrastructure to safely integrate Advanced Air Mobility aircraft. The initial proposal seeks feedback from airport and heliport owners, operators and infrastructure developers.
Read more at Aero-News Network →FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said additional training and STC modifications are worth scrutiny after NBAA's Kristie Greco Johnson raised concerns over the FAA rescinding a single-pilot exemption for some legacy Cessna Citation jets.
Read more at Aero-News Network →A senior United Airlines executive warned FAA flight caps at Chicago O'Hare, which hold daily takeoffs and landings below 2,700, are likely to stay until the mid-2030s as the multi-year ORDNext expansion continues.
Read more at Simple Flying →Kuwait's civil aviation authority directed all airlines and travel agencies in Kuwait to clearly display Kuwait International Airport fee codes and amounts on tickets, to improve transparency and protect travellers' rights.
Read more at Times Kuwait →A Washington Post letter argues air traffic control reform is needed but should not mean privatisation. It says the system a recent editorial described, used in nearly 100 other countries, does not involve a for-profit company.
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Skyborne celebrated 48 cadets who signed letters of intent to train in IndiGo's Cadet Pilot Programme, its largest intake. They will start at Skyborne's new ground school in Delhi before moving on to flight training.
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India is producing pilots faster than ever, which a growing airline market needs. Aviation Today argues growth is not maturity and takes a hard look at the training system behind the licence on safety and standards.
Read more at Aviation Today India →Air Chief Marshal AP Singh flew a sortie with NCC senior wing cadet Jakkula Tejasvi Reddy at the Air Force Academy in Dundigal, Hyderabad, days before his final flying sortie with his first flying instructor.
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Pan Am Flight Academy partnered with Professional Pilots of Tomorrow through its NEXTGEN Pilot Programme to support aspiring airline pilots with mentorship, training resources and industry connections, helping them progress towards airline careers.
Read more at AviTrader →Retired aeronautical engineer Dinesh de Alwis complained to Sri Lanka's CCIB about the Airbus A320 type rating obtained by civil aviation chief Daminda Rambukwella as a SriLankan Airlines junior first officer, over 2022 simulator assessments.
Read more at The Morning →TRU Simulation introduced its first Cessna Grand Caravan EX flight training device on its Veris virtual reality platform, aiming to make realistic and flexible training more accessible as pilot training moves beyond the cockpit.
Read more at Aero-News Network →The Nigerian Air Force's 401 Flying Training School, set up in 1964, has trained up to 900 pilots for the Air Force and Navy and is the starting point for military flying training in Nigeria, TVC News reports.
Read more at TVC News →US flight attendants have long gone unpaid for boarding and other ground duties. Simple Flying looks at how the practice survived as flights grow busier and crews leaner, while airlines insist attendants are fully compensated.
Read more at Simple Flying →Swedish airframer Saab says the delayed production ramp-up of the Boeing T-7A jet trainer is having a negative impact totalling roughly $50 million a year as costs mount, FlightGlobal reports.
Read more at FlightGlobal →Cadet pilot programmes first, then aviation and aerospace roles, checked today. Every listing links to the original page. The medical is your own affair.
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