Permitting Air India to fly over the Pacific Ocean, taking action against airlines’ aircraft maintenance engineers for violation of rules on taxiways, serving show-cause notice to Air Pegasus and issuing fresh advisory on Galaxy Note 7 by next week—these are some of the decisions taken by India’s civil aviation regulator, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
The regulator has allowed state-run Air India to fly over the Pacific Ocean route to San Francisco from New Delhi, lessening the flight time by one-and-a-half hour.
A senior DGCA official, requesting not to be named, said while flying over the Pacific Ocean—through Japan’s airspace—the airline will save fuel due to favourable direction of wind from west to east.
While returning from San Franscisco, the airline will fly over the Atlantic Ocean.
Even though the route will be almost 1,400km longer compared with the current one over the Atlantic Ocean, there would be significant saving on fuel and journey time due to powerful tailwinds, the official said.
The carrier is doubling the frequency of its New Delhi-San Francisco direct flights using Boeing 777-200 LR (long range) aircraft from three to six per week starting November.
However, according to aviation expert Mohan Ranganathan, Air India would not always gain from flying on the Pacific Ocean route, as this route is clogged and at times airlines flying on these routes re-schedule their flights.
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The regulator has allowed state-run Air India to fly over the Pacific Ocean route to San Francisco from New Delhi, lessening the flight time by one-and-a-half hour.
A senior DGCA official, requesting not to be named, said while flying over the Pacific Ocean—through Japan’s airspace—the airline will save fuel due to favourable direction of wind from west to east.
While returning from San Franscisco, the airline will fly over the Atlantic Ocean.
Even though the route will be almost 1,400km longer compared with the current one over the Atlantic Ocean, there would be significant saving on fuel and journey time due to powerful tailwinds, the official said.
The carrier is doubling the frequency of its New Delhi-San Francisco direct flights using Boeing 777-200 LR (long range) aircraft from three to six per week starting November.
However, according to aviation expert Mohan Ranganathan, Air India would not always gain from flying on the Pacific Ocean route, as this route is clogged and at times airlines flying on these routes re-schedule their flights.
To Read the News in Full 07/10/16 Sanjay Singh/Infra Circle
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