https://orf.at/stories/3413158/
Nach behobenen Softwareproblemen hat der
Flugzeughersteller Airbus heute ein „Qualitätsproblem“
bei Bauteilen für Maschinen des Typs A320 eingeräumt.
Die Mängel seien bei einer „begrenzten Anzahl“ von
Metallverkleidungen eines Zulieferers aufgetreten,
sagte eine Airbus-Sprecherin und bestätigte damit
frühere Medienberichte.
Die Ursache des Problems sei „identifiziert“ und
eingedämmt worden, alle neu hergestellten Bauteile
entsprächen den Anforderungen.
Softwareproblem erst am Wochenende behoben
Unabhängig davon hatten erst am Wochenende
Softwareprobleme bei Airbus weltweit für eine Reihe
von Flugstreichungen gesorgt. Das Unternehmen hatte
alle Fluggesellschaften mit Maschinen aus der
A320-Familie am Freitag aufgerufen, die betroffenen
Flugzeuge bis zu einem Softwareupdate auf dem Boden zu
lassen. Insgesamt waren rund 6.000 Flugzeuge
betroffen.
Das Softwareproblem war durch einen Vorfall vom 30.
Oktober bei einem JetBlue-Flug vom mexikanischen
Cancun nach Newark nahe New York zutage getreten. Über
dem Golf von Mexiko war der A320 ohne ein Zutun der
Piloten plötzlich in die Tiefe gestürzt, es folgte
eine Notlandung in Florida.
Das Problem könne aber mit einem Softwareupdate
behoben werden, hieß es. Die Installation des Updates
lief dann auch weitgehend problemlos, starke Störungen
im Flugbetrieb blieben aus.
https://ooe.orf.at/stories/3332525/
Flughafen
Zürich am 6.12.2025: Moderne Scanner erkennen
verschiedene Flüssigkeiten - volle Umrüstung erst im
Sommer 2026:
Flughafen Zürich: Schluss mit Auspacken von
Flüssigkeiten am Security-Check
https://www.20min.ch/story/flughafen-zuerich-schluss-mit-auspacken-von-fluessigkeiten-am-security-check-103464297
Jan Janssen --
Der Flughafen Zürich
modernisiert: Neue Scanner für Körper und Handgepäck
sollen den Komfort und die Effizienz erhöhen.
Am Flughafen Zürich gibt es neue
Sicherheitskontrollen.
Handgepäck-Scanner prüfen
Flüssigkeiten und Elektronik direkt in der Tasche.
Die 100-Milliliter-Regel bleibt aber
noch bis Sommer 2026 bestehen.
Körperscanner sollen die Kontrolle
effizienter und angenehmer machen.
Stau am Flughafen Zürich: In den letzten Wochen häufen
sich Meldungen von endlos langen Schlangen bei den
Sicherheitschecks vor den Abfluggates. Der Grund: Der
Flughafen renoviert. Dank neuen Security-Checkpoints
soll es mit Warteschlangen vorbei sein. Dafür holt
Zürich nach, was in anderen Städten bereits zur
Normalität gehört: moderne Scanner für Mensch und
Handgepäck. Ab Montag stehen die neuen Maschinen in
einem der vier Stockwerke mit Sicherheitschecks bereit.
Das können die Gepäck-Scanner
Die grösste Veränderung bringen die neuen CT-Scanner für
das Handgepäck. Auf der technischen Seite ermöglichen
sie den Schritt vom 2-D- zum 3-D-Scannen. So lassen sich
Gegenstände besser erkennen. Für Passagiere aber wohl
bedeutend wichtiger: Sie müssen Elektronik und
Flüssigkeiten nicht mehr aus dem Handgepäck nehmen. Und:
Die Scanner haben die Kapazität, Behälter mit bis zu
zwei Litern Flüssigkeit zu testen.
Die Kontrolle der Scans am Band wird in Zukunft zur
Ausnahme. Das meiste soll Remote kontrolliert werden.
Die Kontrolle der Scans am Band wird in Zukunft zur
Ausnahme. Das meiste soll Remote kontrolliert
werden.20min/jjn
Während nun zwar Laptop und Shampoo im Rucksack bleiben
dürfen, bleibt die Grenze von 100 Millilitern aber –
vorerst – noch bestehen. Dies, weil noch nicht alle
Stockwerke umgerüstet wurden. «Wer will, kann es mit
einer Zwei-Liter-Flasche riskieren, aber an den alten
Checks muss sie noch immer abgegeben werden», erklärt
Projektleiter Roman Jung. Erst im Sommer 2026, wenn alle
Stockwerke modernisiert wurden, fällt diese Grenze.
Geheimtipp von Jung: «Wenn man über das Check-in 1
kommt, ist die Wahrscheinlichkeit höher, dass man zu den
modernen Kontrollen im Stockwerk G0 kommt.»
7.12.2025:
IndiGo-Chaos: Warum streicht Indiens größte
Fluggesellschaft Hunderte von Flügen?
IndiGo chaos: Why is India’s
largest airline canceling hundreds of flights?
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/7/indigo-chaos-why-is-indias-largest-airline-canceling-hundreds-of-flights
By Priyanka Shankar and News Agencies -- More than 2,000
flights cancelled, stranding thousands of passengers, as
the government intervenes to address the crisis.
Air travel across India has been in chaos in the past week
after the country’s largest airline, IndiGo, cancelled more
than 2,000 flights starting on Friday, stranding thousands
of passengers at airports across the country.
The airline, which operates about 2,200 flights a day, has
been facing pilot shortages after it failed to adapt to the
new pilot rest and duty rules introduced by the government
early last year.
Mass cancellations of flights amid the busy travel season
have caused a public outcry, forcing the government to
intervene. The airline has been granted exemptions from the
new rules, but the disruption has continued, with more than
600 flights cancelled on Sunday.
The airline says operations will be back to normal by
December 10-15. The crisis is the biggest blow to the
carrier in its 20-year operation.
What is behind the crisis, and what is the government doing
to address it?
What we know so far
Starting on December 2, IndiGo flights were delayed and
later cancelled due to apparent pilot shortages. Flight
disruptions were recorded in Mumbai, Hyderabad and other
cities.
On Friday, at least 1,000 flights were cancelled in one of
the worst aviation crises in India.
More than 600 flights were cancelled on Sunday, according to
the Indian media, despite the government offering exemptions
to the private carrier. At least 385 flights were cancelled
on Saturday, the fifth day of the crisis.
Thousands of passengers have been stranded at airports
across the country due to the air disruption.
The Reuters news agency reported, quoting airport sources,
that IndiGo cancelled 124 flights in Bengaluru, 109 in
Mumbai, 86 in New Delhi and 66 in Hyderabad on Saturday..
Why
did the new flight regulations lead to flight
cancellations?
Early last year, the government announced new flight
regulations – Flight Duty Time Limitations or FDTL – to
improve the working hours of the Indian airlines’ pilots.
However, when the November 1 deadline arrived, IndiGo
airline was not prepared. As a result, it was first forced
to delay and later cancel flights, as there were not
enough pilots available.
FDTL was finally implemented in two phases this year,
with the second phase coming into effect on November 1.
The rules include:
- Increasing pilots’ mandatory weekly rest period from
36 to 48 hours. A pilot’s personal leave request,
however, cannot be included under the mandatory rest
period.
- Capping pilots’ flying hours that continue into the
night to 10 hours.
- Capping the weekly number of landings a pilot can make
between midnight and early morning to two.
- Submitting quarterly pilots’ fatigue reports to
India’s aviation regulator – the Directorate General of
Civil Aviation (DGCA).
Aviation experts and pilot unions have said IndiGo has
been the hardest hit due to negligence and a lack of
planning for the new rules.
“Despite the two-year preparatory window before full FDTL
implementation, the airline inexplicably adopted a hiring
freeze, entered non-poaching arrangements, maintained a
pilot pay freeze through cartel-like behaviour, and
demonstrated other short-sighted planning practices,” the
Federation of Indian Pilots told the Press Trust of India
news agency on December 4.
Former AirAsia CFO Vijay Gopalan blamed IndiGo’s “very
very lackadaisical, nonchalant attitude” in adapting to
the new rules as a reason for the crisis.
What
steps has the government taken to address the crisis?
The government has ordered a high-level inquiry to
determine the reasons and accountability for flight
disruptions.
Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu blamed
IndiGo for “mismanagement regarding their crew”, adding
that other airlines were prepared for the changes.
The government on Friday announced exemptions from the
new rules for the carrier and provided stranded passengers
with train tickets to continue their journey.
IndiGo has been exempted until February 10 from the
requirement to cap the weekly number of landings for a pilot
between midnight and early morning. It has also been
exempted from the pilots’ flight duty time.
The Airline Pilots Association of India has, however,
protested against the exemptions, saying the rules “exist
solely to safeguard human life”.
On Saturday, India’s aviation watchdog, the DGCA, sent a
letter to IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers, warning him of
regulatory action amid flight cancellations.
“You have failed in your duty to ensure timely arrangements
for conduct of reliable operations,” Reuters reported,
quoting DGCA official Ravinder Singh Jamwal.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation on Saturday also announced
capping of airfares to control the surge in ticket prices
due to a breakdown in IndiGo’s flight services.
When
will the IndiGo operations return to normal?
Acknowledging its failure to adapt to the new rules,
IndiGo has apologised for the serious “operational
crisis”. It attributed the mass cancellations to
“misjudgement and planning gaps”.
IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers said in a video statement on
Friday that it would “take some time” for the flight
operations to get back to normal.
“Given the size, scale, and complexity of our operations,
it will take some time to return to a full normal
situation, which we anticipate between 10 and 15
December,” he said in the video.
In his message, Elbers announced that the airline has
three lines of action to address the crisis, which include
customer support measures to effectively communicate
cancellations and refunds, aligning with the DGCA’s
regulations.
The airline on Sunday afternoon said it is on track to
operate more than 1,650 flights, up from 1,500 on
Saturday. It added that 137 out of 138 destinations are in
operation. Full waiver on cancellations and reschedule
requests for bookings until December 15 will be given, it
said.
How
are other leading Indian airlines managing?
Other Indian carriers, including Air India and Akasa Air,
continue with their operations amid the chaos.
According to Indian media reports, Mumbai-based low-cost
carrier Akasa Air, focused on recruiting new pilots, which
helped it adapt to the new FDTL norms.
A report by Indian business portal Money Control noted
that Tata-owned Air India also boosted flight crew for
domestic flights, helping it better handle the new rules.
However, international flights by Air India and its
sister company, budget carrier Air India Express, have
reduced international flight operations to undertake more
safety checks after a deadly
June plane crash that killed 241 people in Gujarat
state.
Has the crisis impacted airfare?
Yes. With IndiGo dominating the Indian aviation market,
other airlines have hiked prices on many routes,
especially return flights from metro cities New Delhi,
Mumbai and Bengaluru.
“That wasn’t pricing. It was profiteering. When systems
collapse, the market becomes a vulture,” posted an X user
after ticket prices soared.
According to Indian media reports, the Civil Aviation
Ministry has warned airlines that it has “taken a serious
note of unusually high airfares being charged by certain
airlines during the ongoing disruption” and has in turn
“invoked its regulatory powers to ensure fair and
reasonable fares across all affected routes.”
As per a Reuters report, the government has said flight
journeys between 1,000km and 1,500km (620-930 miles)
should be capped at 15,000 rupees ($167).
Airfares were previously capped in India in May 2020,
during the COVID-19 pandemic, when the subcontinent
ordered lockdowns and reduced flight operations. According
to a study published last November by global trade
association Airports Council International (ACI), India,
however, saw a 43 percent rise in domestic fares in the
first half of 2024 compared with 2019.
So far, Air India and Air India Express, which hold 26
percent of the market share, have addressed the situation
and clarified that
“economy class airfares on non-stop domestic flights have
been proactively capped to prevent the usual
demand-and-supply mechanism being applied by revenue
management systems”.
The two airlines added that they are seeking to add
capacity to help travellers and their baggage reach their
final destinations efficiently.
Indien am
8.12.2025: hat angeblich ein Pilotenproblem:
Indien-Reisechaos: Sind Piloten im Vergleich
zu anderen Ländern überarbeitet?
India travel chaos: Are pilots
overworked compared to other countries?
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/8/india-travel-chaos-are-pilots-overworked
https://orf.at/stories/3414372/
