Despite the sops, scheduled carriers might not be interested in operating such routes.
Hyderabad-based Turbo Megha Airways became the fourth company to receive flying licence from aviation regulator DGCA in the past two years to launch a regional airline.
In a curious turn of events on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi picked Rajeev Topno, a 1996 batch Indian Administrative Service officer from the Gujarat cadre and a part of the Prime Minister's Office under former PM Manmohan Singh, as private secretary.
Saturday's mid-air engine failure on Indigo flight prompts scrutiny.
Slots, parking bays unavailable at major airports
If all goes well, from December, drones can be used for purpose like mapping, surveying and photography, which till now was illegal due to absence of any guidelines.
'Airlines will be asked to submit a detailed plan on the viability of the location.'
It is Air India's only profitable subsidiary. In 2016-17, it clocked a profit of over Rs 33.4 crore, earning Rs 620 crore in revenues from its handling operations.
Government believes privatisation would increase the airline's efficiency and make it profitable, enriching the value of the remaining stake with it.
Proceeds may be used to partly pay off its Rs 46,570-cr debt
Drones or unmanned aircraft are being used for several purposes such as mapping, survey and commercial photography, while e-commerce giant Amazon is looking to use them for deliveries to its consumers in the US.
Agra, Shimla, Nanded, Kanpur and Jamshedpur are among the many airports that would see connectivity under Udan.
Airlines have opposed the rules that make it compulsory for them to pay compensation to passengers in case a flight is delayed by more than four hours
Incumbent airlines oppose the proposal.
The ministry is considering as many as 15 options to replace the controversial rule.
An unprecedented decision to form a ministerial-level committee was driven by fears of witch-hunt by investigating agencies.
If the government is asking a maximum price for Air India but asks to keep old personnel, it will not match.
Government to ask airlines to educate flyers. 'It will be an exhaustive charter which will tell the passenger about all their rights, like whether they are eligible for a refund when there is a delay in flight, what to do in case of a flight delay and other in-flight etiquette.'
Sagar's son had said that the last rites of his father would not be performed until the chief minister arrives at their hometown in Deoria.
The airline has struggled to pay salaries and vendors on time and its Rs 10,963 crore fund and non fund based facilities have now been assigned 'D' rating by ICRA - the seventh rating downgrade since March 2017.
Facing threat of terror attacks, the home ministry has ordered security audit of nearly 100 civil airports and decided to bring all such facilities under the Central Industrial Security Force cover gradually.
Communalising law and order situations is fraught with danger; we need to tread cautiously. Interjecting a communal angle into what is purely a law and order issue does nobody good; it muddies the picture, fuels unrequited passion and distracts us from the core issue, says Vivek Gumaste.
Who are the men the prime minister relies on to execute his impressive agenda?
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