Even in the domestic aviation scene, consolidation talks are on among some private airlines.
Public sector carriers Air-India and Indian Airlines would not offload more than 20 per cent of their equity in their proposed initial public offer slated to be announced within this fiscal.
Pilots may soon get to fly beyond the age of 61 years.
With an aim to link the unconnected destinations in the country, Indian Airlines and its subsidiary Alliance Air would soon acquire small aircraft to fly to smaller cities, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said in New Delhi on Thursday.
Manmohan Singh and almost all his Cabinet colleagues were among those who drove to her 10, Janpath residence in New Delhi to wish her.
Air-India proposes to add six services to London by next summer, including one in January, subject to availability of slots, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
Civil Aviation minister Praful Patel on Wednesday said the modernisation and restructuring of major airports has started with Delhi and Mumbai airports.
Amid the controversy over 'ownership issue', Reliance Industries vice-chairman Anil Ambani on Wednesday skipped a World Bank conference on 'Improving India's Investment Climate'.
The low cost public sector carrier, Air India Express, will soon start operations from some southern cities to the Gulf and West Asia at 30 per cent lower fares than the regular ones, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said on Thursday.
The Airports Authority of India would raise nearly Rs 5000 crore (Rs 50 billion) through bonds and other instruments to upgrade about 30 airports across the country by 2007-08, civil aviation minister Praful Patel said on Wednesday.
Air-India has informed the Kerala government that it would start budget flights to Doha, Bahrain and Kuwait, state finance and excise minister Vakkom Purushothaman told the assembly on Friday.
The proposed merger of Air India and Indian would be taken up on a 'fast-track' and a consultant is likely to be appointed soon to prepare a roadmap to decide on the issue, including the public issue, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said.
The Union government is planning to appoint advisors for kick-starting the process for initial public offer of Air-India and Indian Airlines expected to hit the market later this fiscal.
India and Thailand have signed an MoU enabling operation of more flights by their airlines between the two countries, Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
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East Bengal finally got an investor with West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee announcing on Thursday a joint venture of the century-old club with city-based Shree Cement company and making a strong pitch for its inclusion in the Indian Super League this year.
The government on Monday said in the Rajya Sabha that the Request for Proposal document for modernisation and restructuring of Delhi and Mumbai airports empowered it to make changes in conditions of the bid process at any stage.
Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel on Tuesday said Finance Minister P Chidambaram has agreed "in principle" to infuse more equity in Indian Airlines and Air-India to enable them expand fleet.
The airport employees have called off their three-and-a-half-day old strike following a meeting with Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel on Saturday.
India's Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel has said that he expects the country's newly regulated airline sector to boom 20 per cent annually over the next five years on the back of surging investment and traffic.
'I would like the fleet acquisition to materialise at the earliest. It is a high priority item.'
Indian Airlines has proposed to acquire 43 aircraft comprising A319, A320 and A321 for replacement of the ageing fleet of A300 and B737-200, government informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
In the wake of recent hike in airline fares owing to rise in aviation turbine fuel prices, the Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel on Thursday met Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram and sought reduction in excise duty on the fuel in the Budget.
Private airline operators stood divided on the conditions that the government should adopt for new entrants with Jet and Sahara seeking stringent norms to keep non-serious players out of the arena, while Deccan Aviation took a contrary position.
In an effort to give a final shape to the much-awaited aviation policy, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel on Tuesday held discussions with Commerce Minister Kamal Nath
Strengthening the Indian Airlines and Air-India and putting in place a comprehensive civil aviation policy would be accorded top priority by the new government, Union Civil Aviation minister Praful Patel said on Monday.
Air India has taken 15 foreign pilots on a one-year contract to tide over the shortage of trained commanders in the country.
Domestic Airlines have been permitted to fly overseas except to the Gulf region, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said on Wednesday.
Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel on Thursday said he would request the finance ministry for extending tax exemption on leased aircraft, scheduled to be implemented from April 1, 2005.
The work on restructuring Delhi and Mumbai airports would begin by the middle of next year and the process of selecting private joint venture partners for the Airports Authority of India
Airlines owe a huge sum of Rs 75,701 lakh (Rs 757.01 crore) to Airports Authority of India till September, 2004, Minister of state of Civil Aviation Praful Patel informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
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