An aircraft grounded for 17 years and for which the owner owes Rs 5 crore (Rs 50 million) as parking charges is proposed to be converted into a restaurant by the Airport Authority of India (AAI) officials said.
The Archery Association of India (AAI) on Sunday selected Atanu Das to represent the country in the men's recurve event at the Rio Olympics after conducting trials in Bengaluru.
Days after exchange of words between the Planning Commission and the Civil Aviation Ministry, the process of Kolkata airport modernisation is all set to start with the Public Investment Board meeting in New Delhi later this week to give its nod to the Rs 2,000 crore (Rs 20 billion) project .
The Delhi International Airport Limited's (DIAL) ongoing tussle with the Airports Authority of India/Ministry of Civil Aviation (AAI/MoCA) isn't likely to get resolved in a hurry, though things appeared settled when, a few weeks ago, Aviation Minister Praful Patel said at a press conference that the government would go by the Attorney General's (AG) opinion on the dispute.
The country needs a whopping Rs 36,000 crore (Rs 360 billion) investment for developing airports, two-third of which is expected to come from private players, a senior civil aviation ministry official said on Wednesday.
Work on modernising, expanding and renovating the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport will be taken up from January next year, civil aviation secretary Ashok Chawla said on Friday.
SpiceJet owes around Rs 240 crore (Rs 2.40 billion) to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) for using its airports in the country.
In fact, it is estimated that by 2026, over one-third of Delhi's total projected traffic (82.7 million) will be diverted to Greater Noida airport (28.4 million), and by 2036 when DIAL expects to handle nearly 100 million traffic, Greater Noida will attract 82.7 million passengers.
The accident occurred at 7:45 pm while the pilot was attempting to land the B737 Air India Express from Dubai at the tabletop runway of the Karipur International Airport.
A senior executive of NIA confirmed the development and said that the insurance company is assessing damage to the airport's assets
Unrest is again brewing among airport employees with the unions threatening another bout of workers action if urgent steps were not taken to meet their 'long-pending' demands.
An Alliance Air aircraft on Tuesday suffered "extensive" damage after a Jet Airways tarmac bus ferrying its crew rammed into the vacant stationary plane at the international airport in Kolkata.
The airline not to be put on cash and carry mode
Concerned over the deteriorating condition of SpiceJet, aviation regulator DGCA on Friday withdrew 186 of its slots and asked it to clear salary dues of all its employees in the next ten days.
The Maharashtra Cabinet on Thursday approved setting up of the company for development of Nagpur airport's Cargo Hub Project.
Concerned about the deteriorating financial and operational performance of the Kalanithi Maran-promoted airline, the DGCA had on Friday withdrawn 186 flight slots of SpiceJet and directed it not to take bookings for flights beyond a month.
The workers who staged demonstrations and raised anti-government and anti-Sonia Gandhi slogans outside the airport, tried to block the movement of the travellers, leading to the cops using force against them.
All in-coming and out-going flights operated on schedule from the airport even as employees struck work.
DIAL, at its board meeting, decided to extend the offer of employment to all 100 per cent employees of AAI based at IGI Airport, New Delhi, instead of only 60 per cent, GMR Infrastructure informed the Bombay Stock Exchange.
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The Airport Authority of India employees have yet to call off their strike against the privatisation of the modernisation of the Mumbai and Delhi airports, despite indications late on Friday that the agitation might called off.
Airport employees on Monday threatened to disrupt air services nationwide if the government proceeded with the privatisation process for modernisation of Delhi and Mumbai airports
no flight will depart or arrive at the Kolkata airport between 9.30 pm of May 3 and 6 pm of May 4
The Bench while declining to stay the reported agreement recalled its own order that any action taken in this regard would be subject to the court's final decision on the tender controversy.\n\n
SpiceJet has cut costs to turnaround the carrier in a year's time.
Ajay Singh is trying hard to turnaround SpiceJet.
Employees and officers of the Airports Authority of India on Friday staged a demonstration at major airports across the country to protest against the privatisation of Mumbai and Delhi airports, but flights and other operations remained unaffected.
The working groups will comprise representatives of airlines, airport operators and the AAI.
Expressing confidence that the growing Indian economy would drive aluminium consumption, the Aluminium Association of India on Monday said it had targetted automobiles, power sector and the packaging industry to boost growth.
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.
The construction of the Hyderabad International Airport will start on September 1 and would be completed in 30 months.
'If a drone can't fly airspace without the DGCA knowing about it, how did such a big plane get airborne?' 'The DGCA knows this aircraft had undergone major repairs. Now, the question is who allowed it.' 'The DGCA cannot come out of this.'
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