The agency had received Rs 946.51 crore to manage its affairs in the Budget Estimates for 2023-24, which was later increased to Rs 968.86 crore in the Revised Estimates.
International Lease Finance said on Monday it had removed one of six aircraft stranded in India by the dispute over the suspension of operations at Kingfisher Airlines. This decision comes after the DGCA's meeting with Airports Authority of India and the civil aviation ministry.
Athletes and officials from eight disciplines of archery, badminton, table tennis, hockey, judo, gymnastics, swimming and weightlifting landed in Tokyo
The appointment of Agarwal, who would replace Dr K Ramalingam, has been approved by the Appointments Committee of the Union Cabinet, official sources said.Agarwal has been member (Planning) of the state-owned airports body since November 2006 and had served as executive director of the Northern and Northeastern Region earlier.
Spirit Air Private Ltd, a Lucknow based private air-taxi service provider, entered into an agreement with DTDS Travel and Tour Planner Pvt Ltd, to begin its service on Airport Authority of India's controlled airports such as Ranchi, Gaya and Patna.
In all, 25 Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) posts, 8 MD posts and 2 Chairman posts are lying vacant, according to a written reply by Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises P Radhakrishnan in the Lok Sabha.
The watchdog would also endeavour to do its best to help the company revive its operations within the set regulatory framework.
The bill to set up an Airport Economic Regulatory Authority, which will fix tariffs for different agencies involved in airport operations and management, will be introduced in the budget session of Parliament next year.
The Supreme Court on declined to stay the transfer of an estimated 1,600 employees of Airport Authority of India (AAI) to various places following privatisation of Delhi and Mumbai airports.
Lok Sabha on Friday passed the Airports Authority of India (Amendment) Bill, 2003 paving the way for private investment in greenfield airports and restructuring of existing airports.
High Commissioner of Canada Nadir Patel said the language in the document 'does not reflect the government of Canada's policy toward India'.
KLM-Northwest Airlines reduces check-in time.
India's champion athletes returned to a rousing reception when they landed home on Tuesday after their spectacular showing at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Move will help AI Express reduce costs and increase fleet utilisation.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI), the country's largest airport operator, has been granted the mini-ratna status under category-I.
A company statement said the couple is facing a case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation for the last two years, and sought to link the action with muzzling of free speech and freedom of the press.
"All efforts are being made to help passengers. A formal enquiry will be conducted by Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau," the minister said on Twitter.
Serbia has become one of the transit points for Indians heading to Canada and the US. Canada requires passengers from India to take an RT-PCR test from a third country, while the US wants them to spend 14 days outside of India. As a result, many students are taking the Serbia route to Canada, and the US.
The government is considering setting up air freight stations to enable direct movement of vaccines from pharmaceutical factories to the aircraft.
Even though Airports Authority of India claimed the situation was 'normal and under control' at most of the airports, barring those in Kolkata and the North-East, flight operations were adversely affected during the 12-hour strike.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has assured SHiv Sena workes that it would stay the transfer orders of its 2,500 employees after the workers agitated at the Mumbai airport on Monday and threatened that the concerned employees would stop working if demands were not met.
All sections of employees of the Airports Authority of India, barring air traffic controllers, would go on a mass casual leave across the country on September 27 to protest the government move to restructure Delhi and Mumbai airports.\n\n\n\n
The Dominica high court has stayed the removal of Choksi from its soil and put a gag order on the developments till the matter is heard in an open court on June 2.
The angry protesters also clashed with police and pelted stones at security personnel.
Employees of the Airports Authority of India have strongly opposed the move to privatise the airports in Mumbai and Delhi in the "guise" of their being restructured or leased out.
The travel agents have demanded refunds for customers
'As part of our D33 strategy, the plan is to establish 30 unicorns in Dubai within the next 10 years.'
Indian students who flew back to India from Ukraine narrate how they survived the horrific times in battle-ravaged Sumy.
Defending champions Petroleum on Saturday extended their record run at the Inter State Badminton Championship, winning the men's and women's title for the 14th time at the Sher-e-Kashmir Indoor Complex in Srinagar on Saturday.
A person who returned to Kerala from abroad and was hospitalised after showing signs of monkeypox tested positive for the disease, state Health Minister Veena George said on Thursday.
The Chinese inference is that if the Chinese visa is embossed on an Indian passport, held by Indian citizens from Arunachal Pradesh, it may be tantamount to recognising Indian sovereignty over Arunachal Pradesh, states Rup Narayan Das.
Meanwhile, efforts are being made to tow the aircraft to a remote bay and once that is accomplished, the airlines may take it to some place where the aircraft could be serviced, the sources said.
The Centre has agreed in principle to grant 'mini-ratna' status to Airports Authority of India (AAI) to enable it to take up projects worth up to Rs 500 crore (Rs 5 billion) without taking government approval. Such a decision would also enable AAI to form joint ventures with private companies to modernise airports and aviation infrastructure across the country, sources in the civil aviation ministry said.
Would there have been an incomparable batsman named Sachin Tendulkar had Doordarshan not telecast Guide one summer afternoon? A fascinating excerpt from Abhishek Mukherjee and Joy Bhattacharjya's must-read book, The Great Indian Cricket Circus.
Flight operations at Srinagar Airport were on Monday suspended after an Air India plane from Jammu with 149 passengers on board suffered a tyre burst.
SpiceJet was dragged to court by several aircraft leasing firms.
A total of 17 pilots of Air India, IndiGo and Vistara died due to COVID-19 in May when the country saw the peak of the coronavirus pandemic's second wave, sources said on Thursday.
The Dornier plane was in "no way on the flight path of the PM's aircraft," sources in the Airports Authority of India said quoting preliminitary investigations into the incident. The blip on the radar was detected by the Air Traffic Control.
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