They say it will have severe impact on their financial strength
The government was also working on a package to promote connectivity and airports in the North Eastern states
The airports, which have been shortlisted from 50 cities and towns in remote areas and various unconnected regions across the country, would come up at Tezu (Arunachal Pradesh), Kishangarh (Rajasthan), Jharsuguda (Odisha), Hubli and Belgaum (Karnataka), Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju told reporters in New Delhi on Tuesday.
The party also sought to justify its protest in the Lok Sabha.
The total revenue increased from Rs 14,713.81 crore in 2011-12 to Rs 20,606.27 crore in 2014-15.
Domestic carriers seek week's time for suggestions on fares.
The 17 related ministries have been combined into seven different groups, including some infrastructure departments, in a bid to ensure synergy and better results.
A Delhi-bound SpiceJet plane hit a stray buffalo on the runway while rolling for take-off from Surat airport late Thursday night, providing anxious moments to the 146 people on board.
The policy has been finalised after nearly eight months since the Ministry came out with the revised draft in October 2015.
A govt official says there is consensus among the airlines and the ministry that fixing an upper limit in airfares will not be a constructive idea
India's aviation safety ranking was on Wednesday upgraded to Category-I.
The four-day event, which will conclude on March 11, saw many foreign aircraft companies display their flying machines. Rediff.com's Venkata Sathish gives a preview.
Cash-strapped SpiceJet has cancelled over 1,800 flights across the country for the current month, in signs of mounting troubles for the budget airline.
Govt to introduce new aviation policy on May 15.
The sources indicated that the AAI, which had given time to SpiceJet till Monday to clear its dues, would not press the deadline and give the airline more time to pay up.
Parliament proceedings were washed out for the fifth straight day, as members from parties including the Telugu Desam Party and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, continued their protests on various issues.
Scores of new airports have been built around the country but many are yet to open because airlines do not see sufficient demand as ticket prices are too high for the majority Indians
The election commission had upped the expense limit for Lok Sabha elections from Rs 40 lakh to Rs 70 lakh per candidate in big states but a new report states that 537 MPs declared expenses of less than 50 per cent of the limit. Vicky Nanjappa/Rediff.com reports
A picture of a lizard in the meal tray of a flyer purportedly on one of Air India's flights has gone viral on social media leaving the civil aviation minister fuming.
FIA is a body of four established domestic private airlines -- Jet Airways, IndiGo, SpiceJet and GoAir.
While Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has been dropped, the panel now has four ministers - Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Commerce and Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri.
A bill seeking stringent punishment including death penalty for hijackers and giving right to security forces to shoot down an aircraft, which may be used as a missile, was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
As Kashmir valley remains under flood water, Air India has decided to ferry free of cost tourists trapped in Srinagar while Gujarat and Bihar governments are sending 75,000 food and dry food packets for affected people.
The average age should be around 35 years, the sources said, adding those older should be shifted to ground operations.
The MP said that while travelling in the flight, he noticed "carelessness and substandard" service of Air India and requested for a complaint book, but despite his frequent requests he was not provided the complaint book, instead the staffer misbehaved with him.
The controversial 5/20 rule required an airline to have five years of domestic operations and 20 aircraft in its fleet to be able to fly abroad.
The firm, which aims to double sourcing from India, is looking at partnerships with institutions such as the IITs
Civil Aviation minister says that certain regulations restricting the growth in the aviation sector needs to be re-looked to attract investments.
Till now, Vadra, 46, the businessman husband of Priyanka Gandhi, an SPG protectee, was exempted from frisking at airports when he travelled with an SPG protectee.
There were fewer promotion sales in January-February this year.
Meanwhile, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Mahesh Sharma said that there was no question of any bail out to the beleaguered carrier
He was also the first to be booked under the stringent Anti-Hijacking Act which had replaced the vintage law of 1982.
Despite the sops, scheduled carriers might not be interested in operating such routes.
'Airlines will be asked to submit a detailed plan on the viability of the location.'
India's domestic aviation market has clocked a growth rate of 22 per cent in the last one year.
Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju has sought an independent probe by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation after a video surfaced on Tuesday showing an IndiGo ground staff brawling with passenger Rajeev Katiyal at the Delhi airport last month.
Aviation regulators says airlines are free to fix fares.
MPs will, however, continue to enjoy facilities like being served tea, coffee and water for free at airports, have free access to the terminal building and enjoy reserved lounge facilities at international and domestic terminals
The Shiv Sena leader also said that he went out to watch 'Badrinath ki Dulhaniya' - on Thursday night to "relax" himself after the incident.
'If an airline is willing to get the funding, it will fly in unviable routes.'
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