Agra, Shimla, Nanded, Kanpur and Jamshedpur are among the many airports that would see connectivity under Udan.
The first fresh-mint aircraft of the state-owned carrier, Indian, which has ordered 43 aircraft from the European manufacturer Airbus Industrie, arrived at the Indiara Gandhi International airport on Thursday morning.\n\n
The warning had come after SpiceJet's dues to AAI (including interest at 12 per cent) exceeded Rs 300 crore (Rs 3 billion) this month -- from Rs 230 crore (Rs 2.3 billion) early December last year.
The government must send out a clear signal that leadership positions at regulatory bodies are not a preserve of retired government officials, argues A K Bhattacharya.
As many as 128 pilots have left Air India, Indian Airlines and Alliance Airways between 2004 and 2006, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
Govt has no plan to divest stake in Air India.
Petroleum Minister Murli Deora will meet Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel and chiefs of airlines and oil companies to discuss a solution for dues of over Rs 2,000 crore that the domestic carriers owe the state-owned oil marketers on fuel sales.
The bureaucrat has alleged that another Indian family was also offloaded as they offered biscuits to the child to console him.
In order to prevent the spread of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, the West Bengal government on Thursday announced that it has suspended all the flights coming to Kolkata airport from the United Kingdom from January 3 onwards till further notice.
The guidelines come in the wake of back-to-back two urination incidents on Air India flights last year.
MADC is a special purpose vehicle set up by Maharashtra to execute the multi-modal hub project at Nagpur, which includes an airport and a special economic zone.
Existing norms mandate 2/3rd of members of an airline's board must comprise Indian nationals
The Nagpur-Bangkok flight would depart at 1010 hours IST and arrive in Bangkok at 1455 hours (local time), a spokesman of Indian told PTI on Friday.
Airports in US, UK & Europe to confiscate goods bought from duty-free shops in India.
Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Monday sought to allay doubts about the speedy execution of work on the Bangalore International Airport Project.
The two airports, which are being upgraded, have been facing severe congestion as a result of which aircraft wait many minutes to take off or land.
The government is examining alleged financial irregularities, sources of funding and other aspects of Jet Airways, the Lok Sabha was informed on Friday.
Private airlines will explain before the Delhi High Court the reasons for imposing a Rs 150 per head surcharge to meet additional jet fuel expenses while aircraft hovers over major airports due to air traffic congestion.
The Karnataka government plans to develop new airports at Gulbarga and Hassan.
The new entity formed after the merger of state-run carriers Air India and Indian will be in place within four months, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel informed the Parliament on Friday.
In absolute numbers, India had only 211 start-ups compared to 970 in the US.
For the past one week, Modi has been holding in-person meetings with Union ministers apparently to take stock of the work done by the government in the last two years and to discuss various issues.
The DGCA conducted the spot checks as there have been many technical malfunction incidents in Indian carriers' planes during the last 45 days.
As part of the exercise, preventive checks at different airport functions have been carried out and the airport has ensured that diesel generator sets are in place to provide uninterrupted power supply, the MIAL said in a release.
The Kerala government has requested the centre to permit Air Arabia operate its flights from the state to the Gulf sector, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said on Tuesday.
Union Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said there was no proposal before the government for setting up a new airport at Amravati.
'The government will not remain a mute spectator to the goings-on in both the carriers.'
Airlines say ATF fuel prices in India are 40 per cent higher than in countries such as Singapore. Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra
The proposed merger of state-owned carriers Air-India and Indian is expected to be completed in the current financial year, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said on Monday.
The skies have opened up for Indian carriers in the US and the UK with the government liberalising the air services agreement with the two countries.
As many as 460 foreign nationals are working as commanders in flights by domestic carriers to meet the shortage of pilots, Minister of state for Civil Aviation Praful Patel informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
This is part of the initiatives that the ministry is undertaking to use technology in order to make airport check-in seamless and formation of a no-fly list.
With Air India's Gulf monopoly under threat and likely to end very soon if the civil aviation ministry has its way, the state-owned airline is now pitching aggressively for direct flights to the US and Australia to make up for the loss.
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.
Members of Parliament (MPs) across the political spectrum have written to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), seeking a probe into a stake sale deal between Jet Airways (India) Ltd and Gulf-based carrier Etihad Airways.
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