The Dubai government said it is planning to open leading Dubai-owned companies for public equity participation in order to restructure those hit hard by the financial crisis.
Air India passenger flights were barred from landing in Hong Kong between August 18 and August 31 after 14 passengers on its Delhi-Hong Kong flight of August 14 tested positive for COVID-19 post arrival.
Nigeria's aviation authorities said that the passenger arrested from a New York-bound flight and detained in Puerto Rico for being on US' 'no-fly list', was a Gambian and not a Nigerian national and described it as a case of "mistaken identity".
China had raised concerns about Taiwan being described as a separate region by various airlines worldwide.
All Pakistani airports were put on high alert on Thursday after an anonymous caller warned that they would be targeted today. An emergency was declared at the Islamabad airport and the passenger lounges and car parks in the premises were evacuated following the threat. Interior ministry chief Rehman Malik told reporters that there was no suicide bomber within the Islamabad airport but 'the threat still exists'. "We have enhanced security at all airports across the country."
We've witnessed the first phase of the mess in the country's public sector-driven aviation sector. In the absence of properly-thought-out rules, the next, a privately-driven one, awaits us.
British Airports Authority is considering raising the landing charges, thereby making air travel from India to London expensive from next year. The hike will be to meet the cost of expensive upgrades at airports. The BAA owns and operates seven British airports, including Heathrow. The Civil Aviation Authority said that BAA could increase the charges at Heathrow to 12.80 pounds per passenger next year with subsequent annual rises of no more than 7.5 per cent above inflation.
With Kuwait threatening to disallow landing of India's state-owned carriers at its capital from Sunday, passengers planning to fly to India during summer holidays are now pinning hopes on the crucial talks between both countries.
Civil aviation authorities have asked all private airlines to withdraw the congestion surcharge of Rs 150 imposed per passenger, Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
Seeking full utilisation of the Indian airspace, civil aviation authorities are in the process of training pilots and ATC personnel and introducing advanced technology to gradually reduce air distnce between two aircraft from 50 nautical miles to 15.
Taxes on ATF in India are among world's highest, and are seen as key reason for mounting losses of airlines.
As it transpired at a meeting chaired by Jammau and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad to take stock of the cancellation of flights, the visibility criterion for landing at the Srinagar airport has been raised by the civil aviation authorities from 1.5 km to 2.2 km recently.
The results of the investigation into the aircraft crash will be made public in May.
Sri Lanka will permit three domestic airlines to launch flights to India before they are allowed to operate on other international routes, the Civil Aviation Authority said on Tuesday.
Airfares from Qatar to destinations in India have dropped to a record low this summer.
India requested Pakistan to let Modi's aircraft fly over its airspace to Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan.
The government on Monday announced that those who have lost their passports or got them damaged due to the floods in Chennai can have them replaced free of charge.
The ISNA students' news agency reported the plane smashed into a 10-story building and burst into flames.
Virgin says it will appeal decision, British Airways says it wants more.
In a relief to Indian expatriates in Qatar, air tickets from the country to all destinations back home are expected to become cheaper by at least Rs 3,600 with the beginning of the off-peak season from Tuesday.
According to the resolution plan, the airline is planning to start with six to seven aircraft on domestic routes and looking to restart international service within six months of resuming operations.
India has put on standby three ships and a maritime surveillance aircraft for assistance in the search operation after an AirAsia flight with 162 people on board on Sunday went missing en route from Indonesia to Singapore after losing contact with air traffic controllers.
"The Indian government approached asking us to open the airspace. We conveyed our concerns that first India must withdraw its fighter planes placed forward," Nusrat told the committee.
South Africa's Civil Aviation Authority deemed "the probable causes of the accident to be human factor-related, with weather and mechanical as well as technological factors contributing.
Seeking "divine intervention", staff of Pakistan's national carrier PIA sacrificed a black goat at the airport tarmac in Islamabad before an ATR-42 aircraft took off nearly a week after the French-built turboprop planes were grounded following a crash that killed 47 people.
Civil aviation authorities of the two countries met in New Delhi and took the decision.
"A passenger, who had a COVID-positive certificate dated September 2, travelled on Air India Express' Jaipur-Dubai flight on September 4. A similar incident had happened with a passenger on one of the airline's other Dubai flights previously," said one of the officials.
After a gap of two months, domestic passenger flight operations resumed on Monday amid reluctance by various states to open up their airports in view of rising cases of the novel coronavirus.
Dr Andre de Kock of the Civil Aviation Authority rubbished claims that Cronje could have been murdered.
Sensing conspiracy in the delay in Narendra Modi's flight from Delhi, BJP on Tuesday approached the Election Commission on the issue and sought directions to the Civil Aviation authorities for early clearances to its prime ministerial candidate.
A TransAsia Airways plane crashed into a river
The interior ministry has directed the Federal Investigation Agency that no government official or other VIPs would be given protocol at airports.
Instead of lowering the altitude, the pilot responded by saying that he was satisfied. When only 10 nautical miles were left till the airport, the plane was at an altitude of 7,000 feet instead of 3,000 feet, it said. The ATC issued a second warning to the pilot to lower the plane's altitude. However, the pilot responded again by stating that he was satisfied and would handle the situation, saying he was ready for landing, the report said.
Ninety-seven people, including nine children, were killed and two passengers miraculously survived the fiery crash when the PIA flight PK-8303 with 99 travellers on board plunged into a densely populated residential area near the airport here.
This closure has led to increase in flight duration and has put a strain on Mumbai's air traffic controllers, who are working extra shifts to handle the increase in traffic.
The regulator is now planning to bring in other workers in the aviation ecosystem under the purview of the breath-analyser test. It will include air traffic control officers (ATCOs), ground-handling personnel, flight despatchers, aerodrome operation personnel and engineers.
South Africa's cricket team apologised to the Bangladesh military for using a drone at a practice session in Dhaka and breaching national security ahead of the start of their tour.
The new regulatory body would be called the Civil Aviation Authority and would replace the Directorate General of Civil Aviation.
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