Minister of state for aviation Mahesh Sharma said that his ministry has requested the airlines to maintain price cap in this time of crisis.
Meanwhile, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Mahesh Sharma said that there was no question of any bail out to the beleaguered carrier
On Wednesday, Air India had carried out a test flight landing at the naval base.
Various airlines, including the defunct Kingfisher, owed Rs 3,030 crore (Rs 30.30 billion) to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) at the end of December last year.
Air India chairman said that the airline never served non-vegetarian meals on short duration flights.
Debt laden SpiceJet has to pay Rs 1,230 crore toward dues.
Govt says domestic carriers' financial health a concern.
Beleaguered no-frills carrier SpiceJet on Monday approached the government for financial aid.
To become a type-rated pilot, a person has to take additional training.
Air India shelves plan to acquire Boeing 787-9 aircraft.
To cut costs, Air India is pruning the number of its foreign and local offices.
The airline had made new pilots sign a bond of Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 14 lakh in the recent past.
Domestic carriers seek week's time for suggestions on fares.
Govt to introduce new aviation policy on May 15.
The government was also working on a package to promote connectivity and airports in the North Eastern states
Govt has no plan to divest stake in Air India.
The national airline had incurred a net loss of Rs 5,859.91 crore (Rs 58.59 billion) last fiscal.
The pilot and co-pilot of an Air India plane involved in Wednesday night's freak accident at the Mumbai airport where a technician died after getting sucked into the engine have been grounded even as the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau launched a probe.
SpiceJet in a statement said that there is no default in payment to AAI since January this year.
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.
The minister said it was important to have a flag carrier.
Air India to shut offices in Cairo, Tehran.
The airline not to be put on cash and carry mode
India's domestic aviation market has clocked a growth rate of 22 per cent in the last one year.
A 61-year-old cardiac patient Virender Rai, who was being flown to Delhi, has been rushed to the Medanta hospital in Gurgaon immediately after the incident.
The panel will be asked to give report by March-April next year.
Private sector to their mind is primarily needed to pump in more capital.
There is no clarity on the stand taken by the PM on many issues plaguing the aviation sector
As fitness screening for pilots after the recent Germanwings crash come under scanner, mid-term psychometric tests for pilots of Indian air carriers are being mulled by the government to detect any cockpit crew who are too mentally ill to fly.
The inaugural flight took off in the presence of Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Mahesh Sharma, along with a number of other people.
The government also said it will hold consultations with the airlines to explore the possibility of curbing the menace of charging exorbitant airfares during emergency situations.
Only nine of the airline's 370 daily flights were making profits.
The plane crashed into the airport boundary wall and landed in a sewage treatment plant while returning back due to apparent technical problem.
Overseas airlines can operate unlimited number of flights into and out of India.
The government is keeping its options open.
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