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The pilots' body alleged that the AAIB's conduct has "moved beyond mere procedural irregularity into the realm of manifest bias and unlawful action."

Civil Aviation Ministry issues advisory to airlines on foggy conditions

The Ministry said that ensuring transparent communication with the flying public is important and instructed the airlines to proactively communicate with passengers about potential delays/cancellations due to visibility issues.

Govt aims to start next phase of airport privatisation in 2025-26 Budget

As part of the central government's National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) 25 Airport Authority of India (AAI) airports have been earmarked for leasing between 2022-2025.

Udan scheme to be extended and revamped, says Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu

The minister also announced simplified regulations for seaplane operations, including allowing non-scheduled entities to operate such services and putting in place a simplified certificate process.

Analysis | Seven years on, RCS-UDAN still faces same issues; only 45.6% of all routes still operational

However, is still facing the same issues--low occupancy, closure of operational routes, lack of infrastructure--it struggled with at birth as only 45.6 percent of all "operationalised routes" awarded under the scheme are still serviceable.

Aviation Minister inaugurates integrated office complex for aviation regulators

The new complex will house offices of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation(DGCA), Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA), Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) and Airports Authority of India (AAI)

Airfares have fallen up to 60% in the last few days, says aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia

The fall in airfares comes just a few days after the minister held a meeting with the Airlines Advisory Group.

Civil aviation ministry asks airlines to monitor fare rise on specific routes

Certain routes have seen large increase in airfare, particularly since crisis-hit Go First suspended operations on May 3.

Civil aviation ministry, airlines to discuss airfare spike

Airfares have jumped significantly on certain routes, especially in the wake of crisis-hit Go First suspending operations from May 3.

Amid surge in airfares, civil aviation ministry analyses routes impacted by Go First crisis

Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday said there is an unusual situation due to the Go First crisis and there has been an excess demand on the routes the airline had been operating.

Civil aviation ministry comes out with draft aircraft bill

The bill has been issued by the ministry for public consultations for a period of 30 days, according to a communication dated May 30.

Udan 5.0: Civil Aviation ministry releases bid document

According to a tweet from the Ministry of Civil Aviation, only aircraft operations of Category 2 (20–80 seats) and Category 3 (>80 seats) will fall in this round with no restriction on the distance between the origin and destination, with stage length cap of 600 km waived.

IndiGo gets civil aviation ministry's nod to wet lease planes for US, Canada operations: Official

It could not be immediately ascertained whether IndiGo has firmed up plans on operating flights to the US and Canada.

Govt official met head of Bengaluru, Mumbai airports to discuss decongestion at peak hours

The meeting was also attended by officials from the Director Generals of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, and officials from the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security, the government said in a press release.

Airport congestion: Operators told to allot more space for security check

The aviation safety regulator asked airport operators to roll back the retail red carpet if needed to accommodate additional frisking and scanning facilities.

Abhinav Pratap Singh appointed Private Secretary to Civil Aviation Minister Scindia

Singh is a 2011-batch officer of the Indian Postal Service (IPoS).

Civil aviation ministry notifies operational guidelines for drone PLI scheme

The government has approved the PLI scheme with an outlay of Rs 120 crore and the scheme is to be implemented during the 2022-23 to 2024-25 period.

Have mandated carbon-mapping of each Indian airport to understand emissions: Jyotiraditya Scindia

In a speech at an event of industry body CII, Jyotiraditya Scindia said, "I have very clearly mandated that we need to do a carbon-mapping exercise to understand what are our emissions — both direct and indirect.”

Airlines in India emitted 84,322 kilotonnes of CO2 between 2016-2020: Govt

Commercial aviation is responsible for about 2 to 3 per cent of the global carbon emissions.

Indian airline operators expected to add 120 new aircraft/year: Jyotiraditya Scindia

Exuding confidence about air traffic figures rebounding, Jyotiraditya Scindia said the number of domestic passengers is expected to touch 4.10 lakh per day by next year and will surpass that number by 2024-25 as the airline industry is in a "V" shaped recovery.

Air India pushed into losses, disinvestment to protect public money: Jyotiraditya Scindia

Responding to the debate on the Demands for Grants of the Civil Aviation Ministry in Lok Sabha, Jyotiraditya Scindia listed out the merger of Air India and Indian Airlines, purchase of 111 new aircraft and liberalisation of bilateral rights as the reasons for the downfall of the national carrier.

Airline sector seeing revival, expects 40 crore passenger traffic by FY24: Jyotiraditya Scindia

Replying to the Demands for Grants, 2022-23, for the Ministry of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia said that the government has brought about a paradigm shift, a structural change in the sector in the last two years and it will focus on inclusion, access and affordablity to increase demand among common man.

Government invites applications from drone industry for production-linked incentive

Under the PLI scheme, the incentive for a manufacturer of drones and drone components will be 20 percent of the ‘value addition’ made by the company during the next three years.

Domestic air traffic to cross pre-COVID levels in next 2 months: Jyotiraditya Scindia

During the pre-COVID times, domestic airlines carried around 4 lakh passengers per day and the number began climbing up after second wave but again declined after the emergence of Omicron infections late last year.