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  • Union Minister Scindia: Indian civil aviation set for transformation and global expansion May 24, 2023 08:10 PM IST

    Union Minister Scindia: Indian civil aviation set for transformation and global expansion

    The minister emphasized that civil aviation has now emerged as the fundamental pillar driving economic growth throughout the country.

  • Urination on woman on AI flight: DGCA tells HC it will place on record panel details where offender can appeal flying ban March 15, 2023 08:09 PM IST

    Urination on woman on AI flight: DGCA tells HC it will place on record panel details where offender can appeal flying ban

    During the hearing, the counsel for the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said he will be placing on record the constitution of the committee within one week and Shankar Mishra, the man accused of urinating on a woman on board an Air India flight, can file the appeal there.

  • MC Explains| Seniors, know your rights! Make your air travel easier than ever March 09, 2023 12:23 PM IST

    MC Explains| Seniors, know your rights! Make your air travel easier than ever

    From discounted tickets to wheelchairs and dedicated attendants, airlines and airports offer a lot of facilities to senior citizens, here are some of them

  • American Airline flyer urinated on fellow passenger in drunken state: Sources March 05, 2023 11:09 AM IST

    American Airline flyer urinated on fellow passenger in drunken state: Sources

    The incident allegedly took place on flight number AA292, which took off from New York at 9.16 pm on Friday and landed after 14 hours and 26 minutes of flying at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport here at 10.12 pm on Saturday.

  • Cabinet approves the ratification of three protocols on Article 3, 50 and 56 February 22, 2023 05:38 PM IST

    Cabinet approves the ratification of three protocols on Article 3, 50 and 56

    The ratification would affirm India’s commitment to the principles enshrined in the Convention on International Civil Aviation.

  • Economic Survey 2023: Indian aviation reaches pre-Covid levels in Dec with 150 lakh flyers January 31, 2023 04:14 PM IST

    Economic Survey 2023: Indian aviation reaches pre-Covid levels in Dec with 150 lakh flyers

    The survey said that the Indian civil aviation market has great potential due to the growing demand from the middle class, growth in population and tourism

  • AirAsia flight aborts take-off after suspected bird hit at Lucknow airport January 29, 2023 05:18 PM IST

    AirAsia flight aborts take-off after suspected bird hit at Lucknow airport

    All passengers deboarded the Kolkata-bound Air Asia flight i5-319 safely after it was grounded for detailed inspection

  • The government cannot force us to move out: Air India employees December 29, 2022 08:59 PM IST

    The government cannot force us to move out: Air India employees

    The airline had taken an undertaking from 1,600 employees residing in their quarters that they would vacate the premises within six months of Air India being privatised.

  • Civil aviation sector witnessing strong V-shaped recovery; domestic passenger growth will continue: Scindia December 28, 2022 04:56 PM IST

    Civil aviation sector witnessing strong V-shaped recovery; domestic passenger growth will continue: Scindia

    After being significantly hit by the coronavirus pandemic, the sector is on the recovery path and the daily domestic air passenger traffic has been above the 4-lakh mark for the past few weeks.

  • IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers commends employees for improving on time performance December 21, 2022 09:33 PM IST

    IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers commends employees for improving on time performance

    The IndiGo chief's comments come after Air India had beaten IndiGo for the third consecutive month as India's top "on-time" airline till October.

  • Recovery visible in aviation sector, pushing for greater manufacturing in India: Jyotiraditya Scindia November 25, 2022 08:00 PM IST

    Recovery visible in aviation sector, pushing for greater manufacturing in India: Jyotiraditya Scindia

    Jyotiraditya Scindia said the aviation industry has received a boost with added infrastructure, pointing out that more regional and last-mile connecting flights have been started, especially linking the northeast region of the country.

  • MoCA notifies renaming of Chandigarh airport as Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport November 06, 2022 01:48 PM IST

    MoCA notifies renaming of Chandigarh airport as Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport

    An elaborate process is followed in naming and renaming of airports, and the final approval has to come from the Union Cabinet.

  • Pradeep Singh Kharola appointed CMD of India Trade Promotion Organization October 19, 2022 07:59 PM IST

    Pradeep Singh Kharola appointed CMD of India Trade Promotion Organization

    Kharola, a 1985 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Karnataka cadre, retired as the Civil Aviation secretary in September last year.

  • Punjab seeks resumption of domestic flights from Adampur, Pathankot, Sahnewal and Bhatinda airports October 17, 2022 08:49 PM IST

    Punjab seeks resumption of domestic flights from Adampur, Pathankot, Sahnewal and Bhatinda airports

    Principal Secretary of Civil Aviation of Punjab Rahul Bhandari made the appeal during an event here.

  • New ARFF station to be commissioned at Thiruvananthapuram Airport October 12, 2022 07:04 PM IST

    New ARFF station to be commissioned at Thiruvananthapuram Airport

    The new building is constructed as per the standards of International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and Director General of Civil Aviation(DGCA) and Civil Aviation Requirements, an official statement said here.

  • Govt increases collateral-free liquidity limits for civil aviation sector under ECLGS scheme October 05, 2022 05:18 PM IST

    Govt increases collateral-free liquidity limits for civil aviation sector under ECLGS scheme

    The modifications made in the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) by the DFS are aimed to give necessary collateral-free liquidity at reasonable interest rates to tide over airlines' present cash flow problems.

  • Truth will come out after through probe: Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Deoghar airport row involving BJP MPs September 04, 2022 07:52 AM IST

    Truth will come out after through probe: Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Deoghar airport row involving BJP MPs

    The FIR was registered against the two BJP MPs and seven other people for allegedly forcing Air Traffic Control (ATC) officials to provide clearance for their chartered flight to take off from the Deoghar airport beyond the scheduled time on August 31.

  • Air India plans to increase international flights to Dubai and Qatar as part of winter schedule August 18, 2022 06:19 PM IST

    Air India plans to increase international flights to Dubai and Qatar as part of winter schedule

    Air India is seeking to take advantage of an expected increase in passenger traffic due to the FIFA World Cup tournament that will take place in November-December in Doha.

  • I would have put money in Akasa Air had Rakesh asked, says Ramesh Damani August 16, 2022 01:25 PM IST

    I would have put money in Akasa Air had Rakesh asked, says Ramesh Damani

    The veteran investor tells Moneycontrol that Rakesh Jhunjhunwala's airline bet was well-considered and that the Big Bull had done a thorough risk-reward analysis

  • Spurring Growth: Fare cap withdrawal to give aviation wings, says DGCA chief August 15, 2022 12:01 PM IST

    Spurring Growth: Fare cap withdrawal to give aviation wings, says DGCA chief

    The regulator said all Indian airlines are following standard operating systems for safe operations and there was no need to panic because of some routine snags reported recently.

  • Air India CEO Campbell Wilson to meet employees to discuss eviction from former staff housing this week August 09, 2022 06:28 PM IST

    Air India CEO Campbell Wilson to meet employees to discuss eviction from former staff housing this week

    Wilson is expected to meet the representatives of Air India's unions in order to expedite the process of clearing out former colonies of the airline, multiple people aware of the development said.

  • Six months with the Tatas: How has Air India fared? July 27, 2022 09:43 AM IST

    Six months with the Tatas: How has Air India fared?

    Whether it’s market share or on-time performance, Air India has been languishing close to the bottom of the monthly charts. The airline’s priority seems to plugging losses first.

  • Govt asks airlines not to charge passengers for boarding pass issued at check-in counters July 21, 2022 06:19 PM IST

    Govt asks airlines not to charge passengers for boarding pass issued at check-in counters

    The aviation ministry, in a letter issued to all airlines, also stated that any additional amount cannot be considered within the tariff.

  • JetSetGo to import four more planes through GIFT city in 2022-23 July 19, 2022 03:31 PM IST

    JetSetGo to import four more planes through GIFT city in 2022-23

    The company imported its Hawker 800 XP aircraft from Dubai and leased it through GIFT City on July 16 and is the second aircraft it has leased from it.

  • Air India veterans feel unwelcome in airline under Tata group June 29, 2022 07:36 PM IST

    Air India veterans feel unwelcome in airline under Tata group

    Older employees of Air India feel that the new management is focused on replacing them with new hires.