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The winter schedule, which starts on October 27 and runs till March 30, has been approved for 124 airports.

Domestic carriers cancelled 7,030 flights this year till May-end: Govt data

The carriers are to operate 4,56,919 scheduled departures in 2024, as per the data submitted by the ministry to the Rajya Sabha on Monday.

Domestic airlines plan to operate 6% more weekly flights for summer 2024 schedule

The summer schedule, which starts on March 31 and runs till October 26, has been approved for 125 airports, including the newly inaugurated airports in Azamgarh, Aligarh, Chitrakoot, Gondia, Jalgaon, Moradabad and Pithoragarh

IndiGo A321neo planes narrowly avoid mid-air collision in November; AAIB investigating the incident

There were no injuries or damage to either aircraft. The investigation is ongoing, with data from CVR and FDR, manuals, flight folders, METAR details, initial statements from crew and controllers, and recordings of radar data and ATC tape recordings being analyzed.

Fog delays flights: Passengers share woes as carriers struggle for timely take offs

In the past few days, several air passengers took to social media to complain about fog-induced disruptions and lack of preparedness on the part of airlines for delays and resulting chaos.

Domestic carriers inducted 133 planes in 2023, says DGCA

As of December 31, 2023, DGCA said there were a total of 16 AOC (Air Operator Certificate) holders endorsed with a total of 771 aircraft

Domestic airlines reported 406 instances of aircraft malfunctioning in Jan-Nov 2023: Govt data

Currently, there are 34 Flying Training Organisations (FTOs) in the country operating at 55 bases, which are imparting flying training to cadets.

Domestic air traffic grows 21.4% in March, IndiGo widens market share

For the quarter ending March 31, the passenger traffic jumped by a massive 51.7 percent as compared to the previous year.

Will India ever own an A380?

The plane flies to-and-from two Indian cities

Domestic airlines reported 2,613 significant technical snags in last 5 years: V K Singh

The Minister of State for Civil Aviation said the regulations require occurrences relating to system and component failure to be reported to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

Airlines say caps on ticket prices hamper recovery in air passenger traffic

Airlines say the caps on fares for travel within 15 days of booking are preventing them from unbundling services such as preferential seat allotment and meals from the base fare and proving to be a deterrent in their effort to improve operating efficiencies. That’s because the floor price is set by the regulator.

Centre allows domestic airlines to operate at 65% passenger capacity

The Centre on July 5 increased the in-flight seating capacity from the current 50 percent to 65 percent stating the cap on domestic aviation capacity at 65 percent will be operational until July 31 or till further orders.

Coronavirus impact | India suspends domestic flights from March 25

The restrictions shall not apply to solely cargo carrying flights

China tells domestic airlines not to cut international routes

The comments of the Civil Aviation Administration of China were reported on Xinhua's account on messaging app Weibo.

Ravindra Gaikwad fly ban issue: Airline companies behaving like 'goons',

The Shiv Sena MPs, ahead of their meeting with Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on the fly ban issue, said that dictatorship has not yet started in the country and asked whether Air India will first tender an apology to the MP as they had started misbehaving first.

FIA discusses concerns over FDI in aviation with Sitharaman

Representatives of domestic airlines' grouping FIA today met Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and raised concerns over the move to permit overseas players to establish carriers in the country.

Lessors should furnish info on aircraft for probes, says AAIB

It has been made by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) while submitting its report on an emergency landing incident of a SpiceJet aircraft last year.

Airlines fly 82.3 lakh people in Sep; clock 23.5% growth

Registering robust growth, domestic airlines carried over 23 per cent more passengers at 82.3 lakh in September compared to the year-ago period, according to official data released today.

Airlines to operate more flights amid rising passenger demand

While there is a steep jump in total number of flights by various carriers, the number of airports having scheduled flights has come down to 76 in the current winter schedule.

Local airlines exempted from prior govt nod for code share

Coming out with a fresh set of guidelines, the watchdog said code share arrangement with an overseas carrier should be within the ambit of the bilateral Air Service Agreement (ASA) with the country concerned.

Intervening to reduce overseas airfares will violate law: Govt

"An intervention by the government in the matter of airfare reduction of domestic airlines operating on international sector to protect the interest of NRIs (Non Resident Indians) would not only be in contravention of Indian law but also anti-competitive," he told Rajya Sabha in a written reply.

Aviation policy to go before Cabinet; 5/20 rule under lens:Srcs

The aviation policy may also boost regional connectivity by providing sops to airline companies to fly through unviable routes, learns CNBC-TV18.