Pratt & Whitney has ensured the Directorate General Civil Aviation (DGCA) they would offer large percentage of their engines to Indian carriers to address the issue of planes being grounded. “They have assured us that they will provide about 40% of their engineers new made to Indian carriers. We wanted them to do that because […]
Day: August 24, 2017
Rajiv Bansal takes charge as Air India CMD
Senior IAS officer Rajiv Bansal today took charge as the interim Chairman and Managing Director of Air India. Bansal replaces Ashwani Lohani, who has assumed office as Railway Board Chairman. Lohani, who was at the helm for nearly two years, handed over the Air India CMD charge to Bansal. Soon after assuming office, Bansal held […]
India eyes remote air traffic control towers for regional airports
India is considering setting up remote air traffic control (ATC) towers to cut costs and overcome labour shortages, government sources told Reuters, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi looks to open dozens of regional airports to boost air travel. Remote monitoring allows traditional concrete control towers to be replaced with dozens of high resolution, infra-red cameras […]
Government tweaks regional air connectivity scheme UDAN
To improve regional air connectivity, the government today announced increasing viability gap funding for helicopter operators and allowing smaller planes, among other concessions, under the UDAN scheme. The regional connectivity scheme — UDAN — seeks to connect unserved and under-served airports as well as make flying more affordable as fares are capped at Rs 2,500 […]