Odisha government today asked the Centre to consider providing 25 to 30 per cent of free power from thermal electricity generating stations to the coal bearing host states. The state’s demand was placed before Union Power secretary Ajay Bhalla who met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the secretariat here and discussed several issues relating to […]
Day: September 8, 2017
Oil markets mixed on Saudi supply cut, hurricane damage to refineries
Oil markets were mixed on Friday, with Brent crude supported by expectations that Saudi Arabia could cut its October supplies, while U.S. crude was weighed down by refinery outages due to damage from Hurricane Harvey, which dented demand. Focus was shifting to three other hurricanes that are currently tearing through the Caribbean and Gulf of […]
Government unveils National No Fly List for domestic passengers
Domestic air passengers in India could be banned from flying for 3 months to three years or more from today, in case the passenger is an unruly passenger. This has been proposed in the new National No Fly List which was unveiled today by Ashok Gajapthi Raju Union Civil Aviation Minister. The NFL list proposes […]
Turkey’s Celebi keen to buy Air India’s ground handling unit
Turkey’s Celebi Aviation Holding has shown interest in buying state-owned Air India’s ground handling operations, India’s aviation secretary Rajiv Nayan Choubey said on Friday. Celebi also provides ground handling services in India. Celebi has written to the ministry showing interest to bid for the Indian flag carrier’s ground handing operations, Choubey told Reuters. Prime Minister […]
AirAsia India adds one A320 aircraft, to launch 3 new routes
Domestic budget carrier AirAsia India today said it has inducted a new Airbus A320 aircraft in its fleet and will commence flight services to three new routes from Ranchi from next month. AirAsia India will introduce flights from Ranchi to Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Bhubaneswar, besides scaling up the frequency on Bengaluru-Hyderabad route, the airline said […]