Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Monday approved a proposal to award the contract for construction and operation of the mega Noida International Greenfield Airport in Jewar, Greater Noida, to Switzerland’s Zurich Airport International (ZAI). Earlier, ZAI had emerged as the highest bidder, offering a per-passenger fee of nearly Rs 401, beating three other contenders, including GMR […]
Day: December 10, 2019
Vistara signs codeshare agreement with Lufthansa, 6th with overseas airline
Vistara has entered into a codeshare pact with German airline Lufthansa, the sixth such agreement with an international airline as the domestic full service carrier seeks to expand its overseas network. As part of the agreement, Lufthansa will add its ‘LH’ designator code to nearly 18 Vistara-operated flights every day covering ten Indian cities, including […]
After toll plazas, govt push for FASTag at Hyderabad airport parking
The government on Monday said it has started a pilot project for using FASTag for parking purpose at Hyderabad airport. The pilot project has been launched in two phases, the first being a controlled pilot testing, wherein only ICICI tags would be used, the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways said in a statement. The […]
Paytm Payments Bank says it issued 600,000 FASTags in November
Paytm Payments Bank (PPB) on Monday said it issued 6 lakh FASTags in the month of November. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways had announced that toll payments on highways would be accepted through FASTags only from December 1. This was later extended to December 15. In a statement, PPB said it sold 6 […]
Adityanath govt clears Rs 1,600 cr Ballia Link Expressway project
Uttar Pradesh cabinet today cleared the decks for the proposed Ballia Link Expressway project, which is estimated to cost Rs 1,600 crore. The project would link Ballia district on the UP-Bihar border with the under-construction Purvanchal Expressway, which is aimed at connecting the backward eastern UP region with central UP at Lucknow, and via Agra-Lucknow […]