Category: Civil Aviation

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has said that due to the closure of Pakistani airspace, air traffic was significantly heavy over the Mumbai region on Wednesday night. Pakistan’s civil aviation authority on Wednesday announced closure of their airspace in the wake of the escalating tensions with India. On Thursday, the neighbouring country said its […]

The Jewar International Airport in Uttar Pradesh looks to clear land acquisition hurdles! The District Administration has declared the issued related to the possession of the land in Parohi and Ranhera villages in Gautam Buddha Nagar district and the paperwork for the land acquisition has also been sorted, according to a Dainik Jagran report. The […]

Amid rising tension along Indo-Pak border, which led to suspension of commercial flights at ten airports earlier Wednesday, several airlines have waived-off cancellations and re-booking charges for the armed forces and others. Among the major airlines, state-run Air India has capped fares at Rs 5,000 for flights to Srinagar, Leh and Jammu from New Delhi, […]

Union Minister of Tribal Affairs, Jual Oram, Petroleum, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship minister, Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for construction of link building, parallel taxi track and additional parking bays at Bhubaneswar Airport in Odisha. Biju Patnaik International Airport, Bhubaneshwar is one of the fastest growing airports in India. Expressing his happiness […]

Adani Group has emerged as the highest bidder to operate Guwahati airport, a senior AAI official said Tuesday. This comes a day after the group emerged as the highest bidder for five other state-owned airports. “Adani Group has put in the highest bid of Rs 160 as per passenger fee for Guwahati airport. This means […]

Making a large foray into the airport sector, Gautam Adani-led Adani Enterprises has won five out of six airports. Sources aware of the development said that Adanis were the highest bidder for Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Mangalore, Trivandrum and Lucknow Airport. The government had put the airports on sale and invited bids from private players to operate […]

Shares of Jet Airways fell 3 per cent in afternoon trade Monday on reports that State Bank of India (SBI) is mulling moving the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) against the debt-laden airline, even as the lender said no such decision had been taken. The cash-strapped full service carrier is looking to rejig debt and […]

Jet Airways Ltd said late on Friday that its shareholders approved a plan to convert existing debt to equity, paving the way for the troubled company’s lenders to infuse funds and nominate directors to its board. Jet’s board last week approved a plan by lenders, led by State Bank of India, for an equity infusion, […]

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Chairman and Managing Director R Madhavan Thursday brushed aside the remarks of Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh on Mirage 2000 crash, saying the incident was not the way it was reported in the media and he would wait for the completion of court of inquiry. “Our capabilities are […]

International lessors have grounded more Jet Airways planes prior to potentially moving them out of India, as scepticism builds whether a state-led bailout of the carrier can clear their dues on time, sources familiar with the matter said. The troubles at India’s Jet, which is saddled with a billion dollars in debt, have rekindled memories […]

Airbus Wednesday said it has inaugurated a world class training centre for commercial pilots and maintenance engineers in the National Capital Region of Delhi. The initiative is part of its continuing efforts to support the exponential growth of the civil aviation sector in the country, the company said. Airbus forecast a need for more than […]

The aviation market in India has begun to “explode” and the country is looking forward to partnerships to locally manufacture aircrafts, Union Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu said on Wednesday. Wooing investors at the inaugural session of the biennial Aero India Show here, Prabhu said, “India’s aviation market is now beginning to explode…” “So far, […]