Category: Civil Aviation

Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) – operator of Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru (KIAB) and InterGlobe Aviation Limited, which operates domestic carrier – IndiGo have entered into a 20-year agreement to sub-lease land atthe airport to build a Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility.

The Indian Air Force is preparing to welcome the new generation ultra-modern Rafale fighter aircraft in its fleet to strengthen its strike capabilities, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Thursday.

The Preliminary Information Memorandum for the sale of Air India Transport Services Limited (AITSL), a subsidiary of Air India, is likely to be issued within the next 10 days, said a senior government official on Wednesday.

Jet Airways on Wednesday said that recent disruption in its operations was due to a scheduled termination of an aircraft lease and for carrying out an engine normalisation exercise. The airline said that the cancellation of a few of its flights is of a temporary nature and not related to the ongoing financial crisis.

The Preliminary Information Memorandum for the sale of Air India Transport Services Ltd (AITSL), a subsidiary of Air India, is likely to be issued in 10 days, said a senior government official on Wednesday.

In a bid to promote tourist footfalls in Kerala, the State, which now has four international airports, is planning to create awareness among travellers about its lesser known micro destinations.

Adding Abu Dhabi as its fourth foreign destination, GoAir on Tuesday announced that it will start flight services from Kannur to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) capital from March 1.

GMR Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) at Hyderabad is planning to double its cargo handling capacity especially in the bulk drugs category in the next three years.

IndiGo on Tuesday selected the United Kingdom (UK)-based Skyborne Airline Academy to train up to 100 pilots annually over the next five years under its cadet pilot programme.

Crisis-ridden Jet Airways was Tuesday forced to ground three of its Boeing 737 planes due to non-payment of lease rentals, leading to cancellation of around 20 domestic flights, according to sources.

India’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) is set to swap part of its loans into a stake of at least 15 per cent in Jet Airways as lenders to the carrier plan similar conversions of some debt into equity to help keep the carrier alive, people with knowledge of the matter said.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be the key driver of fast-paced developments in Aerospace sector in the next 15 years, said VK Saraswat, member, NITI Aayog.