VIJAYAWADA: Vijayawada international airport is soon going to have one-stop connectivity to Kochi. A private airline service has come forward to operate flight to Kochi via Tirupati from March 1. This apart, the Vijayawada airport is going to get connectivity to Tier II and Tier III cities across the country. Flight services from the newly […]
Category: Civil Aviation
Singapore Airlines’ Airbus A350 to fly from city from May
BENGALURU: Singapore Airlines has introduced its A350 medium haul aircraft on the Bengaluru to Singapore route. Its inaugural service SQ505 will depart from Bengaluru International Airport at 1.20 am on May 18. It will be the first airline to start A350 services from Bengaluru airport. The A350-900 features higher ceilings, larger windows, an extra wide […]
Jet Airways likely to get over Rs 3,000 crore funds
NEW DELHI: Loss-making Jet Airways is likely to receive fund infusion worth over Rs 3,000 crore post debt-rejig and investments by Etihad Airways as well as National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) while founder Naresh Goyal might remain the promoter with less than half of the existing majority stake of 51 per cent, according to […]
GMR proposes to hive off its airport division
HYDERABAD: GMR Infrastructure, which has interests ranging from airports and roads to power sector, on Friday said it proposes to hive off its profitable airports division to unlock shareholder value and capitalise on the USD 100 billion Indian airports business opportunity. “With a view to unlock shareholder value, GMR Board has decided to form a […]
CAG has allowed itself to become a joke: Chidambaram on Rafale deal
NEW DELHI: Former finance minister P Chidambaram on Thursday slammed the CAG report on the Rafale deal as “useless”, saying the institution has allowed itself to become a “joke”. The report contains no useful information or conclusion and its motive is to hide the truth, the senior Congress leader told reporters. He reiterated his party’s […]
Rafale deal: France says no pressure put for offset partner
NEW DELHI: Amid a raging political row over the Rafale deal, France on Thursday said there was “absolutely no pressure” on it for selecting an offset partner and asserted that there was “nothing stronger” in its system than an inter-governmental agreement to protect the contract. The French government’s strong assertion comes a day after the […]
AAI asks ATSEP to keep focus on safety
HYDERABAD: Safety was the main topic of discussion during a meeting of the Air Traffic Safety Electronics Personnel (ATSEP) held at the Begumpet Airport here on Thursday. While discussing various methods of enhancing safety, addressing the human factor issues, developing better Integrated Planning Management (IPM) and improving the Safety Capacity Efficiency (SCE), the ATESPA members […]
HC permits HAL to set up hoardings for Aero India
BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court on Thursday allowed BBMP to accord permission to Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) to erect temporary hoardings in prime locations of the city, as a publicity campaign for Aero India 2019, from February 15 to 25, 2019. The division bench of Acting Chief Justice L Narayana Swamy and Justice S Sujatha […]
This Aero Show, HAL to lead the display with its showpieces
BENGALURU: HAL, which has taken the lead role in organising Aero India 2019 at Air Force Station Yelahanka, will be displaying its aircraft on ground and in the air in full strength. Flying display: HAL’s indigenous products Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas, HTT-40 (Basic Trainer Aircraft), first indigenously upgraded Hawk Mk132, named Hawk-i, Civil Do-228, […]
Fate of Thiruvananthapuram airport to be decided in a day
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With hardly a few hours left for sealing the fate of the privatisation of Trivandrum airport, the campaign for privatisation of the airport and against it, has reached a feverish pitch. While a section has been pointing to the drop in the flight services from the airport in the recent times and the relatively […]
Operation King Cobra to stop waste dumping around Trivandrum airport
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With growing complaints of bird-hits, the district administration has decided to conduct ‘operation king cobra’ to combat the menace of illegal waste dumping around the airport premises. As part of which the administration will strengthen the night squad operated by the Corporation, revenue and police departments. The decision was taken at a meeting convened […]
Jet Airways okays banks’ proposal for debt resolution
MUMBAI: Private carrier Jet Airways, struggling to find a way out of its huge debt, on Thursday said its board has approved a bank-led debt resolution proposal, which would see lenders becoming the largest shareholders in the company. The company had already called for shareholders’ meeting on February 21, to seek approval for conversion of […]