Category: The New Indian Express

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]