Category: Civil Aviation

The Government is scheduled to table the CAG report on Rafale jet fighter deal, which has generated a massive political controversy, in Parliament on Tuesday, sources said. The Government’s decision to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets from French company Dassault has become a controversial political issue, with the main opposition party Congress levelling allegations of […]

The Kerala Government will slash the tax on aviation fuel to 5 per cent from the current 28.75 per cent for domestic airlines, state Finance Minister T M Thomas Isaac said on Wednesday.

Cash-starved Jet Airways has mopped up Rs 250 crore from advance sale of tickets to its customer loyalty programme Jet Privilege, less than five months after raising money through the same route.

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) was directly involved in conducting negotiations with the French side on the Rafale deal and Prime Minister Narendra Modi was “guilty” in the scam.

Air India’s first ever Flight Simulator, which was once technologically the most advanced flight crew training aid and precisely replicated every function of the aircraft, is ready for public viewing at Nehru Science Centre at Worli in south-central Mumbai.

The Civil Aviation Ministry has asked Air India to submit its opinion on a proposal that an upper cap may be set for the percentage of landing or takeoff slots an individual airline can hold in congested airports, according to officials of the national carrier.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi complimented Union minister Nitin Gadkari saying he is the only one in the BJP who has the guts prompting the Road Transport Minister to hit back at Rahul Gandhi saying he does not need a certificate from the Gandhi scion on his courage. Gadkari alleged that the Congress chief is taking […]

Sri Lankan authorities have arrested four Maldivian nationals, including a woman, for shooting video footage using a drone camera in the high security zone of the country’s main international airport here, a media report said on Sunday. The Maldivian nationals were arrested on Saturday when they were flying the drone camera across the Bandaranaike International […]

Highlighting the geographical advantages of Assam in South East Asia, the state’s Act East Policy Affairs Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary on Sunday said direct flight from Guwahati to Dhaka and Bangkok will begin from next month.

The runway of Bilaspur Airport would be extended by another 400 metres for which the land acquisition will be carried out soon.

The government will provide a total of Rs 3,900 crore for servicing Air India’s loans transferred to a special purpose vehicle, according to Budget documents.

Two senior pilots of the Indian Air Force (IAF) died on Friday after a Mirage-2000 fighter crashed on a test sortie at a military airport in the city’s eastern suburb, a Defence Ministry official said.