The Punjab Vidhan Sabha, led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution to request the Centre to name the upcoming international airport at Indian Air Force Station, Halwara, Ludhiana, as Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha International Airport. The resolution was moved by the Chief Minister during the session. The Chief Minister said […]
Category: Civil Aviation
2 held for unruly behaviour after drinking on board Dubai-Mumbai flight
Two passengers on board a Dubai-Mumbai IndiGo flight were arrested for allegedly hurling abuses at crew and co-passengers in an inebriated condition, a police official said on Thursday. They were placed under arrest after the flight landed in Mumbai on Wednesday and were granted bail by a court here, the official said. “The two accused […]
Airlines penalised for loss of bag, to pay city resident Rs 30K
District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, UT Chandigarh, has directed Go Airlines (India) Limited, Mumbai, to pay a compensation of Rs 30,000 to a city resident for the loss of his baggage during journey. In the complaint, Dilpreet Singh Gandhi, a resident Sector 50, said he booked a Go Airlines flight from Chandigarh to Ahmedabad. At […]
Gaggal airport to be expanded in two phases: Union minister
Indu Goswami, Rajya Sabha MP from Kangra, took up the issue of the expansion of the Gaggal airport in Parliament yesterday. Union Minister of State of Civil Aviation Gen VK Singh (retd), while responding to Indu’s question, informed the House that the government had planned to expand the Gaggal airport in Kangra district in two […]
Help us get Rs 8,304 cr for Thakur’s dream airport project: CM to BJP
Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu today sought the cooperation of the Opposition in getting Rs 8,304 crore from the Central Government for the establishment of the Mandi greenfield airport. He was replying to a query of Balh MLA Inder Singh Gandhi, Nachan MLA Vinod Kumar and Dharamsala MLA Sudhir Sharma during the Question Hour in […]
Govt rules out putting cap on airfares
The government is not in favour of interfering in a free market economy by putting caps on airfares, Civil Aviation Secretary Rajiv Bansal said on Tuesday amid concerns over possible predatory pricing of air tickets. The remarks also come against the backdrop of a Parliamentary panel, earlier this month, asking the civil aviation ministry to […]
India resists UAE’s calls for more air access, wants domestic carriers to fly long haul
India is not looking at increasing air traffic rights for the United Arab Emirates, despite calls by Gulf carriers, and wants its domestic airlines to offer non-stop long haul flights, its civil aviation minister told Reuters in an interview on Tuesday. The UAE has urged India to increase the maximum number of seats between the […]
India may require 31,000 pilots in next 20 years: Boeing
US aircraft maker Boeing has said India may require 31,000 pilots and some 26,000 mechanics over the next 20 years amid the growing order book of the aircraft original equipment manufacturers. Speaking on the sidelines of a CII event here, Boeing India President Salil Gupte also said the South Asian region is expected to remain […]
Procurement of fighter jets must not be delayed: Parliamentary committee
The procurement of additional fighter jets should not be delayed any further and a final decision needs to be taken on having a third aircraft carrier, said the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence in its report tabled in the House today. The committee said, “In no uncertain words, (we) recommend that Ministry of Defence may […]
11 flights to Delhi airport diverted to Jaipur, Lucknow due to bad weather
At least 10 flights were diverted at the Delhi airport on Monday due to bad weather, according to an official. The flights were diverted to Jaipur and Lucknow. The official at the airport said on account of bad weather, eight flights were diverted to Jaipur and three to Lucknow between 5 pm and 5.30 pm.
Helipad turned into volleyball ground, admn orders probe
Residents of Malanu village in Thathri of Doda district have accused the village sarpanch of allowing the construction of a volleyball ground on the sole helipad meant for medical emergencies. The district administration has asked the J&K Sports Council and the PWD to provide information about it. Doda district is a mountainous region where road […]
Air India peeing case: Victim moves Supreme Court seeking SOPs
A 72-year-old woman, whose ordeal on an Air India flight in November when a co-passenger allegedly urinated on her had made headlines, has moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and airlines to frame SOPs to deal with such incidents. The woman said she was constrained to […]