Category: Civil Aviation

Salt-to-software conglomerate Tata Group was among “multiple” entities that on Monday put in preliminary bids for buying the government’s stake in loss-making carrier Air India. “Multiple expressions of interest have been received for strategic disinvestment of Air India. The Transaction will now move to the second stage,” Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) […]

Salt-to-software conglomerate Tata Group and US-based fund Interups Inc were among “multiple” entities that on Monday put in preliminary bids for buying loss-making carrier Air India. A group of 219 Air India employees submitted an expression of interest (EoI) for the carrier in partnership with Interups at the close of the deadline on Monday.

India’s biggest airline, IndiGo, expects to reach 80% of usual domestic capacity by the end of the month but international capacity is running at just a fifth of normal levels because of the pandemic, its chief executive said on Wednesday.

The IAF moved a plea in the Delhi High Court on Wednesday challenging a Central Information Commission (CIC) direction to provide information regarding Special Flight Returns-II, saying it relates to details of the PM’s security apparatus and cannot be provided. The IAF claimed that the “information so sought includes details related to the entire entourage, […]

After two unsuccessful attempts, the government on Tuesday invited fresh bids for strategic sale of Pawan Hans along with transfer of management control. ONGC had earlier decided to offer its entire stake in the company for sale along with government stake. The Centre has invited EoIs from potential buyers by January 19, 2021. — PTI

The farmers’ protest on the Singhu border, which is on the Chandigarh-Delhi road, has forced travellers to go for air travel to reach the national capital. This has resulted in an increase in the air fares besides increasing the occupancy of the flights by 30 to 40 per cent. According to information, tricity residents were […]

Delhi airport on Tuesday said it handled about 2 million domestic passengers in October on the back of festive season travel demand, and expects to return to pre-lockdown volumes soon. Besides, the airport witnessed a healthy growth in international passenger numbers, achieving 1 million passenger mark in October since the resumption of air services from […]

The Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO) and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Lucknow, have joined hands for the design and development of futuristic aviation technologies for different aerial platforms.

An evacuation flight, under the Vande Bharat Mission of the Union Government to evacuate stranded Indian nationals abroad, carrying 162 passengers from Sharjah landed at the Chandigarh International Airport here today.

A GoAir flight from Delhi to Srinagar made an emergency landing at the Chandigarh International Airport here yesterday after a passenger developed some health problem.

The Civil Aviation Ministry has extended the frequency of the Pathankot to New Delhi and return flight from earlier three days a week to daily at the insistence of Gurdaspur MP Sunny Deol. The flight is operated by Alliance Airlines.

A surveillance drone of Chinese make was on Saturday shot down by Army shortly after it crossed into the Indian side of the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, officials said. The DJI Mavic 2 Pro drone, fitted with cameras, was spotted hovering in air by the alert troops in the […]