Category: Civil Aviation

After over a month of suspension, the SpiceJet flight, which was scheduled to resume from July 3 onwards, couldn’t take off on the second day as well. While the Delhi-bound flight is suspended till the next orders, owing to the increasing number of Covid positive cases in the capital, the air service from Adampur to […]

To ensure a staggered arrival of flights, the Department of Civil Aviation, Punjab, has decided to allow only two flights carrying passengers stranded in various countries to land at the Chandigarh international airport in a day. Deputy Commissioner Girish Dayalan said requests were being received from various airlines to allow landing of flights at the […]

The CBI has registered a case against Gunupati Venkata Krishna Reddy, the Chairman of the GVK Group of Companies and his son G.V. Sanjay Reddy, Managing Director of Mumbai International Airport Ltd. among others for alleged irregularities to the tune of Rs 705 crore in running of the airport, officials said.

After over a month of suspension, the SpiceJet flight is scheduled to resume from July 3. Notably, the air service would only start on the Adampur-Jaipur route. In view of the increasing number of Covid positive cases in the capital, the Delhi-bound flight will remain suspended till the next orders. Earlier in the first week […]

The ninth evacuation flight and second from Kuwait, under the Vande Bharat Mission of the Union Government to evacuate stranded Indian nationals abroad, carrying 177 passengers landed at the Chandigarh international airport here on Wednesday.

Behind an unprecedented military build-up along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh to confront a belligerent China is a never-before heavy lift capability acquired by the IAF. The induction of assets like the C-17 Globemaster, C-130 Super Hercules and CH-47 Chinook over the past few years has enormously enhanced the Air Force’s […]

India is likely to receive the first batch of six Rafale jets by July-end and the planes will be based at Ambala, a base geographically positioned to counter threats from both western and northern fronts. On June 2, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh had held a telephonic conversation with his French counterpart Florence Parly and it […]

The government has again extended the deadline to bid for Air India by two months till August 31 as the COVID-19 fallout has disrupted economic activities globally. This is the third time the deadline has been extended. The divestment process for the national carrier was initiated on January 27.

The Ministry of Civil Aviation has launched “Lifeline Udan” flights for domestic and overseas movement of essential cargo. The objective is to ensure unhindered supply of medical products across the country. A total of 37.63 tonnes of medical supplies have been transported through 74 cargo flights till date, out of which more than 22 tonnes […]

The CII in its pre-Budget memorandum submitted to the state government has suggested capacity expansion of road and better rail and air connectivity for attracting and sustaining investment. “Himachal is a landlocked state and absence of good connectivity and infrastructure adds to the woes of investors. This adversely impacts tourism sector which is one of […]

The airline industry could lose up to USD 113 billion in revenue this year due to the impact of the new coronavirus, an industry body warned Thursday, as the epidemic spreads rapidly worldwide. “The turn of events as a result of COVID-19 is almost without precedent,” said Alexandre de Juniac, head of the International Air […]