Category: Civil Aviation

The airline industry could lose up to $113 billion in revenue this year due to the impact of the new coronavirus, an industry body warned today, as the epidemic spreads rapidly worldwide. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) estimated revenue losses to airlines’ passenger business of between $63 billion and $113 billion — with the […]

The Supreme Court Friday sent to the High Court the Kerala government’s plea challenging the Airports Authority of India’s (AAI’s) decision to grant development, management and operation rights of the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport to Adani Enterprises, which had emerged successful in a bid, for 50 years. Hearing an appeal filed by the state, a Bench […]

During a meeting with Kuldeep Singh Vaid, MLA, Gill constituency, Upkar Singh Ahuja, president, CICU, along with Jagtar Singh, president, Ludhiana Machine Tools Association, requested the legislator for early completion of the Halwara airport. “Industry is facing problems due to non-effective airport in the region. Industrialists have to travel Chandigarh and Delhi for domestic and […]

The Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO) today transferred the technology for manufacturing a new variant of head-up display (HUD) for the Tejas fighter aircraft to Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Panchkula, for commercial production. The transfer agreement was signed by Prof RK Sinha, Director CSIO, and PK Changoiwala, General Manager, BEL. Head-up display (HUD) is an […]

Three people have died and 179 were injured when a plane skidded off the runway at an Istanbul airport, caught fire and split into three after landing in rough weather. Live images broadcast on Turkish television showed several people climbing through a large crack in the severed aircraft and escaping onto one of the wings […]

The government today gave ex post facto approval to waive “5/20 rule” for Air India’s subsidiary Alliance Air to conduct flight operations between India and Sri Lanka. Under the said rule, an airline can conduct international flight operations only when it has five years of experience and minimum 20 aircraft. Briefing media after the meeting […]

Buyers of loss-making airline Air India and oil firm Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) will not get a free hand to shed excess workforce as the government will build in certain protection to employees in the share sale agreement, DIPAM Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey said. Public sector companies often have more people on rolls than […]

Ajay Kumar has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Chandigarh International Airport. He will replace Sunil Dutt who has been transferred to Pune Airport. Besides, introducing electronic boarding pass, increased food outlets, new flights, Kumar had been able to achieve a new high with 10 million passengers’ footfalls at the airport. […]

A ‘live’ explosive device was found in an unattended bag near a ticket counter of the departure gate of the airport here on Monday and later defused at a nearby open ground, police said. “According to the preliminary reports, a live bomb was found at the Mangaluru Airport today,” Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai said […]

The Northern Zonal Council (NZC) has dropped the issue of renaming the existing civil air terminal in Chandigarh after no consensus could be reached on it during a meeting held under the chairmanship of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Solving the controversy over renaming of the airport was one of the important agendas of the […]

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has initiated the process of setting up advanced navigational aid for the Bhuntar airport, which, while assisting aircraft bound for the airport located at Bhuntar, will also provide a fillip to air navigation services in the region. Called Doppler Very High Frequency Omni Range (DVOR), it was approved for […]

A Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah today approved the Expression of Interest (EoI) and the share purchase agreement for Air India’s privatisation, a senior government official said. The EoI and the share purchase agreement would be issued in January itself for the bidders, he said. The last GoM meeting […]