Category Archives: Aviation

• Airline cos in a sweet spot; 18% passenger growth sustainable: Experts

  Posted on June 23, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  The airline stocks have been doing well in a goldilocks like scenario. To discuss the dynamics of the industry as well as potential of a new player coming into the private listed space – Air India. CNBC-TV18 spoke to Amber Dubey, Partner & Head of Aerospace & Defense, KPMG and Mayur Milak, Senior Research Analyst, […]

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• 33 destinations to have air integration soon

  Posted on June 23, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  About 33 destinations (unserved airports) throughout the country will be connected by air services by this September-end, Union Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju has informed on Wednesday. Five operators would operate on 128 routes connecting 70 airports, most of which are not well connected by airlines at present. “Five airlines will be participating in […]

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• At least 3 airlines eyeing stake in Air India

  Posted on June 23, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  At least three aviation companies, besides the Tata group, have shown an interest in acquiring a stake in the beleaguered national carrier Air India. Sources close to the airline said that initial meetings had taken place with possible buyers, including the Tata group. “After Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s interview to Doordarshan News in the last […]

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• How history will come full circle if Tatas buy Air India

  Posted on June 22, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  If Tata Group buys a controlling stake in beleaguered national carrier Air India, as indicated by an ET Now report, the history will come full circle. The airline will go back to a group which had built and nurtured it into one of the world’s finest airlines until grasping and sloppy governments run it into […]

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• RCS traffic to be 4 lakh-plus passengers during FY18: ICRA

  Posted on June 22, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Ratings agency ICRA on Wednesday estimated that passenger traffic generated from the central government’s ambitious regional air connectivity scheme UDAN would be around 4.43 lakh passengers only during FY2018. According to a study conducted by ICRA, UDAN’s impact would be marginal at 0.4 per cent of total passenger traffic during the year. The report pointed […]

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• AAI ropes in Tata Elxsi to design IT guidelines for airports

  Posted on June 22, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Design services provider Tata Elxsi has been roped in by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to design information and technology guidelines for all upcoming AAI airports. Tata Elxsi will help AAI set up a team and create a process to design and implement customer-centric information and wayfinding system, which will cover the entire passenger […]

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• High court dismisses PIL, paves way for Greenfield Airport

  Posted on June 22, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Itanagar: In a major relief which may pave way for construction of the Greenfield Airport at Hollongi, the Gauhati High Court Itanagar Permanent Bench has dismissed the PIL filed in 2015. While disposing off the case, the court directed the Papum Pare Deputy Commissioner, “To ensure that compensation that is payable on account of acquisition […]

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• Mahindra Aerospace’s Airvan 10 achieves type certificate

  Posted on June 22, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Australia’s first 10 seat Single Engine Turbine aircraft, the AIRVAN 10, has been awarded its FAR 23 Type Certificate from the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority, which was followed, by the US Type Certificate being issued by the Federal Aviation Administration. S P Shukla, chairman, Mahindra Aerospace, and Group president-Aerospace & Defence, Mahindra Group, commented, […]

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• Gov’t shelves private bids for new airports

  Posted on June 22, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Manila: The government has put on hold unsolicited proposals for new airports to serve Manila as it focuses on measures that can be undertaken immediately to address congestion at the country’s main international gateway. Manuel Antonio Tamayo, undersecretary for aviation at the Department of Transportation (DOTr), told reporters the National Economic and Development Authority has […]

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• Strict action for not refunding taxes, levies on cancelled flight tickets: Aviation minister Gajapathi Raju

  Posted on June 9, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju today warned airlines and travel portals of “strict action” if they did not refund taxes and levies to passengers for the cancelled tickets. Civil Aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju, in a series of tweets, said the practice of not refunding taxes and levies to passengers for a cancelled ticket was […]

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