Category Archives: Aviation

• France ready to sell new fighter jets, submarines to India

  Posted on May 19, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Under new President Emmanuel Macron, France will continue to beef up the Indian military arsenal with fighter jets and submarines. French aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation and state-owned shipbuilder DCNS are in fact negotiating new deals with the Indian government for the sale of their Rafale multi-role aircraft and […]

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• Delhi airport handling lesser flights than capacity: Government

  Posted on May 19, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, the biggest and busiest in the country, is handling fewer flights than it can, government data revealed. The data, accessed by ET, shows that Delhi airport currently operates a maximum of 67 flights every hour when it can handle up to 75 flights an hour. Yet, the airport is unable […]

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• India’s airline passenger growth rises 17.71% in April

  Posted on May 19, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Indian domestic carriers recorded a passenger growth grew by 17.71% higher than the same period in the previous year, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said in a report on Thursday. “Passengers carried by domestic airlines during Jan-April 2017 were 364.13 lakhs as against 309.35 lakhs during the corresponding period of previous year thereby registering […]

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• Navi Mumbai airport an executive issue, says Raju

  Posted on May 18, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Union Minister of Civil Aviation P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju on Tuesday reiterated the need for another airport in a city that is bursting, referring to Mumbai airports’ inability to fulfill airlines’ requests for slots. When asked about the the approval of Navi Mumbai airport by the State Cabinet, Mr. Raju said it is an executive […]

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• UDAN May Hit Air Pocket With Mumbai Airport Giving Only Eight Slots

  Posted on May 18, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  The government’s ambitious UDAN scheme may hit air pocket with the Mumbai airport authorities allocating only eight slots for the regional connectivity scheme (RCS) flights. The Civil Aviation Ministry had sought 20 slots from the Mumbai International Airport Ltd. (MIAL) for operating flights to unserved and under-served airports from the country’s second busiest aerodrome. MIAL […]

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• Aviation Ministry issues guidelines: Commander should serve 1-year notice period, co-pilots 6 months on resignation

  Posted on May 18, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  The Ministry of Civil Aviation on Wednesday issued strict guidelines over resignation and said commanders should serve notice period of one year and co-pilots a notice period of six months on resignation. The Ministry said that during the notice period, pilot will not refuse to undertake flight duties. The employer will also not deprive pilot […]

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• Need to make Navi Mumbai airport operational soon: Civil Aviation Minister

  Posted on May 18, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Infrastructure constraints and congestion of the only functional runway at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) could limit the capacity of the airport to add flights under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS), Civil Aviation Minister P Ashok Gajapathi Raju said Tuesday. He stressed the need for making Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) operational at the […]

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• 3 years of Modi govt: UDAN commendable but little else has changed in aviation

  Posted on May 18, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  A report card on the three years of Modi government, as far as the civil aviation sector is concerned, must rate it on whether flying became easier and more affordable for the aam aadmi, whether airlines’ cost of operations came down, aviation infrastructure across the country was improved and whether Air India stopped guzzling taxpayers’ […]

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• UDAN may hit air pocket with MIAL, give only 8 slots for RCS flights

  Posted on May 17, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  The government’s ambitious UDAN scheme may hit air pocket with the Mumbai airport authorities allocating only eight slots for the RCS flights. The Civil Aviation Ministry had sought 20 slots from the Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) for operating flights to unserved and under-served airports from the country’s second busiest aerodrome. “Since we have severe […]

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• Business as usual won’t help Air India balance books: Ashok Gajapati Raju

  Posted on May 17, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju today said Air India’s books are “bad”, and “business as usual” is not going to help it, but the Government wants the airline to survive. AI is grappling with “legacy” issues, he added. The minister’s remarks came against the backdrop of Air India Chairman and Managing Director Ashwani Lohani […]

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