Category Archives: Aviation

• Centre cuts UDAN levy on air tickets

  Posted on May 15, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  In a relief to passengers flying on major domestic routes, the Civil Aviation Ministry has decided to significantly reduce the levy on air tickets imposed to fund the Centre’s new regional connectivity scheme UDAN. From June 1, it will only charge a uniform levy of Rs. 5,000 per flight on major routes, down from Rs. […]

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• India’s first ATR simulators inaugurated in Gurugram

  Posted on May 15, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  In an attempt to uplift the country’s civil aviation sector, the Flight Simulation Technique Centre (FSTC) acquired India’s first ATR 72-500 full flight simulator in the previous year. Issued to be certified by the European Air Safety Agency (EASA) and Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) India, FSTC officials informed that it was the first […]

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• SWISS to abolish two-persons-in-the-cockpit rule framed after suicidal crash

  Posted on April 28, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Is it safe to have just one crew member in the cockpit? It was not thought so after a suicidal Germanwings pilot locked the captain out and deliberately crashed the plane into a mountain, killing all 150 people on board in 2015. As a precautionary measure after the crash, two-persons-in-the-cockpit rule was recommended by the […]

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• New Delhi To Shimla Flight Will Cost You Less Than Rs. 2000

  Posted on April 27, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Good news for Delhi people who have an unconditional love for Shimla. The tourist Shimla was the summer capital of British India and is also the capital of Himachal Pradesh. People of Delhi had to travel long distances to reach Shimla but now they will be able to travel in less than Rs. 2000 and […]

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• Air India cruises on expansion mode

  Posted on April 27, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Air India, which is on a route network expansion mode, hopes to boost profit “significantly” this year after making a dramatic turnaround from losses in 2016. The airline, which for the first time in nearly a decade, reported an operating profit of Rs1.05 billion in 2015-16 fiscal, has been taking various steps such as rationalisation […]

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• Brussels Airlines sees strong demand in Indian market

  Posted on April 27, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Sounding optimistic about the Indian market, Lufthansa group subsidiary Brussels Airlines today said it sees “strong” demand for its offering from here. Brussels Airlines, which is 100 per cent owned by the German airlines’ group Lufthansa, commenced its air services into India last month with a flight to Mumbai from Brussels. The airline currently operates […]

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• UP govt seeks fresh technical evaluation for airport in Jewar

  Posted on April 21, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  The newly appointed BJP government in Uttar Pradesh has approached the Centre seeking technical evaluation for an airport in Jewar, the Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Jayant Sinha, said today at a press conference here. The State cabinet cleared the proposal for Jewar airport recently. Currently, the rules do not allow a new airport […]

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• Jayant Sinha conducts aerial survey of Navi Mumbai International Airport site

  Posted on April 21, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Union Minsiter of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha conducted an aerial survey of the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) site Wednesday during his visit to Mumbai. During his tour, he reviewed the progress of work and promised speedy redressal on issues delaying the project. On Wednesday, Sinha visited TajSATS office — the catering service […]

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• In a country of VIP worshippers, Air India shows some spine

  Posted on April 21, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  “Every Indian is special,” said prime minister Narendra Modi on April 19, as his government banned the use of red beacons on official cars. “Every Indian is a VIP,” Modi insisted, perhaps signalling an appetite to crack down on India’s pervasive VIP (very important person) culture. For long, most Indians have been familiar with the […]

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• Domestic air passenger traffic grows 18% in March

  Posted on April 21, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Passengers carried by domestic airlines during the month of March was higher than the same period last year registering a growth of 18.59%. “During Jan-March 2017 were 272.79 lakhs as against 230.03 lakhs during the corresponding period of previous year thereby registering a growth of 18.59%,” DGCA report said on Thursday. The total number of […]

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