Category Archives: Aviation

• BCAS has given nod to e-boarding at airports: Government

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

  The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security has approved e-boarding facility that will help domestic fliers at airports reduce waiting time for baggage check-in and security clearance. “The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has accorded approval for e-boarding on the basis of successful trial run conducted at Hyderabad airport,” Minister of State for Civil Aviation […]

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• Govt gives go ahead for 18 new airports costing Rs 30,000 crore

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

  The government has given in principle approval for setting up 18 airports which together are estimated to cost nearly Rs 30,000 crore. Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha today said the government has granted “in principle” approval for the greenfield airports. Citing information provided by developers, the total estimated cost for setting up […]

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• SpiceJet to train 70-75 aircraft maintenance engineers each year

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

  SpiceJet aims to train up to 75 aircraft maintenance engineers under its apprentice programme every year as the airline looks to nurture talent in-house. Against the backdrop of skilled manpower shortage in the fast-growing domestic aviation sector, the airline would provide employment to students who successfully complete the apprentice programme. The initiative would help in […]

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• SpiceJet most punctual airline in February: DGCA

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

  SpiceJet was the most punctual domestic airline in February, according to data collected by the Director General of Civil Aviation from four cities — Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bangalore. The airline’s on-time performance was at 81.1 percent, while IndiGo’s was 79.7 percent. The least punctual airline was the national airlines Air India (domestic) at 66.2 […]

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• US bars electronics in cabin bags on non-stop flights from eight countries

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

  The US government is temporarily barring passengers on certain flights originating in eight other countries from bringing laptops, iPads, cameras and most other electronics in carry—on luggage starting today. The reason for the ban was not immediately clear. US security officials would not comment. The ban was revealed yesterday in statements from Royal Jordanian Airlines […]

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• Airlines improve connections between India and Asia Pacific

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

  India’s Jet Airways and Singapore-based Jetstar Asia have announced plans for a codeshare agreement that will create a series of new travel opportunities between India and multiple Asian and Australian destinations, via Singapore. Jet will place its 9W flight code on Jetstar’s flights operating from Singapore to 11 destinations: Bangkok, Phuket, Perth, Darwin, Jakarta, Bali, […]

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• Optimism pervades the Indian Aviation Industry

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

  India has one of the fastest growing aviation industries in the world. We are growing at more than 20% annually. The Indian Aviation Infrastructure is definitely keeping pace with the growth. In fact in Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore the infrastructure is already there, we need growth by way of more and more airlines flying to […]

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• Too bad Air India: FinMin pours cold water on SPVs for bad loans

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

  The finance ministry is unlikely to sign on to the proposal for a ‘bad (debt) bank’, going by its response to some of the line ministries on similar proposals. The latest of those is the one to form a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to house Air India’s (AI’s) debt. The finance ministry argues that debt […]

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• SpiceJet to lease planes for Udan flights

  Posted on March 16, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  SpiceJet Ltd will lease more planes to fly under the government’s Udan regional flying scheme and connect six additional stations, chairman Ajay Singh said in an interview. “There will be some planes required for RCS (regional connectivity scheme),” Singh said, adding that over the next one-and-a-half years, the airline could take on lease as many […]

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• Air India to complete procurement of all 27 Dreamliners by October: Jayant Sinha

  Posted on March 16, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Air India will complete the procurement of all the 27 Dreamliners by October, 2017 as per the contract, MoS for Civil Aviation, Jayant Sinha said in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. “Air India has acquired 23 Dreamliners progressively from September, 2012 to January 9, 2017. The Dreamliners aircraft […]

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