Category Archives: Aviation

• Qatar Airways plans first fully foreign-owned airline in India

  Posted on March 10, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  India may soon get its first fully-foreign owned airline after the Modi government allowed 100% FDI in the sector last June. Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker said in Berlin Wednesday that he plans to start an airline in India with the investment arm of Qatar government. A Qatar Airways spokesperson quoted the CEO saying […]

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• PAC seeks details of DIAL’s revenue

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

  A parliamentary panel has sought details of revenue earned by Delhi airport operator DIAL since the privatisation of the facility as it observed that government is “losing heavily”. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) headed by Congress MP K V Thomas has directed the Civil Aviation Ministry to provide the details of the total earnings of […]

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• India’s Rise Into The Private Jet Industry

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

  We don’t know too many people who don’t lose all hope when they get hit with the C-word. Kanika was diagnosed with cancer when she was 22, what’s amazing about her is not that she beat it, but that she did so in a year only with even more vigor to resume starting up JetSetGo, […]

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• Why India needs low-cost airlines

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

  India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. A report published by IATA (International Air Transport Association) has thrown light on the immense potential of the growing Indian aviation sector. Indian aviation industry is likely to rule the roost by the end of 2026, by adding more than 300 million fliers into […]

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• Indian Aviation Industry to witness max passenger traffic growth amidst profitability pressure, says ICRA

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

  Credit rating agency ICRA has said that the Indian Aviation Industry is likely to report 22 to 23 percent passenger traffic growth in FY2017 supported by ongoing low airfare regime says ICRA in its report. The airlines are maintaining healthy PLFs backed by low airfares. However, since the ATF prices have been on an uptrend […]

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• Delhi cuts tax on aviation fuel to boost travel to smaller cities

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

  The Delhi government has reduced the tax on aviation fuel to 1 percent from 25 percent for flights operating to smaller towns and cities, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said, in a move to reduce costs for airlines flying to remote areas from the Indian capital. The tax reduction is only for airlines operating under […]

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• Indian air traffic grew at highest rate in the world in January: IATA

  Posted on March 8, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  India beat all global markets in terms of domestic air traffic growth during the month of January, according to the International Air Transport Association, a global lobbying body. “January traffic soared 26.6%, marking the 15th consecutive month of 20%-plus annual growth. Demand is being stimulated by strong flight frequency,” IATA said in a statement. The […]

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• Hyderabad, Delhi airports ranked high in service quality

  Posted on March 8, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Delhi International Airport (P) Ltd and Hyderabad International Airport Ltd, both managed by GMR-led consortium, have secured top rankings in airport service quality by the Airports Council International. While Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport has become world’s number 2 airport in the over 40 million passengers per annum (mppa) category, Hyderabad airport was ranked number […]

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• Boeing pitches B737 MAX 10 to Indian operators

  Posted on March 8, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Boeing(BOE, Chicago O’Hare) has pitched its proposed B737 MAX 10 project to two of India’s largest operators of the B737 Family of jets, SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) and Jet Airways (9W, Mumbai Int’l), Dinesh Keskar, the US manufacturer’s Senior Vice President (Sales – Asia Pacific & India), has told Reuters. As such, according to the […]

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• GMR-led Delhi Airport ranked No. 2 position in passenger survey

  Posted on March 7, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Delhi International Airport (P) Ltd, a GMR led consortium, has announced Indira Gandhi International Airport has become the world’s number 2 airport in the over 40 million passengers per annum category, as per the Montreal (Canada)-based Airports Council International 2016 rankings. DIAL’s score increased from 4.96 in 2015 to 4.99 in 2016 that helped IGIA […]

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