Category Archives: Aviation

• RV Deshpande wants speedy approvals for second runway

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

  Karnataka industries and infrastructure minister RV Deshpande on Tuesday met Union civil aviation minister Ashok Gajapati Raju and MoS (civil aviation) Jayant Sinha and requested speedy statutory clearances from the Centre for the second runway at the Kempegowda International Airport in view of the airport exceeding its passenger capacity. “The airport has already achieved the […]

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• Kempegowda International Airport shut during day, flyers brace for chaos

  Posted on February 14, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  With flight operations confined to before 10.30 am and after 5 pm, the Kempegowda International Airport has been a picture of chaos for travellers since February 8. While the airport runway is closed during the day, owing to Aero India -which officially opens today and ends on February 18 -the restricted timings for flight operations […]

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• Centre wants Air India to survive, says Ashok Gajapathi Raju

  Posted on February 14, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Union Minister for Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapathi Raju today said the Centre wants Air India to survive and does not mind who runs it as long as it serves the Indian people. “If it is left like what it is, it is bound to die…. we want Air India to survive, we don’t mind where […]

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• We don’t do anything at the cost of profitability: SpiceJet CEO

  Posted on February 14, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  irline has paid back ?2,000 crore; focus was mainly on cutting costs: Ajay Singh Low cost airline, SpiceJet has had a remarkable run during the last two years posting eight consecutive quarters of profits. In an interview with BusinessLine, the airline’s CEO, Ajay Singh on the sidelines of the CNN Asia Business Forum meet, shares […]

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• GVK wins bid to develop Navi Mumbai international airport

  Posted on February 14, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL), the GVK-owned consortium running the Mumbai airport has won the bid for the much-delayed, discussed and debated Rs 16,000 crore airport project coming up in Navi Mumbai. Rival GMR Infrastructure was the only other bidder in the final round. The project is seen as a crucial alternate to the congested […]

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• Pay more to fly! Airfares set to soar on costlier jet fuel

  Posted on February 13, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  India’s delicately balanced current account wouldn’t be the only major casualty of costlier crude oil: Local travelers now have to pay more to fly within the country as expensive jet fuel propels airlines to raise domestic fares that had tracked global energy prices to plunge to record lows last year. Higher consumer fares in January […]

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• New airline Zoom to take off on February 15

  Posted on February 13, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  The government’s regional connectivity push seems to have finally struck the right note, with Zoom Air, India’s newest airline, launching its inaugural flight on the Delhi-Durgapur route on Sunday morning. The move makes Zoom Air the tenth national carrier in the country. The airline, which will start daily scheduled operations on the Delhi-Kolkata-Durgapur sector from […]

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• Navi Mumbai International Airport: No penalty for bidders

  Posted on February 13, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  The City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) is leaving no stone unturned to attract bidders for the proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) project. Now, the nodal agency for NMIA has assured bidders that no penalty will be imposed if the project gets delayed due to issues related to rehabilitation of project-affected persons (PAPs). After […]

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• Ranchi: CM assures support to improve air connectivity in state

  Posted on February 13, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  All five Divisions in Jharkhand will soon get connected through air routes. Chief Minister Raghubar Das said that the State Government was ready to provide all support to the Government of India to get five divisions connected through air routes. Das, during his inaugural speech of the newly constructed Cargo Complex at Birsa Munda Airport […]

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• Pune International airport project to get DPR consultant soon

  Posted on February 13, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  The Maharashtra Airport Development Company Limited (MADC) will select a consultant to prepare a detailed project report (DPR) for the Pune international airport project by this week. MADC vice chairman-cum-managing director Vishwas M Patil confirmed as much in reply to a text message. As per officials, the state government is just waiting for the completion […]

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