Category Archives: Aviation

• In-principal approval for airport in Uttar Pradesh’s Kushinagar: Government

  Posted on July 26, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  The Centre has granted in- principle approval for an airport at Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh, Parliament was informed today. This is the second airport in UP to be approved by the Centre since BJP’s Yogi Adityanath took over as the state’s chief minister in March. Last month, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju announced that […]

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• Goa’s new airport to be commissioned by May 2020: Manohar Parrikar

  Posted on July 26, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  The first phase of Goa’s upcoming Mopa international airport will be operational by May 2020, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar told the state assembly on Tuesday. “GMR Goa International Airport Limited (GGIAL) has already started pre-construction work and, as per concession agreement, the first phase of the project is likely to be commissioned by May 2020,” […]

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• Air India privatisation is unpatriotic and illogical, says former employees assoication

  Posted on July 25, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  The employees union of Air India representing retired its personnel on Wednesday termed the government’s move to privatise the airline “unpatriotic” and “illogical” in a letter to civil aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju. The letter also says that the the government’s priority should be to restructure the airline’s huge debt. The All India Airlines Retired […]

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• Low-cost flying in for the long haul

  Posted on July 25, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Barely hours after the Union Cabinet gave an in-principle approval to national carrier Air India’s strategic disinvestment late last month, India’s biggest low-cost airline IndiGo jumped into the fray showing interest in taking over the debt-laden, loss-making airline. However, at the heart of IndiGo’s interest lies its strategy to start long-haul international operations replicating a […]

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• How safe is our RGIA?

  Posted on July 25, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Hyderabad: Despite being billed as one of the busiest airports in the country, the vicinities of Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) at Shamshabad continue to remain exposed and vulnerable. The Cyberabad police are literally losing their sleep over several sections of the airport that lack proper CCTV surveillance coverage, which were very recently identified as […]

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• With Jet Airways’ new cost cutting policies, is it time for pilots to move on to greener pastures?

  Posted on July 25, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  After Jet Airways asked its junior pilots, who joined the brand in 2016, to take a 30 percent pay cut or leave, the full-service airline has now reportedly asked its pilots to furnish surety bonds of up to Rs 1 crore. This is said to be the airline’s way of making sure that the pilots […]

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• Domestic air traffic up 20% in June

  Posted on July 24, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Domestic airlines flew 95.86 lakh passengers in June, registering a growth of 20 per cent over the 79.75-lakh passengers flown during the same month in the previous year. IndiGo retained the number one spot by flying 38.26 lakh passengers in June followed by Jet Airways (14.58 lakh) and SpiceJet (12.73 lakh). Air India carried 12.49 […]

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• Jet Airways asks junior pilots to furnish Rs 1 crore bonds

  Posted on July 24, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Jet Airways has asked junior pilots to furnish surety bonds worth up to Rs 1 crore and serve the airline for at least five to seven years, union sources said. The development comes at a time when many of its junior pilots have been asked to take 10 days off every month, a move that […]

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• Mopa deal favours GMR more than Goans: NGO

  Posted on July 24, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  A group of social activists, who are fighting against the construction of a new airport at Mopa, has alleged that the government has signed a one-sided agreement with GMR Airports Ltd which benefits the company even if the project is terminated, leaving the people of Goa to pay for it. Goans for Dabolim Only (GFDO) […]

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• ‘Salary cut lesser evil than layoffs in aviation space’

  Posted on July 24, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Slashing salaries is a “lesser evil” than pink slips in the domestic aviation sector, feel HR experts against the backdrop of a leading airline asking junior pilots to take ten days off every month as part of cost balancing effort. While the domestic aviation sector has been registering double-digit growth continuously for over two years, […]

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