Category Archives: Aviation

• Navi Mumbai airport bids extended yet again to Feb 13

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

  The dogged Navi Mumbai airport plan further delayed with the implementing agency Cidco for the second time today extending the deadline for submitting bids to February 13 as it received only one bid from the GVK-led Mumbai International Airport. The second extension comes after the authority deferred the deadline for receiving bids for RFQ (request […]

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• Indian Civil Aviation Driven By Low Cost Domestic Market

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

  Domestic and international Indian air traffic has increased and would have been higher if fuel prices had been lower, a top industry consultant said. Kapil Kaul, CEO – India and Middle East for consultancy firm Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) said domestic air traffic grew faster than international. For the first time in years, […]

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• Centre committed on a full-fledged airport in Arunachal Pradesh : Ashok Gajapathi Raju

  Posted on January 20, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  The Centre is committed for bringing a full-fledged airport in Arunachal Pradesh, Union Minister for Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapathi Raju said on Thursday. Minister Raju said a central team had recently surveyed both sites at Karsingsa and Hollongi, which were proposed for the airport and the Ministry was waiting for the report. This report he […]

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• Air India puts 57 ‘overweight’ crew on ground duty

  Posted on January 20, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Cracking the whip on its over-weight cabin staff, the government-owned Air India has temporarily taken off 57 crew members from flying and put them on ground duty. These cabin crew members, including air hostesses, have been told to “shape up” within a stipulated time frame, failing which they would be grounded permanently, Air India sources […]

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• Ashok Gajapathi Raju urges Arunachal Pradesh government to explore possibilities for cargo flights

  Posted on January 20, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju today asked Arunachal Pradesh government to explore possibilities of bringing in more cargo flights as the state has immense potential in horticulture crops, floriculture and medicinal plants. Addressing the ‘Digi Dhan Mela’ at Indira Gandhi Park here, the Union minister also expressed optimism that the state government would settle […]

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• 43 more airports to see regular flights: Jayant Sinha

  Posted on January 19, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  43 more airports in India will see regular flights, says Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha. He was addressing a press conference after regional air services bidding process started. Soon 118 airports will see regular flights from 75 at present. “Hope to have first regional flight in February as several airports like Jaisalmer and […]

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• Report : Indian airports, airlines to ramp up IT spending in 2017

  Posted on January 19, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Airlines and airports in India are expected to rapidly ramp up spending on new technology over the next three years to keep up with surging growth that is expected to position India as the world’s third largest aviation market, ahead of the UK, in 10 years’ time. The spending predictions come from SITA, a specialist […]

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• Indian aviation is growing but it’s straining airports: Why 1 in 4 flights are getting delayed

  Posted on January 19, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  The fastest growing aviation market across the globe continues its struggle infrastructure and performance metrics of its airlines. Data released by DGCA show not a single airline managed to operate one in four flights on time from four of India’s busiest airports last month. This, when India’s airlines carried close to 10 crore passengers in […]

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• 11 bidders, 45 initial proposals for regional air services

  Posted on January 19, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Eleven bidders have submitted 45 initial proposals covering more than 200 Regional Connectivity Scheme routes under the UDAN scheme which seeks to encourage common people to fly. “The initial proposals cover 65 airports, of which 52 are unserved and 13 underserved,” the Ministry of Civil Aviation said in a statement. January 16 was the last […]

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• Air India to bid for 23 new routes under RCS

  Posted on January 18, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Poised with the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) of the National Civil Aviation Policy, Air India is set to bid for connecting 23 routes with the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA). Some of its existing routes would also be brought under the ambit of the RCS, said CMD Ashwani Lohani. Additionally, to keep pace with […]

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