Category Archives: Aviation

• Tremendous growth potential for domestic air cargo, says Raju

  Posted on January 3, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  There is tremendous potential for domestic air cargo growth but “somehow the jigsaw puzzle” was never pieced together, Union Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju said as he rued that currently cargo is only a minuscule part of Indian aviation sector. Currently, Blue Dart and QuikJet are the only two domestic players operating cargo carriers. Naresh Goyal-owned […]

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• Pvt airlines scuttling regional connectivity scheme

  Posted on January 3, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Now it is confirmed that all domestic airlines, barring PSU carrier Air India, have joined hand to fail the Government’s plan to promote regional connectivity by encouraging setting up of smaller carriers. The Federation of Indian Airlines which represents scheduled carriers like Jet Airways, Indigo, Spicejet and Go Air have gone to court challenging the […]

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• Is AI operating defunct, snag-prone aircraft & risking passengers’ lives?

  Posted on January 2, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Is Air India operating defunct and snag-prone aircraft for nation-wide flights and abroad as well and risking lives of passengers and crew? Well, if an email sent to Nagpur Today by a passenger is to be believed, then it is true. Malvika Vazalwar, in the email sent to Nagpur Today on Saturday (December 31), says […]

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• Kolkata airport: Up in the air, bitter to better

  Posted on January 2, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Nearly 13 million passengers used the integrated terminal at Kolkata airport in 2016, up from 10 million a couple of years ago. Designed to handle 20 million passengers a year, there is room to accommodate more fliers without the terminal getting cramped for space. Yet, it is the apparent emptiness of the stark steel and […]

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• Bids for NaMu airport to open in January 2017

  Posted on January 2, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  The financial bids for the proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA), which is expected to ease the burden on the Mumbai airport, is likely to be opened in the first or second week of January, as the two-month extension given to three bidders in the fray draws to a close. In November, the City and […]

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• 2016 laid foundation for high growth in aviation sector

  Posted on January 2, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  The year 2016 will be remembered as a historic one which has provided a foundation for the high growth for domestic passengers and airlines through announcement of National Civil Aviation Policy (NCAP) and Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS). Through NCAP, government addressed the bigger issue of domestic fliers by paving way to connect smaller cities by […]

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• Rs. 3,00,000 cr plan afoot to double airport capacity

  Posted on January 2, 2017 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  The Centre will require up to ?3 lakh crore for doubling the airport capacity over the next 10 to 15 years, Minister of State Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha said. “We will need Rs 2.5-Rs 3 lakh crore for financing airports in addition to the money spent on land acquisition. As a result of that, we […]

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• IGI high: 50 lakh flyers a month

  Posted on December 30, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  By the end of this December, IGI is all set to become the first airport in the country to serve over 50 lakh flyers in a month. The airport operator, Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), said the travellers included both domestic and international travellers flying in and out of the Indira Gandhi International Airport. DIAL […]

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• On ‘win-win’ runway, aviation no more rich man’s tarmac: Union Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju

  Posted on December 30, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Indian aviation is no more a rich man’s prerogative and growth will continue on high trajectory in the new year, Union Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju said as the sector saw the much-needed reforms taking off in 2016 with new policy and ambitious regional connectivity plans. 2016 bloomed as a “very meaningful year” with over 20 […]

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• Shirdi airport: Maha to allot land to IOC for aviation

  Posted on December 30, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  To make the Shirdi airport functional at the earliest, the Maharashtra government today decided to allot land to Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) for setting up aviation fuelling point. The decision was taken at the 57th Meeting of Board of Directors of Maharashtra Airport Development Company Limited (MADC) here. State Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is the […]

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