Category Archives: Aviation

• Mumbai: City airport data on our performance is wrong, says IndiGo

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

  Long delays while flying in and out of Mumbai have been a sore point with passengers for years. But now the issue on-time performance (OTP) has become a bone of contention even between the choked airport and airlines operating from there too.Some carriers are alleging that they are being wrongly shown as being less punctual […]

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• Airports authority of India sets ball rolling on new airport roads

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

  The Airports Authority of India has started working towards developing three new roads to the Lohegaon Airport in a bid to decongest the existing roads. Recently, Sanjay Prakash — the DIG in charge of the western zone of Central Industrial Security Force — visited the airport on an inspection and expressed concerns about the traffic […]

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• Air passenger traffic rises by 44 per cent in State

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

  The number of air passengers from the State has witnessed a growth of around 44 per cent from April to November this year. While the number of total air passengers stood at 16.91 lakh during the corresponding period last year, it swelled to 24.28 lakh during the same time period. Interestingly, the passenger traffic growth […]

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• Wake-up call for DGCA

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

  The Jet Airways aircraft skidding off the runway in Goa and the near-collision of SpiceJet and Indigo planes at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport on Tuesday is symptomatic of the ills that are plaguing the functioning of the directorate-general of civil aviation, the country’s airline regulator. The DGCA is headed by an officer belonging […]

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• 2016: High growth, maiden policy propelled aviation sector

  Posted on December 29, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  A maiden integrated policy and over 20 per cent month-on-month traffic growth gave wings to the country’s civil aviation sector in 2016. The sector reaped benefits out of a rise in domestic disposable income, lower jet fuel prices and enhanced services to the non-metro cities, which accelerated India’s passenger traffic growth in 2016. According to […]

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• New places, newer planes

  Posted on December 29, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  2017 promises to be action-packed for domestic flyers right from the start. This is mainly because of the government’s ambitious Udey Desh Ka Aam Nagrik, or UDAN scheme, which wants to take aviation to those living in Tier II and Tier III cities. The UDAN scheme is part of the National Civil Aviation policy that […]

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• Delhi: Soon, no entry for airport staff without Aadhaar

  Posted on December 29, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Ahead of Republic Day, Central Industrial Security Force has thrown a security blanket in and around Indira Gandhi International Airport. As part of a new initiative, after January 1, all airport entry passes will be issued only on the basis of Aadhaar number. All employees have been asked to carry their Aadhaar cards for access […]

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• Aviation in 2016: Flight airborne; ATF price, congestion cloud outlook

  Posted on December 29, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Year 2016 could be termed a win-win time for flyers as low airfares allowed more passengers to travel even as a host of passenger-centric measures were taken to enhance the flying experience such as the cap on ticket cancellation charges levied by airlines. Domestic air traffic grew at 23 per cent to a record 9 […]

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• Aviation safety: Before two close shaves, many compliance violations

  Posted on December 29, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Two close calls on Tuesday buttress the need to redouble the focus on safety checks in the country’s aviation sector. For flyers though, the cause of worry is the fact that every third day, on an average, there was a reported irregularity by an airline pilot during the last year and the first ten months […]

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• GST, demonetisation may impact aviation market growth: CAPA

  Posted on December 28, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  The Goods and Services Tax which is expected to be rolled out in 2017 and the on-going demonetisation drive could impact the growth prospects of the domestic aviation industry in the next fiscal, the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) has warned. “The Government’s demonetisation move could impact the growth of the domestic civil aviation […]

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