Category Archives: Aviation

• DIAL defers charging fee on in-flight food & drinks

  Posted on December 22, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) today agreed in Delhi High Court to defer till February 8, its decision to charge a fee on in-flight food and beverages provided by private airlines like Spicejet, Indigo, Goair and Jet Airways. DIAL gave this oral assurance before Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva who issued notice to the Ministry of Civil […]

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• Vistara aims to be profitable by 2020-21

  Posted on December 22, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Vistara, the joint venture between Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines, aims to be cash positive by 2018-19 and profitable by 2020-21. The estimates were given by the airlne’s CEO Phee Teik Yeoh during the course of the Tata Sons board meetings on June 29 and June 30. The minutes of the board meeting have been […]

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• Airlines to pay fine if their planes empty human waste mid-air

  Posted on December 21, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  The menace of human waste being splattered on houses from airplanes while landing, today led the National Green Tribunal to slap a fine of Rs 50,000 on the airline whose aircraft empties toilet tanks on air. The NGT directed aviation regulator DGCA to issue a circular to all airlines, whose planes are involved, to pay […]

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• Air India joining UDAN party to take longer on Dornier approval time

  Posted on December 21, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  With the government preparing for the take off of UDAN, Air India might take longer to play an active part in the ambitious scheme as regulatory approval for the 19-seater Dornier aircraft is likely to happen only by July next year. The national carrier is expected to be a vital clog in the government’s efforts […]

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• Government convenes meeting with airlines to discuss GAGAN system

  Posted on December 21, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  With the domestic airlines not showing any keenness to avail the over Rs 700-crore GPS-Aided Geo Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) system even after nearly 18 months of its official launch, the Government would now hold discussions with all stakeholders for its mandatory enabling. Aviation regulator, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has convened a consultation meeting […]

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• Revised charges for non-major airports effective from Dec 16

  Posted on December 21, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Revised charges for airport services as well as those related to air navigation at non-major aerodromes will now be applicable from December 16, the government said today. The government, on November 24, in a notification had said the revised rates would be applicable from December 1. Generally, airports serving less than 12 lakh passengers annually […]

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• Airlines may have to bear additional tax burden of Rs 15,000 crore under GST

  Posted on December 20, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  India’s aviation industry may have to bear an additional tax burden of up to Rs 15,000 crore annually once the Goods and Services Tax is implemented, top industry executives have told the finance ministry. Under the current indirect tax regime, the industry has to pay only about Rs 3,600 crore every year, according to industry […]

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• KQ gets big lift from increased India flights deal

  Posted on December 20, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  National carrier Kenya Airways has received a big boost from the signing of an agreement that gives it the right to introduce seven more weekly flights to India, one of Kenya’s strongest trade partners. A communiqué from India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation indicates that the two countries recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) allowing […]

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• Govt to double operational airports to 150

  Posted on December 20, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  The central government yesterday said that it is trying to double the number of operational airports in the country from 75 to 150, under the ambitious regional connectivity scheme (RCS). According to Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha (pictured), under RCS christened as UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik), the central government is […]

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• Centre keen to recast Air India debt: Raju

  Posted on December 20, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  The Centre is exploring the idea of restructuring the debt of state-owned Air India, and is willing to talk to those who are interested in picking up a stake in the airline. “There is an idea circulating that Air India will do better if its debt is restructured,” Union Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju […]

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