Category Archives: Aviation

• Why the long delay in making Doon an international airport?

  Posted on November 10, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Over one lakh foreign tourists visit Uttarakhand every year. A significant number of NRIs also make a trip to the state. All of them have to take a circuitous route to reach the state as they are forced to break their journey in a big city like Delhi or Mumbai. Several hours of transit and […]

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• Air India plans to rope in consultant to chalk out business strategy

  Posted on November 10, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Air India plans to rope in consultant for hand-holding and to help it chalk out short and long-term business plan strategy as it seeks to turn profitable by March 2019, much ahead of the original deadline of fiscal 2021-22. The government-owned carrier has recently issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the purpose of selecting […]

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• Rs 250-cr for city airport revamp, 85K employments planned

  Posted on November 10, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has planned to spend Rs 250 crore in next two-three years at the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) and to generate 85,000 employments directly and indirectly. AAI Chairman Dr Guruprasad Mohapatra on Tuesday informed that the AAI will spend Rs 250 crore for its proposed land-side development project at […]

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• Bengaluru airport sees highest growth in India this year

  Posted on November 10, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  The Kempegowda International Airport has recorded the largest growth in passenger and cargo traffic in the January-September period compared to Hyderabad, Mumbai and Delhi. In passenger traffic, Bengaluru recorded a 22.4% growth followed by Delhi at 21.5%, Hyderabad at 21%, and Mumbai at 11.7%. In international passenger traffic too, the city has recorded the highest […]

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• Angry pilots go online to protest against DGCA draft, term it danger to air safety

  Posted on November 10, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  The Directorate General of Civil Aviation draft, that proposed draconian measures against pilots who are found by the airline doctor to have falsely reported sick for duty, has precipitated anger amongst pilots across the country. Several pilots took to online platforms to denounce the draft and call it a danger to air safety. On November […]

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• India mulls more flexible dry-lease regulations

  Posted on November 9, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has outlined proposed new legislation that would pave the way for the importation and dry-lease of foreign-registered aircraft by Indian operators using Indian crews. A government gazette issued Monday, November 7, says the revised legislation aims to foster growth in India’s fast growing market. “[The] operation of foreign-registered […]

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• Bhubaneswar Airport to be fully functional by 2nd quarter of 2018

  Posted on November 9, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  The Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar is expected to be fully functional and declared as an operational airport by April or May 2018, said Guru Prasad Mohapatra, chairman of Airport Authority of India (AAI). Talking to media persons soon after his arrival at the city airport from New Delhi today, Mohapatra said be it […]

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• West Bengal government accepts Centre’s air connectivity scheme with rider

  Posted on November 9, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  The West Bengal government today accepted the regional connectivity scheme in civil aviation as proposed by the Centre, but at the same time, threatened to pull out of it if the state had to bear in excess of the 20 per cent share as has been committed by the Centre under the Viability Gap Funding […]

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• GMR inks deal with Goa govt to develop Mopa airport

  Posted on November 9, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Bengaluru-based GMR Airports, a subsidiary of GMR Infrastructure, today signed a concession agreement with Goa government to develop and operate greenfield airport project at Mopa in North Goa. State Chief Minister Laxmikant Parskear was present for the event during which the government and GMR Airports formally signed an agreement to design, build, finance and operate […]

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• New Goa airport at Mopa to be ready by 2020

  Posted on November 9, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  GMR Airports Limited (GAL), a subsidiary of GMR Infrastructure Limited, today signed the agreement with Government of Goa for the development and operation of north Goa’s Greenfield International Airport at Mopa. GMR Airports Ltd (GAL) a subsidiary of GMR Infrastructure Ltd, is one of the largest airport developers in the world; handling more than 70 […]

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