Category Archives: Aviation

• AirAsia India reports 42 per cent increase in passenger traffic

  Posted on November 1, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Budget carrier AirAsia India (AAI) flew 5.89 lakh passengers in three months ended September, 2016, a 42 per cent increase from the number of passengers who flew in the airline in the year-ago period. The airline during the quarter added three new destinations in its route network while capacity (number of total seats flown) increased […]

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• Civil Aviation Ministry awaits Home Ministry inputs on drones policy

  Posted on November 1, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  After stakeholder consultations, the Civil Aviation Ministry is now awaiting final inputs from the Home Ministry for deciding the regulations on commercial use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), including drones. Aviation regulator DGCA banned the use of UAVs for commercial purposes in October 2014 amid concerns over security. In April 2016, the watchdog came out […]

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• DGCA asks airlines to put in place electronic cigarette policy

  Posted on November 1, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Domestic airlines have been asked by the civil aviation regulator to formulate a policy on handling of electronic cigarettes, and display warnings inside lavatories and passenger briefing cards as part of the cabin safety measures. Under the new cabin safety circular, effective tomorrow, the operators would have to develop procedures to “ensure passengers are advised […]

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• Get realistic; have professional consultants vet your wish list: Aviation ministry to industry

  Posted on November 1, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  The civil aviation ministry is unlikely to seek tax concessions from the government in the budget for 2017-18, a change of stance that officials said has been prompted by reasoning that realistic demands are more likely to be accepted by the finance ministry. The ministry has for the first time asked the industry to get […]

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• Optimal utilisation runways: Govt ropes in global firm

  Posted on November 1, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  IGI Airport may be India’s busiest airport but “poor” utilisation of its three runways is causing concern. A worried government has asked a leading global air traffic control (ATC) agency to see how the hourly aircraft handling capacity of IGI’s runways can be increased. “Delhi International Airport Pvt Ltd (DIAL) has asked UK-based NATS (one […]

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• GMR Airports bids for Rs 4,000-crore greenfield project in Greece

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

  GMR Airports Ltd, a subsidiary of GMR Infra, Thursday bid for a EUR550 million (Rs 4,000 crore) greenfield airport project in Crete island at Greece, a person in the know told ET. GMR is the single bidder for the Kasteli airport project which entails just a one-stage bid encompassing techinical and financial qualifications. The company […]

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• IATA calls for reduction in aviation taxes in India

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

  The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called for a renewed look at the results of Indian public-private partnership in airport privatization, a reduction in taxation and for India to join international efforts on sustainability for air transport. These will be key enablers of a vitally important industry to India to be an even bigger […]

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• PM10 four times higher at IGIA

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

  An unusual trend in air quality at IGI airport area of the national Capital was observed on Wednesday with four times higher mass concentration of Particulate Matter (10). Notably, in 2015 IGI airport was the cleanest area of the city in terms of air pollution. According to the previous year’s pollution data of the Delhi […]

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• Airports Authority of India sets up cargo subsidiary

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

  Aviation minister P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju, launched Airports Authority of India Cargo Logistics & Allied Services Company Limited on Tuesday. The AAICLAs is an independent cargo subsidiary company by corporatization of AAI’s Cargo Department. Neera Rawat has been appointed as the MD of the subsidiary and BK Mehrotra would be Chief Executive Officer of AAICLAS. […]

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• I had no say in aviation foray: Mistry

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

  Tata Sons tied up with AirAsia in February 2013 to start an airline and six months later joined hands with Singapore Airlines. Both the decisions occurred within a year of Cyrus Mistry taking over as group chairman, but now as Mistry’s letter to Tata Sons’ board members indicates he had little role in them. Mistry’s […]

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