Category Archives: Aviation

• Air India wants to rejoin lobby group

  Posted on October 7, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Two years after government-owned Air India (AI) walked out of the Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA), citing differences in opinion, it has approached the lobby group to return, said three sources. They say chairman Ashwini Lohani feels it will give more muscle to AI’s demands when it approaches the government as part of a group. […]

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• GoAir-IndiGo legal battle: Bombay HC judge questions use of generic word during hearing

  Posted on October 7, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  The Bombay High Court has questioned the claim to right over using generic terms after domestic carrier GoAir and IndiGo have been involved in a legal dispute. GoAir had alleged ‘similarity’ in domain names used by rival carrier IndiGo airlines. In 2014, GoAir had filed a lawsuit against InterGlobe Aviation Ltd (which manages IndiGo airlines). […]

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• Centre mulls aviation emission offsets

  Posted on October 7, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  India is examining possible mechanisms to offset higher emissions from rising civil aviation traffic, even as it has firmly opposed a global pact for curbing aviation emissions proposed by the United Nations’ International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) that is currently being negotiated in Montreal. “India’s aviation sector is growing at 22 per cent to 23 […]

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• Air Costa in stake sale talks

  Posted on October 7, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Air Costa is in advanced stages of discussions with foreign carriers, including those from the Gulf, for a possible stake sale, as the Vijayawada-based airline seeks to spread its wings after securing a flying permit for pan-India operations. The carrier is also in the process of sealing a deal for the leasing of six aircraft […]

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• Pune to get new greenfield international airport at Purandar

  Posted on October 7, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has approved land at Purandar for a new greenfield international airport for Pune. The proposed airport will be spread over 2,400 hectares and the site has already been approved by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), Fadnavis told reporters in Mumbai on Thursday after attending a meeting of the Maharashtra Airport […]

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• DGCA unearths major scam; maintenance violations found in personal, charter planes

  Posted on October 7, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has unearthed a major scam that would have certain top industrialists, corporates and chief ministers worry about the airworthiness or safety of the private or charter aircraft they fly in. After investigations revealed several aircraft maintena-nce violations, the DGCA, last week, suspended the licences of three aircraft maintenance […]

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• Avoid emergency landings in Pakistan: Indian airlines issue advisory

  Posted on October 7, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Indian carriers have asked their pilots operating flights that overfly Pakistan to avoid landing there in an emergency situation. Unless there is an “extreme emergency”, like fire on board, airlines have ‘informally’ told pilots to opt for Muscat or UAE flight information region on westbound flights, or head to Delhi, Mumbai or Ahmedabad on India-bound […]

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• Andhra Pradesh government to ink MoU for improving regional connectivity with AAI

  Posted on October 7, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  After securing nod for setting up three new airports in Andhra Pradesh, the state government will soon sign an agreement with the Centre and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) for enhancing air connectivity under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) envisaged in National Civil Aviation Policy 2016. The Union Civil Aviation Ministry recently accorded in […]

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• DGCA studying proposal on providing Wi-Fi in flights: Jayant Sinha

  Posted on October 7, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  The Civil aviation regulator DGCA is examining a proposal to introduce Wi-Fi service onboard flights to adequately address all the related issues, Union Minister Jayant Sinha said today. Civil Aviation Ministry, in August, had said that security issues were being sorted out for allowing use of Wi-Fi facility in the Indian airspace. “The Directorate General […]

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• Dubai airport sets new record

  Posted on October 6, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Dubai International Airport has set a record of 7.7 million passengers in August, with India being the top destination country accounting for over 9 lakh travellers, according to a monthly traffic report. It has surpassed the previous record achieved in July. India remained the top destination country (9,24,256 passengers), followed by the UK (584,508 passengers) […]

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