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• ‘PM vision is to make air travel affordable for all’

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

  Union minister of state for civil aviation Jayant Sinha said the government wants to make air travel affordable for all by introducing a low-fare regime. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a vision: ‘Hawai chappal pahanne wale hawai yatra karenge’ (even people wearing hawai chappal [slippers] could travel by air),” said Sinha while inaugurating the SpiceJet […]

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• Qualifying norms to bid for Nagpur airport eased

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

  As bids under request for qualification (RFQ) to rope in a private partner for developing Nagpur airport are expected to be received on October 6, a number of conditions have now been eased. The bidders now need not attach a certificate issued by concerned authorities like directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA), statutory auditors, or […]

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• Intra-state air service launched in Rajasthan

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

  The first flight of an intra-state air service from Jaipur to Udaipur via Jodhpur was launched on Tuesday from here. Rajasthan’s Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje along with Gopaldas Ji Maharaj of Dadu Dayal sect flagged off a 9-seater aircraft of Supreme Airlines from Sanganer Airport State Hangar to Jodhpur. “Bikaner and Kota too would soon […]

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• Air India to lease turboprop planes to add wings to regional connectivity scheme

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

  To ensure that the Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance government’s ambitious regional connectivity scheme (RCS) does not turn out to be a damp squib, state-owned Air India plans to lease five turboprop planes—having 40 to 70 seats—by March next year. The carrier is expected to deploy these planes on unserved and underserved routes the RCS […]

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• ‘Among best’ in world, Indian airports flunk safety test

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

  In a report that is certain to have rattled India’s Civil Aviation authorities, global oversight body International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has given India significantly lower safety ranking than its neighbours such as Pakistan and Sri Lanka in its safety audit report of 2015. Surprisingly, while on the one hand Delhi’s International Airport has been […]

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• AAI organises workshop on ‘Vigilance as a Management tool’ at Trivandrum Airport

  Posted on October 5, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  A workshop was organised by the Corporate Vigilance Department, Airports Authority of India at Trivandrum Airport on the topic “Vigilance as a Management tool” on September 29 and 30. Around 60 Executives and Non-Executives from Trivandrum, Tuticorin, Madurai and Cochin Airports participated in the workshop. Besides general issues, the workshop also covered varied aspects of […]

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• Regional Connectivity Scheme: Centre plans to bid out routes to participating airlines this month

  Posted on October 5, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  In order to ensure that the first flight under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) takes off from January next year, the government plans to bid out the routes to participating airlines later this month. The Ministry of Civil Aviation will unveil the final RCS policy by mid-October after which it will invite bids from the […]

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• Air India moving towards turnaround: CMD

  Posted on October 5, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Air India Ltd is moving towards a turnaround and expecting even better performance after narrowing June quarter loss to INR 246 crore from INR 316 crore in the year-ago period. “Yes, we are definitely moving towards that turnaround. Last year it was good. This year would be better. Next year should be even better. We […]

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• Air traffic: 26% gowth in domestic passengers

  Posted on October 5, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  After three years of negative growth, the Jaipur International Airport has registered a whopping domestic passenger growth of 26% in 2015-16, bringing cheers to the state’s tourism sector. This is higher than the national average growth of 20.5% for the year. Passenger traffic swelled from 18.71 lakh in 2014-15 to 25.40 lakh in 2015-16, adding […]

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• Government body proposes four new airports in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana

  Posted on October 4, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  A government body recommended four new greenfield airport projects in the smaller towns of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, as part of India’s overall aim to improve airport infrastructure and regional connectivity in the country. “The Steering Committee on Greenfield airports headed by Secretary, Civil Aviation…met today and considered 4 new airport projects. The Committee recommended […]

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