Category Archives: Aviation

• PIA cancels flights to northern cities over Indo-Pak tensions

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

  Pakistan’s national flag carrier PIA today cancelled flights to northern Pakistani cities due to “air space restrictions” in the wake of Uri terrorist attack. Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) called off flights to Gilgit and Skardu in Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan- occupied-Kashmir (PoK) and Chitral in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. “As per directives of CAA (Civil Aviation Authority), […]

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• 20 airports ready for regional flights: AAI chief

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

  As the Centre finalises the contours for the ambitious ‘Regional Air Connectivity’ scheme, the Airports Authority of India today said as many as 20 un-utilised airports were ready to start operations for regional flights. Another 30 airports can be made ready for operations under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) by making “some investments”, AAI Chairman […]

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• 22 underserved airports ready for operations, says AAI

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

  About 22 airports to get connected under regional connectivity scheme in the first phase, Airports Authority of India (AAI) Chairman G P Mohapatra told media persons today. “In the first phase, there are 22 airports that are already in place and flights can start as and when airlines plan to,” said Mohapatra. About 22 airports […]

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• AAI expects bid documents for Jaipur,Ahmedabad airports by November

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

  Airports Authority of India (AAI) plans to come out with documents for seeking bids from private players for operating and managing terminals at Jaipur and Ahmedabad aerodromes by November, months after rejecting a proposal in this regard from Singapore’s Changi Airport. Seeking to revive the long pending plans to hand over the terminals of the […]

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• To boost regional connectivity, government may allow regional airlines to fly with one aircraft

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

  In an attempt to make it easier for airlines that fly regional routes, the government is likely to allow them to fly for two years with just one aircraft. This will be part of aviation rules being formulated for scheduled commercial airlines — carriers that will also operate on regional routes under the government’s regional […]

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• 24 per cent growth in domestic air passenger traffic in August

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

  Domestic air passenger traffic rose nearly 24 per cent in August to 83.81 lakh passengers from 67.60 lakh registered during the same period last year, according to official data, released today. The domestic air travel demand during the January-August period of this year, however, surged 23.14 per cent to 644.68 lakh fliers as compared to […]

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• NAL feels time is ripe to inject funds into its 70-90 seater aircraft

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

  The Bengaluru-based National Aerospace Laboratories’ (NAL) efforts to make a 70-90 seater aircraft in India has got a new impetus with the emphasis that the new civil aviation policy lays on enhancing regional air connectivity and the Modi government’s emphasis on ‘Make in India’. NAL has already done the paper design and other analysis for […]

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• Naidu lays foundation for ₹202-cr expansion of Rajahmundry airport

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

  The Andhra Pradesh government, with the assistance of the Union Government, will complete the first phase of the mega Polavaram project on the Godavari and release water even into the left canal by 2018, according to Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu. He was speaking here on Monday after laying the foundation stone for the expansion […]

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• One in three applicants for a pilot job with Air India failed the psychological health test introduced after the Germanwings aircrash

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

  A third of shortlisted candidates applying to be pilots with India’s leading airline have failed the test which analyses their psychological health, since December 2015. These applicants to Air India had all previously successfully cleared the simulator and technical exams before failing the psychometric test. Air India sources have revealed that 130 of the 413 […]

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• Budget carriers refuse to shift from Delhi’s Terminal 1D

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

  The GMR-led Delhi International Airport’s (DIAL) major expansion plan faces a fresh hurdle, as low-cost carriers have opposed the move to shift base from Terminal 1D (T1D) to Terminal 2 (T2), citing operational constraints. SpiceJet and GoAir, asked to shift to T2 from T1D, have opposed the move, citing passenger inconvenience. The no-frills carriers feel […]

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