Category Archives: Aviation

• India to get 50 new airports in 3 years, says Ashok Gajapati Raju

  Posted on August 23, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  India, the fastest growing aviation market, is set to get 50 new airports in the next three years as part of a plan to boost regional connectivity, and of these, at least 10 will become operational over the next one year, said civil aviation minister Ashok Gajapati Raju, in an interaction with reporters in Mumbai […]

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• Govt willing to handhold airlines in trouble: Minister

  Posted on August 23, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  The government is willing to “handhold” the Bengaluru-based Air Pegasus to restart operations, but will not interfere in the financial troubles that the airline is facing. This is the message that Ashok Gajapathi Raju, Union Civil Aviation Minister, conveyed to Shyson Thomas, Managing Director, Pegasus, whom he met at the Ministry of Civil Aviation here […]

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• 100 planes by 2023, finally, GoAir spreads its wings to take on rivals

  Posted on August 23, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Airlines typically spirit people from one city to another and after forging links between them, fly to another and another. Adding routes, with much ado, is what they do. Low-cost carrier GoAir is the antithesis of this defining characteristic of airlines. It has long been the fuddy-duddy of Indian skies, cautious to a fault in […]

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• Maharashtra to develop 10 airports as part of Central scheme

  Posted on August 23, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  The Maharashtra cabinet today decided to develop 10 airports as part of the Centre’s regional connectivity scheme, and a Memorandum of Understanding will be signed between the state, Civil Aviation Ministry and the Airports Authority of India tomorrow. The cabinet decided to develop airports at Shirdi, Amravati, Gondia, Nashik, Jalgaon, Nanded, Solapur, Kolhapur, Ratnagiri and […]

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• Don’t want to fly over Pakistan, airlines write to Modi government for help

  Posted on August 23, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Indian carriers are increasingly seeking the government’s nod to fly to the Gulf from western India (mainly Ahmedabad) over the Arabian Sea to avoid the circuitous route over Pakistan. Security fears due to deteriorating India-Pakistan ties as well as economic factors are driving the requests. Air India, Jet Airways, IndiGo and SpiceJet operate flights to […]

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• Mangaluru airport is now on Twitter

  Posted on August 23, 2016 by Diligentia News in Aviation.

  Passengers travelling from or to Mangaluru International Airport can now give their feedback to the airport authorities online. Mangaluru International Airport has opened an account — @aaimlrairport – on Twitter for its users in this regard. JT Radhakrishna, Director of Mangaluru International Airport, Airports Authority of India, told Business Line that the airport opened a […]

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• Boeing, Tatas put Nagpur on global aviation map: Devendra Fadnavis

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

  Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said Nagpur is on the global map because of aviation company Boeing and the Tata Group. “It is a proud moment for all of us that some key parts for a Boeing aircraft are manufactured in the city,” Fadnavis said, adding with the help of Tata Group, MIHAN has […]

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• Air India in talks to recast Rs 10,000 crore debt

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

  Air India is negotiating with lenders to convert Rs 10,000 crore of its debt into equity, a move that will substantially reduce the national carrier’s interest burden but give the banks a major say in its functioning. Air India chairman Ashwani Lohani has already met a few bank heads to discuss the matter and will […]

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• Bhogapuram airport unviable, says Air Travellers Association

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

  Air Travellers Association (India) president D Varada Reddy, in a release on Friday, said that three qualified bidders for the Bhogapuram International Airport Limited (BIAL) – GVK, GMR and Airports Authority of India- categorically stated that the Bhogapuram airport was not viable unless the passenger loads touched 2.5 million per annum. A total of eight […]

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• Ramp to airport not to be demolished

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

  The government has decided not to demolish the 430-metre ramp that was constructed by the State without nod from the NHAI to provide connectivity from the NH 66 Kazhakuttam-Karode bypass to the terminal II of the international airport. The decision is based on a report submitted by the Chennai-based transport planner N.S. Sreenivasan, who was […]

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