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Aircraft movement at Indian airports has grown at a CAGR of 9.36 per cent during the period 1998-99 to 2017-18. An average share of 79 per cent has been noticed in domestic aircraft movement over […]
The Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (AERA), the statutory body constituted under the AERA Act, 2008, determines tariffs to be charged by airport operators for facilitating various aeronautical services at all major airports across […]
India’s pursuit of clean and green energy uptake has spread across all infrastructure sectors including railways, airports and educational institutions as the country strives to achieve its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions through the installation of […]
In an attempt to sweeten the deal and attract more airlines, the government changed the parameters in the second round of bidding for the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS), also known as UDAN (Ude Desh Ka […]
The growing domestic market, along with continued policy and regulatory liberalisation, especially the National Civil Aviation Policy (NCAP), has set the country’s aviation sector on a robust growth path. At present, India is the ninth […]
In view of the increasing passenger traffic and near-saturation at key Indian airports, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has chalked out major plans for the development and upgradation of existing airports in the […]
The Indian civil aviation sector has grown by leaps and bounds in the past few years, becoming the third largest domestic passenger market globally. The continuous efforts by the government to undertake expansion of existing […]
The year 2016-17 witnessed a revival in the government’s interest in the development of the aviation sector, and that too on a much larger scale than before. In April 2017, the central government flagged off […]
Ending speculations around the fate of the sinking national carrier, the centre finally granted in-principle approval for the divestment of Air India in June 2017. The move follows NITI Aayog’s detailed examination of the requirements […]
Derived from the Sanskrit word Vistaar, meaning limitless expanse – Vistara, a full-service airline in the domestic civil aviation sector, is living up to its name. The airline started operations in January 2015 with its […]
In February 2017, a decade since it received in-principle approval, the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) project was finally awarded to GVK-led Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL), the company which had the right of first […]
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is responsible for carrying out air navigation services (ANS) across all the airports in the country. The authority entered the area of air traffic flow management (ATFM) with the […]
Air traffic in India has been growing at record levels over the past few years reaching 223.6 million during 2015-16. Between 2021 and 2025, passenger growth is expected to be maintained at 7.4 per cent. […]
Recent years have seen a growing need for the development and augmentation of air connectivity to both existing and newly developed regions and industrial zones. Two examples are the proposed Dholera international airport in Gujarat […]
Lauded as one of the largest infrastructure projects in the country, the modernised Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) has been developed by Delhi International Airport Private Limited (DIAL), a joint venture (JV) between GMR, the […]
Airport development in India primarily comes under the purview of the Airports Authority of India (AAI). Of India’s 134 airports, AAI manages 125, of which 94 are operational. Further, AAI is involved in the Delhi, […]
The Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS), also known as UDAN (Ude desh ka aam nagrik) was proposed under the National Civil Aviation Policy (NCAP) in June 2016 and launched in October 2016. Objectives and guiding principles […]
After being almost 11 months in the making and after several rounds of consultations among government, industry and other stakeholders, the National Civil Aviation Policy (NCAP) was finally put into place in June 2016. The […]
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