Aviation

SpiceJet has inked an initial pact with Gulf-based Emirates for entering into a code-share partnership to provide wider connectivity to its passengers on the latter’s network across the US, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. […]

Jet Airways announced the suspension of its entire operations from April 17, 2019, after lenders refused to provide emergency funds, ending at least temporarily the airline’s run. Weighed down by a mountain of debt and […]

The user development fee (UDF) levied on passengers at the Kempegowda international airport has been hiked by 120 per cent from Rs 139 to Rs 306 for domestic departures and from Rs 558 to Rs […]

Work on the Jewar greenfield international airport is expected to commence soon as the Allahabad High Court has dismissed petitions filed by eight farmers against land acquisition. The petition was filed seeking cancellation of 1,239 […]

As many as four firms – Etihad Airways PJSC, National Investment and Infrastructure Fund, TPG Capital and Indigo Partners – have submitted expressions of interest (EoIs) for picking up equity stake in cash-strapped Jet Airways. […]

Flight operations from Jharsuguda airport in Odisha (under the RCS) finally commenced on March 31, 2019 after a long delay. The maiden flight was operated from Hyderabad which recorded about 95 per cent capacity utilisation. […]

The Ministry of Civil Aviation has given its consent to Vistara Airlines’ proposal to launch international operations. The airline had planned to commence operations in 2018 after meeting the requirement of 20 aircraft and the […]

The central government inaugurated the new civilian terminal developed at the Hindon airbase in Ghaziabad on March 8, 2019. The airbase, jointly owned by the Indian Air Force and the Airports Authority of India (AAI), […]

GMR Airports Limited has received the letter of award (LoA) from MIHAN [Multimodal International Hub Airport at Nagpur] India Limited for the development, operation and management of the Nagpur international airport on a public-private partnership […]

The Supreme Court has suspended the environmental clearance granted by the expert appraisal committee  for the proposed Mopa airport. In this regard, a meeting of state bureaucrats and officials of GMR Goa International Airport Limited […]

The Adani Group has emerged as the highest bidder to operate six airports in the country on a public-private partnership (PPP) basis. The company has offered per passenger fees of Rs 177, Rs 174, Rs […]

GMR Airports Limited has emerged as the highest bidder for the development, operation and management of the Bhogapuram greenfield international airport on a PPP basis. The company offered the highest fee of Rs 303 per […]

The central government inaugurated the new civilian terminal developed at the Hindon airbase in Ghaziabad on March 8, 2019. The airbase, jointly owned by the Indian Air Force and AAI, has been developed by AAI […]

The central government laid the foundation stone for the Jewar greenfield international airport in Greater Noida on March 9, 2019. Earlier, on March 1, 2019, the Noida Authority had announced a budgetary allocation of Rs […]

The Ministry of Civil Aviation has finally given consent to Vistara Airlines’ proposal for launching international operations. The airline had planned to commence international operations in 2018 after meeting the requirement of 20 aircraft and […]

Jet Airways, which is reeling under a financial crisis, has defaulted on aircraft lease rental payments owed to MC Aviation Partners since October 2018, though the aircraft lessor is yet to issue a repossession notice […]

The Uttar Pradesh government, under the state budget 2019-20, has allocated Rs 8 billion for development of the proposed Jewar greenfield airport. As soon as the earmarked funds are transferred to the district administration, construction […]

The Gujarat government signed an MoU with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) for development of the Dholera (Federa) International Airport on January 19, 2019. As per the MoU, Dholera airport will be developed in […]

The central government laid the foundation stone for the Bhogapuram greenfield international airport project (Vizianagaram) on February 14, 2019. The project will be developed at an investment of Rs 42.09 billion on a public-private partnership […]

The central government laid the foundation stone for Phase II of the Chennai airport modernisation project on February 10, 2019. The modernisation works, expected to involve at an investment of Rs 24.67 billion, include enhancement […]