Aviation

The Modified Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN) Scheme was launched on July 4, 2026. Approved in March 2026, the scheme has an outlay of Rs 288.4 billion over the next ten years. The Modified […]

The new terminal building at the Jodhpur Airport in Rajasthan was inaugurated on July 4, 2026. The terminal, developed at a cost of Rs 4.8 billion, is spread across 23,342 square metres and is designed […]

Adani Mundra Airport in Gujarat launched its inaugural scheduled flight services connecting Mumbai and Goa on June 23, 2026, in partnership with Star Air. The airport features a 1,900-metre runway capable of accommodating a wide […]

Noida International Airport in Uttar Pradesh commenced commercial operations on June 15, 2026. IndiGo became the first airline to operate from the airport, with the inaugural flight arriving from Lucknow and the first outbound flight […]

A modern terminal building was inaugurated at Namo Airport in Daman on June 5, 2026, marking a major infrastructure milestone for the Union Territory. The project is built at a cost of approximately Rs 1.23 […]

Commercial operations have commenced at the newly developed Halwara civil terminal in Ludhiana, Punjab, with the inaugural flight landing at the airport from New Delhi on May 15, 2026. The operationalisation of the airport is […]

The government has notified an amendment to the Aviation Turbine Fuel Regulation of Marketing Order, 2001 (ATF Control Order). The move is aimed at bringing aviation turbine fuel (ATF) blended with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) […]

The union cabinet has approved the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) 5.0, under which airlines will be eligible for credit guarantees of up to 100 per cent, with a cap of Rs 15 billion […]

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai, Maharashtra, has successfully completed its annual runway maintenance for both Runway 09/27 and Runway 14/32 on May 7, 2026. Following a comprehensive six-hour inspection, both runways are now […]

Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport in Nagpur, Maharashtra, has installed a mid-point runway visual range (RVR) system. With this, the airport now features RVR coverage at both runway ends as well as the mid-runway point, […]

The union cabinet has approved the extension of the lease tenure for land owned by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and leased to MIHAN India Limited (MIL) beyond August 6, 2039. The decision will […]

GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited commissioned Cargo Terminal 2 at Hyderabad International Airport on May 18, 2026. The facility is spread across 16,864 sq. m, and is equipped with a capacity to handle around 50,000 […]

The Noida International Airport (NIA) and Akasa Air have partnered to establish the airline’s first maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility at the airport on March 13, 2026. Under the agreement, Akasa Air will operate […]

Taxiway P3 at Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, was inaugurated on March 19, 2026. With this addition, the airport now has eight taxiways, following the earlier commissioning of Taxiways P1 and […]

The newly extended runway and CAT-I lighting system at Dibrugarh airport in Assam were commissioned on March 19, 2026, marking a key infrastructure upgrade at the airport. The runway has been extended from 1,830 metres […]

The newly inaugurated parallel taxi track (PTT) and rapid exit taxiway (RET) at Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, was operationalised on April 16, 2026. These additions are expected to significantly improve runway capacity […]

FedEx has started work on the upcoming fully automated air cargo hub at the Navi Mumbai International Airport. The move marks a major milestone in strengthening India’s largest international trade corridor. The 300,000 square foot […]

The foundation stone for Kota airport in Rajasthan was laid on March 7, 2026, marking a major milestone for the Hadoti region. The airport, with an estimated cost of Rs 15 billion, will have a […]

The Noida International Airport at Jewar in Uttar Pradesh was inaugurated on March 28, 2026, marking Delhi-NCR’s second international gateway and Asia’s largest airport. Phase I of the airport, developed with an investment of around […]

The renovated Terminal 1 at Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, was inaugurated on March 29, 2026. The terminal covers 6,000 square metres and is designed to handle 1.5 million passengers per annum […]