Aviation

CDB Aviation has signed a long-term lease agreement with SpiceJet for leasing three of its Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft. This will help SpiceJet expand operations to international destinations and standardise its fleet. These efficient […]

The government is expected to soon commence the disinvestment pro-cess of Air India’s four subsidiaries – Airline Allied Services Limited Hotel Corporation of India, Air India Air Transport Service Limited and Air India Engineering Service […]

GoAir commenced international operations with the launch of its inaugural flight from New delhi to Phuket on October 11, 2018. With this, GoAir became the sixth domestic carrier to provide international connectivity, the others being […]

GMR Airports Limited has won the bid for the development, operations and management of the Nagpur International Airport Project on a PPP basis. The letter of award is likely to be issued soon. The project […]

Larsen & Toubro has won a contract worth Rs 30.36 billion for the construction of a new terminal (T2) at the Bengaluru international airport as a part of the Bengaluru Airport Expansion Project, Phase II. […]

The Sindhudurg airport authorities successfully conducted the trial run for flight operations from the airport on September 12, 2018. With this, the airport is now expected to be operationalised from December 2018. It is being […]

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has granted an aerodrome licence to Kannur International Airport Limited for operating flights from Kannur airport in Kerala. The trial run for flight operations from the airport was conducted […]

The central government inaugurated Jharsuguda airport in Odisha on September 23, 2018 and operationalised commercial flights from Pakyong greenfield airport on October 4, 2018. Both the airports have been developed by the Airports Authority of […]

The central government has unveiled the draft International Air Connectivity (IAC) scheme for extending the Regional Connectivity Scheme to international destinations. In this regard, state governments have been tasked with the identification of routes. Financial […]

The central government has proposed a new financial model for building greenfield airports in the country. Under the new model, the concession fee will be paid to the concessioning authority on the “per passenger aeronautical” […]

The Andhra Pradesh Infrastructure and Investment Board has received interest from as many as 13 companies for the development of the Bhogapuram greenfield international airport project. These include Ramky Infrastructure Limited, the Essel Group, the […]

GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited has issued letters of intent (LoIs) to Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Megawide Construction Corporation for contracts worth Rs 30.8 and Rs 9.8 billion, respectively, for developing the Hyderabad airport […]

The Ministry of Civil Aviation laid the foundation stone for the Jabalpur (Dumna) airport expansion project on August 23, 2018. The expansion of the airport is estimated to cost Rs 4.3 billion.

The trial landing of a flight from Kalaburagi airport has been conducted successfully. Construction work on the project worth Rs 1.76 billion is being carried out in three packages. Works for installing the airfield lighting […]

Vistara has signed a deal worth over $340 million with GE Aviation for purchasing the latter’s GEnx-1B engines for its Boeing 787 fleet. The engines will be used for the six B787-9 (Dreamliner) aircraft, the […]

Jet Airways has announced the expansion of its code share agreement with Bangkok Airways to open more destinations to passengers in Vietnam, Thailand and India. British Airways has also entered into a new code share […]

Airport operators have rejected the proposal of the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India to provide their comments on the comparative study conducted by EY to ascertain the fair rate of return (RoR) earned on […]

The Andhra Pradesh government approved the development of the Bhogapuram Greenfield International Airport Project (Vizianagaram) on a public-private partnership (PPP) basis on June 19, 2018. Besides, the state government has approved a rate of Rs […]

The central government has decided to not go ahead with Air India’s stake sale in the election year 2019-20 and will provide the funds required for its continued operations. The decision was taken during a […]

Vistara has signed preliminary agreements with Airbus and Boeing for purchasing 19 narrow- and wide-bodied aircraft valued at $3.1 billion. The letter of intent signed with Airbus comprises an order for 13 A320 and A321neo […]