Aviation

GoAir has received approval from the MoCA to fly to nine countries – Iran, China, Vietnam, the Maldives, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. The airline plans to start international operations by the summer […]

The Kerala government has withdrawn the in-principle approval granted for the development of the Aranmula International Airport. The formal notification to be issued for revoking the in-principle approval is currently awaiting sanction from the law […]

The construction of a new terminal for international flights at Vadodara airport has been completed and the terminal is likely to be commissioned soon. The terminal has been constructed at a cost of Rs 1.6 […]

The Gujarat government has signed an MoU with the MoCA for the development and operation of 11 unserved and underserved airports and runways in the state under the RCS. The 11 airports/runways to be developed […]

The MoCA, the Maharashtra government and the Airports Authority of India have signed a tripartite MoU, a step forward in the launch of the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) in the state. Under the MoU, the […]

The Navi Mumbai International Airport is likely to miss its Phase I completion target date of December 2019 due to an extension in the period allowed for bids and delays in various clearances. With the […]

GMR Airports Limited has won the contract for the development and operation of the greenfield Mopa International Airport project in Goa. The letter of award (LoA) is likely to be issued by October 2016 while […]

The Union cabinet has cleared the signing of a new air services agreement between India and Fiji, while the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has signed an open skies agreement with Greece. Under the former, […]

Coimbatore-based Air Carnival has received an air operator permit from the DGCA, becoming the country’s fourth regional airline. The airline has started operations on four routes – Coimbatore-Chennai, Chennai-Madurai, Madurai-Chennai and Chennai-Coimbatore. Ithas plans to […]

AirAsia and GoAir have signed $12.5 billion and $7.7 billion contracts respectively with Airbus for the purchase of new aircraft. While AirAsia has placed an order for 100 single-aisle A321neo aircraft, GoAir has placed an […]

AAI plans to build a new terminal at Leh airport at a cost of Rs 2 billion. Once the no-objection certificate for the state government’s 28 acres is received, the Indian Air Force will transfer […]

AAI is targeting to operationalise an additional 24.1 MW of solar power capacity at 11 airports by December 2016. AAI’s perspective plan targets increasing solar capacity to 116 MW at 16 other airports. The development […]

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has acquired 698 acres of land for runway extension under the Vijayawada Airport Expansion Project. The land will be handed over to the airport authorities shortly. Under Phase I […]

The Goa government has extended the request for proposal bid submission date for the development of the Mopa International Airport from July 25, 2016 to August 25, 2016. The state had shortlisted the consortium of […]

The Forest Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has deferred Stage II forest clearance for the Navi Mumbai International Airport due to deficiencies in the compensatory afforestation scheme. The […]

A new air traffic control (ATC) tower is being set up at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi, at a cost of Rs 3.5 billion. The tower, at a height of 102 metres, will have […]

Effective August 1, 2016, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has revised compensation norms for flight cancellations and delays. Moreover, as part of the e-governance project for civil aviation, it has made online fee […]

Air India has introduced self check-in kiosks, known as common use self-service, at 26 domestic airports located at New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Kochi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Aurangabad, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Calicut, Coimbatore, Goa, Indore, Jaipur, Jamnagar, […]