Aviation

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, […]

MoCA has agreed to provide funds to the tune of Rs 4 billion for the upgradation of seven airports in Uttar Pradesh. Airports in Agra, Allahabad and Kanpur will be upgraded with funds from MoCA, […]

An MoU has been signed between the Indian Air Force (IAF), AAI, the Jodhpur Municipal Corporation (JMC) and the Rajasthan government for the transfer of 37 acres of land in IAF’s possession to AAI for […]

The City and Industrial Development Corporation has awarded two contracts worth Rs 10.98 billion for land development under the Navi Mumbai International Airport Project, Phase I. The first contract worth Rs 3.98 billion for Package […]

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has once again rejected Singapore-based Changi Airport’s proposal for the operation and maintenance of Ahmedabad and Jaipur airports. As per the revised proposal, Changi Airport had sought a higher […]

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has amended aircraft import norms. Under the revised norms, domestic airlines have been permitted to import pressurised aircraft that are not over 18 years old or those which […]

The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has relaxed foreign direct investment (FDI) norms, under which foreign investors, barring overseas airlines, have been permitted to hold 100 per cent stake in domestic scheduled air transport and […]

The cabinet cleared the National Civil Aviation Policy on June 15, 2016. Under the policy, the 5/20 international flying rule has been replaced by a norm under which all airlines can commence international operations provided […]

The Andhra Pradesh finance department, Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited (HUDCO) and Bhogapuram International Airport Company Limited (BIACL) have entered into a formal agreement for the development of the Bhogapuram international greenfield airport project. […]

The Chhattisgarh State Budget 2016-17 has made a provision of Rs 1.26 billion for the expansion of Swami Vivekananda Airport in Raipur and the upgradation of the airstrip at Raigarh airport. AAI will take up […]

Work on the Pune Airport Expansion Project, Phase I, is expected to commence soon, with the main issue of acquiring 15.84 acres of land owned by the Indian Air Force (IAF) being resolved by the […]