Aviation

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 Under the policy, the 5/20 international flying rule has been replaced by a norm under which all airlines can commence international operations provided […]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 […]

Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) has drawn up plans to install solar panels on the rooftop of the airport’s parking lot at an estimated cost of Rs 200 million. CIAL has already invited bids from […]

Chennai airport will soon have a 1.5 MW solar power plant, thereby saving Rs 80 million in annual power expenses at the facility. The installation of solar panels on the roof of the cargo terminal […]

A new common use domestic cargo terminal was opened at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) in Mumbai on June 6, 2016. The new terminal has an annual handling capacity of 300,000 metric tonnes and […]

The Ministry of Civil Aviation has approved the draft plan for the phased expansion of the Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi. Phase I involves the expansion of Terminal 1 (T1) and the construction of a […]

Air India has entered into a code-share agreement with European regional airline Flybe to enhance connectivity between India and Europe. While the code-share arrangement will enable Flybe travellers to book flights from Birmingham, Belfast, Edinburgh […]

The 3,050 metre long runway under Phase I of the Kannur international airport project has been completed. Further, about 68 per cent work has been completed on the integrated terminal, with roofing works in progress. […]