The government plans to develop domestic air cargo infrastructure throughout the country. After reviewing the functioning of the Airports Authority of India, Ashok Lavasa, Secretary, Civil Aviation

There is a perennial need for regulatory and institutional changes to keep in step with the social and infrastructural development. It often seems that the law is playing catch up with situations that evolve and many a times it is possible to trace in new or amended legislation the exact gap or mischief it is trying to plug.

The UDAAN Art Festival got off to a rollicking start on 21 March 2014 at the Airports Authority of India Officers Institute (AAIOI) near Safdarjung Airport. The art festival was inaugurated by Alok Sinha, Chairman, AAI in the gracious presence of renowned artist Renuka Sondhi Gulati, senior photographer RK Paul, Director, PSA Membership: Indian Sub-Continent (Bangladesh/India/Sri Lanka).

Global aircraft engine supplier GE Aviation is collaborating with Airports Authority of India (AAI) to improve airspace efficiency in Bangalore, Mangalore and Guwahati airports. The collaboration comes through a US Trade and Development Agency grant,

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has recently commissioned a GPRS-enabled electronic cash transaction facility at the Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad. AAI intends to implement this facility across all airports.

Alok Sinha, the newly appointed Chairman of Airports Authority of India (AAI), in conversation with Garima Pant says a private player has more freedom to exploit the non-aeronautical resources and provide better services.

With the election round the corner, not much is likely to happen with respect to new airport infrastructure in India this year. Among the few aviation opportunities that exist a major one is the Navi Mumbai greenfield international airport project

A parliamentary panel has asked the government to explain whether public interest was being served by the private-public partnership (PPP) in the development and running of Delhi´s Indira Gandhi International airport. The Public Accounts Committee, in a latest report, virtually charged the government with enabling a private party (GMR) to benefit out of its partnership with state-run Airports Authority of India (AAI) to develop and manage the airport.

For its performance in the recent months, Airports Authority of India has been conferred with two awards. AAI was awarded Trainair Plus certificate and membership plaque by International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). ICAO´s regional symposium was held in Johannesburg, South Africa from 9 to 13 December 2013. Mohd Hanif, General Manager (Fire Service) on behalf of AAI received the Trainair Plus accreditation certificate and membership plaque from Capt Mostfa Houmanndy, ICAO, Headquarters