According to media reports, the Tamil Nadu government is set to handover land for the expansion of Madurai and Tuticorin airports to the Airports Authority of India (AAI). For the Madurai airport project, the state government is set to issue acquisition notification, while for the Tuticorin project, the process of issuing acquisition notification would be completed soon, reports indic
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GoAir to add business class seats in key routes
GoAir is considering changing its business model by adding business class seats to its all-economy planes in the backdrop of Kingfisher Airlines exiting the Indian airline market, Italian-born Chief Executive Giorgio De Roni has said. GoAir is considering the change even as the airline examines proposals to sell a stake to a foreign airline after appointing JPMorgan as its adviser.
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India opposes EU aviation norms
Even as the European Commission said it might fine Air India and Jet Airways for not sharing emission data, the two Indian airlines remain opposed to the European Union (EU)Â’s emission norms for airlines. EUÂ’s emission trading scheme (ETS) requires airlines to report emission data (for flights within and to/from Europe) and purchase credits in case the emission exceeds capped limits.
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Gopinath’s Deccan winds up chartered flights in Gujarat
Deccan Shuttles, within just eight months of launching chartered flights in Gujarat, has suspended its operations in Ahmedabad. Promoted by Capt GR Gopinath, Daily ChartersÂ’s specialised wing, Deccan Shuttles had commenced daily chartered flights between Bhavnagar and Surat in the third week of August 2012.
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Small lights to connect Varanasi with 3 Bihar cities
A private operator SkyFisher Airways, for the fist time, will soon operate small flights from Varanasi to three cities in Bihar. The service will start either by the end of this month or the first week of June. The 12-seater aircraft would make to and fro flights connecting Patna, Gaya, Bhagalpur and Varanasi in its first phase, officials concerned said.
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AAI to build wall around its 2.5 acres land in T’puram
A vacant land belonging to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) in Thiruvananthapuram will be secured with a compound wall. AAI has decided to construct a wall around 2.5 acres of land belonging to them in the south-eastern side of the Trivandrum International Airport, near the Arattu gate. The vacant plot is currently being used to park trucks belonging to a private cement company and as a playground by the children in the neighbourhood.
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Proposed aviation policy to improve Indian aviation infra
There is some progress in the Union government's move to being in a policy to set up aviation hubs in the country with the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently setting up an inter-ministerial committee. The aim of the committee is to iron out inter-ministerial differences over the proposed policy. The polity's objective is to improve civil aviation infrastructure outside the four Indian metro cities.
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AAI’s budget cut to hit airport development in Northeast
The airport development programme in Northeast India will hit by the cut in the Airport Authority of India's (AAI) budgetary support, stated a Parliamentary panel of Rajya Sabha. The department related parliamentary standing committee on transport, tourism and culture has in its recently submitted report stated that budgetary support in the form of grants-in-aid provided to AAI in annual plan 2013-14 is Rs 42 crore.
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Dufry, DFS get GVK’s Bali airport duty-free, retail deals
Media reports say that the GVK Group-managed Bali International airport has awarded major contracts to Dufry and DFS for duty-free and retail respectively in one of AsiaÂ’s fastest-growing aviation markets. The contracts were awarded at a ceremony attended by President Commissioner of state-owned airport operator AngkasaPura I, Surajo Siswodihardjo, GVK president, Project Development, Karthi Gajendran, and other delegates from AngkasaPura I (AP-I), Dufry International and DFS.
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Jet Airways may order for 100 aircraft: CAPA
The Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) estimates that Jet Airways could be ordering over 100 aircraft valued at a list price of over $12 billion at the Paris Air Show which is to begin on June 17. The aircraft order is likely to be equally divided between Boeing and Airbus.