Category: Aviation & Airports

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Reliance Infra seeks better feeder service

Reliance Infra seeks better feeder service

Reliance Infrastructure as¡k¡¡ed the union urban development ministry to upgrade feeder services and improve connectivity for the Airport Express Line. The company feels that better connectivity and improved feeder services for the Shivaji metro station, which

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Delhi airport wins international safety award

Delhi airport wins international safety award

The Indira Gandhi Inter¡national airport (IGI) in Delhi, operated by Delhi International Airport (DIAL), has become the first Indian facility to bag the British Safety Council's 'International Safety Award'. This makes IGI as the first and the only airport in India to

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Cochin airport’s cargo volume up

Cochin airport’s cargo volume up

Cochin International Airport's focus on non-perishable goods helped it to register a five per cent increase in the volume of cargo handled during the first nine months of the current fiscal. From April to December 2012, the airport handled 34,305 tonne of cargo,

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Kushinagar airport project

Kushinagar airport project

The Central Government, which plans to build an international airport at Kushinagar, in Uttar Pradesh, under the public-private partnership (PPP) model at an estimated cost of Rs 354 crore, received 15 technical bids.

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Overseas airlines well placed to enter Indian aviation

Overseas airlines well placed to enter Indian aviation

For Indian aviation industry that has always been inherently vibrant, last week was unusually eventful for aviation. It began with the news that a sale of stake by Jet Airways, India's second-largest carrier by passengers carried, to Abu Dhabi's fast-growing airline, Etihad Airways, will be delayed.

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New flight services started between Phuket and India

New flight services started between Phuket and India

A new choice of airline services to Phuket has opened access to the Thai tropical island for holidaymakers throughout India. The choice includes daily Thai Airways' direct flights from Mumbai, Delhi, Varanasi, Gaya, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Chennai to Bangkok with convenient transfers to short onward flights to Phuket.

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Ministry wants to replace DGCA with new regulatory body

Ministry wants to replace DGCA with new regulatory body

The Union government is likely to place a new legislation in the ongoing session of Parliament that will replace the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the present regulator, with a new autonomous regulatory body. Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said the Cabinet note on the creation of the new regulatory body — the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) — was being prepared.

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Airbus upbeat on India demand

Airbus upbeat on India demand

In the face of financial woes creeping across its airline sector, Airbus is sticking to upbeat forecasts for aircraft demand in India. The European planemaker recently said in Singapore that there is a lot of growth. The Indian aviation industry lost a combined $2 billion last year and all but unlisted IndiGo - an Airbus customer - lost money, complaining of high taxes on jet fuel, expensive airports and subsidies to state carrier Air India.