Domestic airlines have expressed their inability to comply with the Supreme Court's direction to display the number of seats at each fare level and compressing the wide range of prices for a route. The airline chiefs, who met aviation regulator DGCA recently, argued that implementation of the order would be tantamount to regulation of airfares, something which the government has ruled out.
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AI’s Dreamliner fleet to remain grounded till Feb 17
Newly bought six Boeing 787 Dreamliners of Air India would remain grounded till February 17, with further delays expected in the tests being carried out by US and Japanese authorities on the faulty lithium ion batteries used in the aircraft. This means that the newest aircraft in the airline fleet will remain grounded for a month as it was on January 17 that Air India had grounded its Boeing 787 fleet, after the DGCA issued a directive following an advisory by the US regulator Federal Aviation A
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AAI demands Kingfisher to pay dues
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has been urged not to revoke Kingfisher Airlines licence until the debt-ridden carrier clears dues of Rs 273 crore to the Airports Authority of India (AAI). The DGCA has suspended KFA's licence on grounds of operational inefficiencies.
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ILS for Gannavaram airport
Officials of Gannavaram airport are awaiting clearance from Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for the commissioning of the Instrument landing system (ILS).A calibration aircraft landed at Gannavaram airport to calibrate the functioning of ILS and the officials will submit a report to DGCA.
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The waiting game
Should part of the blame in the aviation sector’s restrained growth and financial troubles go to the infrastructure around it? The long drawn-out development of smaller airports may offer real estate potential for private players, who may be eyeing that part of the non-aero revenues.