Airports Authority of India (AAI) is planning to build 100 new aviation facilities under UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) by 2024. For the unaware, UDAN is a scheme by the Indian government to develop and connect regional airports of the country. UDAN aims to make air travel affordable for every citizen of India. As per a PTI report, in its effort to boost the UDAN initiative, AAI is going... Read More
Social distancing has become the need of the hour. Airports Authority of India has been in discussions with the airlines and airports all across India to oversee that social distancing norms are being followed for when the services resume. According to the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), none of the CISF personnel will be stamping the boarding passes of passengers anymore. Currently, during the pre-embarkation security check (PESC) at... Read More
Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) is all set to hit the next milestone of becoming the first airport in India to have independent parallel runways. Once the parallel runway becomes operational, the airport will be able to handle up to 90 flights per hour or will have take-off and landing every 40 seconds. The second runway that will be located south of the existing runway is scheduled to be open... Read More
German Airports are getting prepared to test all the passengers reaching Germany for COVID-19. German Health Ministry has taken this decision to restrain the rise of the COVID-19. In an announcement, the German Health Ministry said that they will provide COVID-19 tests to all the passengers travelling to Germany upon reaching there. The ministry also said the tests will be free of cost. The COVID-19 tests will not be obligatory... Read More
Due to global pandemic, everyone is scared about their health. But people who have a good immunity system, they are worried a little less than the others. Immunity system is very important to fight off the virus or bacteria which is making you sick. Indian airports recognise this and are providing the passengers with beverages which boost the immunity of passengers. It is interesting to see that haldi doodh, tulsi... Read More
International flights are still not operational in India and for a good reason. But there are still special international flights which are operating with the permission of DGCA. Some of the flights are going to UAE and some are coming from there to India. One thing that is still not clear for India is when will the regular international charters resume. As for the flights coming from UAE, none of... Read More
Airport Authority of India (AAI) is taking all the preventive measures to ensure that evacuation flights being operated for passengers is comfortable and hassle-free. Recently, AAI has issued new directives which are to be administered by Airport Operators. The new guidelines will ensure that the Airport operators take all the preventive measures for passengers who are arriving at the terminal. AAI has issued five standing procedures for all the arriving... Read More
The US-based aviation start-up BLADE is all set to launch Urban Air Mobility operation in India by March 2019. Dubbed as BLADE India, the company mimics the concept of Uber in the aviation sector by allowing the users to create its crowdsourced flights or purchase seats on pre-existing flights of short distance. BLADE is a company co-founded by the ex-Sony and Warner Music Group Executive Rob Wiesenthal and GroupMe co-founder... Read More
A few years back in 2017, Indian authorities barred American Airlines from running their ground operations at Indian airports. Now, it was likely that the US government would not like this move. As such, now the US Transportation Department has barred Air India from handling its own ground operations at US airports. During 2017, when the Civil Aviation Authority of India had taken this decision, the US authorities were not... Read More
The Government will privatise 20-25 airports in the second phase, Airports Authority of India (AAI) Chairman Guruprasad Mohapatra said. These 25 airports will be significant airports that have annual passenger traffic between 1 and 1.5 million. AAI will decide the names of the 25 airports and will suggest them to the Ministry of Civil Aviation. “They will take the final call,” Guruprasad Mohapatra said. Last year, the Government decided... Read More
The civil aviation authority the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued notices to G. Chandramouli and Manoj Gangal, the directors of Chennai and Ahmedabad airports. The notices claimed that the Chennai and Ahmedabad airports failed to maintain a few critical areas of airports as per the prescribed safety standards. DGCA conducted the inspections of the airports earlier this month following multiple aircraft landing incidents at various airports. The... Read More
The wide-bodied aircraft of Air India and Emirates may soon commence operations from Calicut International Airport, possibly from next month. The airlines have submitted the reports of compatibility, safety and mitigation assessments necessary for the operation to the authorities. However, the airlines are yet to receive ‘No Objection Certificate’ (NOC) from civil aviation authority, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). Currently, Saudi Arabian Airlines is operating wide-bodied aircraft from... Read More
In what could be termed as rapid expansion, the aviation sector is uplifting second-tier cities in India by launching new flights and airports. While the Airports Authority of India (AAI) is focusing on expanding airports in second-tier cities, there are several players launching flights connecting them. The trend is not only helping to increase connectivity but also brings new growth opportunities to the masses living in those cities. For the... Read More
Impact of coronavirus has reached every part of the world. Businesses have taken a considerable hit and economies are falling. Amongst such business industries, the aviation industry in India has probably taken the worst blow. Indian aviation was still struggling with only one airline (IndiGo), making profits every quarter consistently when the Government imposed the lockdown. The three-week lockdown means that there can’t be any commercial airline activity, and this... Read More
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