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Coffee Table Book: “Cruising New Heights- Flying For All” on Ministry of Civil Aviation

New Delhi. 08 March 2019. The Minister for Civil Aviation Suresh Prabhu released a Coffee Table Book- “Cruising New Heights- Flying For All” . The Publication throws light on the…Read more ›

Tagged with: Air Sewa, civil aviation sector, Digi Yatra, Hub development, Make in India, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Skill Development, Suresh Prabhu, UDAN scheme

Cabinet approves setting up of SPV for disinvestment of Air India and its Subsidiaries/JV

New Delhi. 01 March 2019. The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given ex-post facto approval for the creation of the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) and…Read more ›

Tagged with: AIAHL, AIATSL, Air India, Air India Air Transport Services Ltd, Air India Assets Holding Ltd, Air India strategic, Hotel Corporation of India Ltd., MoCA, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Special Purpose Vehicle, Union Cabinet

Cabinet approves development of New Greenfield Airport at Hirasar, Rajkot, Gujarat

New Delhi. 28 February 2019. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for development of New Greenfield Airport…Read more ›

Tagged with: Cabinet Committee, Economic Affairs, New Greenfield Airport, Shri Narendra Modi

Cabinet approves Regulariztion of certain allowances for certain operational category employees of AAI

New Delhi. 07 February 2019. The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the regularization of certain allowances (Rating allowance, Stress allowance, Proficiency allowance, Flying allowance…Read more ›

Tagged with: air traffic controllers, Cabinet approves Regulariztion, Communication Officers, Department of Public Enterprisess, operational category employees, Union Cabinet

Indian Government in discussions with Western Australia over direct flights

New Delhi. 26 October 2018. Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha and Western Australian Tourism Minister Paul Papalia met to discuss air services Commitment from Western…Read more ›

Tagged with: air service agreement, direct flights, Indian Government, Jayant Sinha, Minister of State for Civil Aviation, MoCA, Paul Papalia, Pradeep Kharola, Western Australia, Western Australian Tourism Minister

Biometric based Digital processing of passengers at airports called “Digi Yatra” to take off

Digi Yatra central platform will be operational by end of February, 2019 New Delhi. 06 October 2018. The Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu released the policy on biometric…Read more ›

Tagged with: Airport Authority of India, Bangalore International Airports, Biometric based Digital processing, Digi Yatra, Digi Yatra ID profile, DigiYatra Central Platform, DigiYatraID, Hyderabad International Airports, Indian Aviation, Jayant Sinha, Minister of State of Civil Aviation, MoCA, Rajiv Nayan Choubey, Self Bag Drop counter, Suresh Prabhu, Union Minister for Civil Aviation

PM inaugurates Jharsuguda Airport and flags off UDAN flight

Jharsuguda. 23 September 2018. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a new airport in Jharsuguda – also known as the powerhouse of Odisha. Governor of Odisha, Prof. Ganeshi…Read more ›

Tagged with: 320 type aircraft, airport of Odisha, Airports Authority of India, Dharmendra Pradhan, Government of India, Governor of Odisha, Jharsuguda Airport, Jharsuguda-Raipur sector, JualOram, MoCA, Narendra Modi, Naveen Patnaik, New Terminal Building, Prime Minister, Prof. Ganeshi Lal, RCS UDAN, Suresh Prabhu, UDAN flight, UdeDesh Ka AamNaagrik, Union Minister of Tribal Affairs

India and Morocco sign Air Services Agreement enabling greater connectivity

New Delhi. 20 September 2018. India and Morocco signed the revised Air Services Agreement between the two countries enabling greater connectivity through a modernized agreement. The delegation of…Read more ›

Tagged with: Air Services Agreement, Air Transport, civil aviation, Handicraft and Social Economy, India and Morocco, Minister of Tourism, Morocco sign Air Services, Shri Mohammed Sajid, Shri Suresh Prabhu, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry

Indian Government announces Regulations for Drones

Operations of Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) to be enabled through Digital Sky Platform Regulations will be effective from 1st December, 2018 New Delhi. 27 August 2018. The…Read more ›

Tagged with: Air Defence Clearance, air traffic controllers, Central Intelligence Agencies, Civil Aviation Requirement, Civil Aviation Requirements, Digital Sky Platform, drone ecosystem, drone technologies, Flight Information Centre, GNSS, GPS, ICAO, Indian Government, Jayant Sinha, Minister of State, Ministry of Civil Aviation, MoCA, No Drone Zones, NPNT, Regulations For Drones, Remotely Piloted Aircraft System, Return-To-Home, RPAS, RTH, Suresh Prabhu, UAOP, Union Minister of Civil Aviation, Unique Identification Number, Unmanned Aircraft Operator Permit, Unmanned Traffic Management, UTM

Cabinet approves revision of the compensation on SESF Operations with Boeing 747-400 aircraft

New Delhi. 05 July 2018. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval to enhance the expenditure for “Special Extra…Read more ›

Tagged with: Boeing 747-400 aircraft, CCEA, MoCA, Prime Minister, SESF, Shri Narendra Modi, Special Extra Section Flights