The Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Shri K.C. Venugopal informed Lok Sabha today that the allocation of traffic rights to an applicant airline for international operation on a particular sector depends upon the availability of such rights under the respective bilateral air services agreement. The Government has recently granted traffic rights to Indian scheduled

The Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Shri K.C. Venugopal informed Lok Sabha today that at present, scheduled air services are available at nine airports in the NE Region viz. Agartala, Lengpui (Aizawl), Bagdogra, Dibrugarh, Dimapur, Guwahati, Imphal, Jorhat and Silchar. In addition, Lilabari, Shillong and Tezpur are also operational airports but scheduled flights are

Union Minister of Civil Aviation, Shri Ajit Singh has constituted a five-member Committee, headed by Prof. Ravindra H. Dholakia, Professor of Economics & Public Systems, IIM, Ahmedabad to suggest various measures for cost cutting and optimal utilisation of resources in Air India. Other Members of the Committee are Dr. Prabhat Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of

The domestic passenger data for the last six months shows consistent increase in the market share of Air India. It has risen from 16.2% in May 2012 to 20.8% in October 2012. For the months of June, July, August and September 2012 the market share of Air India was 16.8%, 18.2%, 18.2% and 19.3% respectively.
As

Union Minister of Civil Aviation Sh. Ajit Singh has approved constitution of a new “Aircraft Acquisition Committee” (AAC). The Committee will consider, examine and make recommendations on all proposals for providing air transport services and for permitting import or acquisition of aircraft for various purposes. Along with this the procedure for consideration and approval of

Director General Civil Aviation (DGCA) has suspended the Scheduled Operator’s Permit of Kingfisher Airlines dated  26.08.2003 pursuant to Clause 15(2) of Schedule XI  of the Aircraft rules 1937 read in conjunction with Para 10.21 of CAR Section 3, Series C Part II. The permit has been suspended with effect from 20th October, 2012 till such

As per the passenger traffic data submitted by various domestic airlines, the number of passengers carried by them were 438.39 lakhs between January-September 2012 (first three quarters of the calendar year) as against 442.18 lakhs during the corresponding period of the previous year showing the growth of -0.9%.
The total domestic passengers carried by the scheduled

Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has approved the Winter Schedule 2012 of scheduled domestic airlines effective from 28th Oct 2012.In all, 10,935 departures per week have been approved, which translate into 1562 daily departures.Air connectivity will be available to/from 73 airports in the Winter Schedule 2012.

Airline-wise details of departures per week

Close on the heels of the decision not to levy Airport Development Fee (ADF) at Chennai and Kolkata Airports, Civil Aviation Minister ShriAjit Singh has directed Airports Authority of India (AAI) to infuse more equity in Mumbai International Airport Ltd. (MIAL) and Delhi International Airport Ltd. (DIAL) with the objective of abolishing ADF at Mumbai

Taking a strong view on the proposals of Airports Authority of India (AAI) to levy Airport Development Fee (ADF) on the passengers at the Chennai and Kolkata airports, Minister of Civil Aviation Shri Ajit Singh has directed AAI not to propose any such fee on the passengers. Accordingly the AAI has now submitted proposals to