Civil Aviation

News: The government has decided to scrap the proposal to privatise Chennai, Kolkata, Jaipur and Ahmedabad airports and private players would be roped in only for operation and maintenance activities of Jaipur and Ahmedabad airports. Civil Aviation Secretary R N Choubey said that Airports Authority of India (AAI) has invested ...

News: Ashwani Lohani, a Railway Service officer who is now the chief of Madhya Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (MPTDC), was appointed as CMD of Air India, the state-run carrier whose combined losses currently stood at Rs 30,000 crore. A qualified mechanical engineer, Lohani is a fellow of the Chartered Institute ...

News: Passengers entering India will now have to declare Indian currency exceeding Rs 25,000 and LCD, LED or Plasma televisions being brought by them in the new customs declaration forms said the Customs Baggage Declaration (Amendment) Regulations, 2015, notified by the Finance Ministry. The new rules have also reduced by 50 per ...

News: The government has scrapped the privatisation of four major airports, those at Chennai, Kolkata, Jaipur and Ahmedabad. While the airports at Chennai and Kolkata will continue to remain under the complete control of the Airports Authority of India (AAI), fresh bids for the Jaipur and Ahmedabad airports will be ...

News: As of today, India puts marshals on flights to SAARC nations and various destinations within the country. India puts sky marshals on a minimum of 1,200 flights a month. After the United States, Germany and Canada too want to sign agreements with India allowing them to have their own ...

News: A Bill to revise the liability limits of airplanes on compensation for death, injury and loss of baggage and cargo was introduced in Lok Sabha, under which the compensation for death in an air accident goes up to over Rs 1 crore from Rs 89 lakh.  It would enable the government ...

News: At IIT Kharagpur, a group of students is working on technology that may help power micro-aerial vehicles (MAVs) or mini-drones for Boeing. These are deployed in hazardous environments not accessible to ground vehicles and often used for aerial photography. Global and Indian aerospace firms are increasingly seeking out technical ...

News: Air India, which is grappling with tremendous financial stress, was allocated Rs 2,500 crore in the Union Budget 2015-16 and weas short of nearly Rs 4,300 crore sought by the Ministry for the national carrier. The Finance Ministry sought Parliament’s nod for making an additional equity infusion into Air ...

News: Augmenting its operational strength, the IAF is in the process of inducting additional Su-30 MKI aircraft manufactured under licence by HAL and Light Combat Aircraft, which is manufactured indigenously by HAL. India has informed France that it would like to acquire 36 Rafale jets in fly-away condition as quickly as possible in view ...

News: News Jersey based Louis Berger announced self-reported findings of misconduct in Vietnam, Kuwait, Indonesia and India. The findings entailed various instances of misconduct between between 1998 and 2010 totalling $3.9 million. In India, it is said to have paid bribes to be appointed as consultants for water projects in ...