Civil Aviation Secretary Vumlunmang Vualnam projects India’s domestic airline fleet to grow to 1,400 aircraft in the next five years, highlighting the sector's growth potential.
Delhi: The Assistant Commissioner of Police, Palam (IGI) Airport issued an order that prohibits use of lantern kites, wish kites by any individual, in the jurisdiction of this Sub-Division of Palam, IGI Airport, in the national capital.
Since the past few months, the bomb threats for the flights have increased. On Monday and Tuesday alone, several domestic and international flights of Air India and IndiGo received threats. Union Minister Ram Mohan Naidu on Monday also convened a meeting with senior officials.
Delhi airport roof collapse: Civil Aviation Minister K Ram Mohan Naidu held the review meeting with senior officials of the ministry, Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Airports Authority of India and Bureau of Civil Aviation Security on Friday.
One person died while six others left injured after a portion of the roof of the Delhi airport's Terminal-1 collapsed on cars, amid heavy rains on Friday.
The sudden shortage of crew members led to flights being grounded, affecting both domestic and international routes. Air India Express issued a statement addressing the situation and apologizing to affected passengers.
A Vistara spokesperson said the airline had a significant number of flight cancellations and delays in the past few days due to various reasons, including crew unavailability.
The Aviation Ministry issued notices after the video of passengers sitting in groups and eating meals on the runway of the Mumbai Airport went viral on social media. This comes a day after an IndiGo pilot was manhandled by a passenger after a Goa-bound flight got delayed by more than 10 hours.
With Eastern Cross Taxiways, the Delhi Airport will also be the only one in the country to have an elevated taxiway with roads passing below it.
Technical snags in 2022: On being asked whether it was a fact that more technical snags are reported in the country due to low-cost airlines, Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Gen VK Singh (retired), in a written reply, said that technical snags are experienced during the operation of aircraft.
Wearing masks on flights: The latest advisory has come amid improving Covid pandemic situation. However, the Civil Aviation Ministry said that passengers should preferably wear masks while travelling.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation on Tuesday allowed all scheduled domestic flights to operate with full capacity from October 18.
"Instructions have been issued from time to time for extending the protocol to MPs at airports. However, some issues of negligence regarding extending the protocol to honourable MPs at airports have come to the notice of the ministry," the ministry stated.
The Jyotiraditya Scindia-led Civil Aviation Ministry is buoyant about the growth trajectory in this sector, which is expected to generate 10,000 jobs in the next three years, sources said.
"Air taxis are being researched and invented globally and many startups are coming up," the minister said during a press conference.
Accordingly, the Union Minister took charge of the ministry headquartered at the Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan in Delhi.
The Centre on Wednesday issued new guidelines for international arrivals as mutant variants of SARS-CoV-2 spread across the world. These will supersede all guidelines issued since August 2, 2020.
In a press conference on June 20, Secretary of Civil Aviation Ministry, Pradeep Singh Kharola said that if international operations have to start, both ends have to be ready and there has to be traffic.
In a press conference on June 20, Union Civil Aviation Minister, Hardeep Singh Puri said that exact time of resumption of international flights depends on the other countries.
Shares of two listed aviation companies - InterGlobe Aviation and SpiceJet - rallied up to 10 per cent on the BSE on May 21 in early morning trade after the government on May 20 announced that domestic airline operations would resume on May 25.
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