Scindia takes charge as Civil Aviation Minister, Bombay HC hands him 'first task'
India | July 09, 2021 23:16 ISTThe Bombay High Court said that the new minister must consider formulating a policy over naming of airports across the country.
The Bombay High Court said that the new minister must consider formulating a policy over naming of airports across the country.
After Cabinet reshuffle, General (Retd) Vijay Kumar Singh, on July 09, took charge as Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
The Civil Aviation Ministry has said that no meals will be served to passengers in flights under two hours.
Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday hinted at an extension of temporary suspension of passenger flights between India and the UK, where a new variant of the coronavirus has been detected.
Situated in between the Himalayas at an altitude of over 10,000 feet, Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport in Leh connects Ladakh with the rest of the country.
Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) told Supreme Court on Sunday that passengers, who booked flight tickets in domestic and international carriers for air travel between March 25 to May 3, 2020, which was the first two phases of lockdown, will be "fully refunded."
Speaking on the future of international air travel amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Minister of State with independent charge for Civil Aviation.
Union Civil Aviation Secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola on Saturday said that international flights may resume on a case to case basis. India resumed domestic passenger flights from May 25 after a gap of two months amid the coronavirus pandemic. International passenger flights continue to remain suspended even now. No decision has been taken so far.
As airlines gear up to resume partial domestic flight services from May 25, Aviation Ministry announced price capping.
After announcing a partial resumption of train services on Sunday, the government is all set to begin flight services in a bid to kickstart the aviation industry. A high-level committee comprising DGCA officials, CISF, Airport authority officials including AAI and DIAL officers today inspected preparedness for the resumption of services at the Delhi International Airport.
Hardeep Singh Puri who is the Minister of State with independent charge of Housing and Urban Affairs and Civil Aviation, safety is of paramount concern and no compromise with safety-related issues will be allowed "just because the sector is growing at a very fast pace."
Speaking at the 12th International Conference-cum-Awards on Civil Aviation and Cargo hosted by the ASSOCHAM, Puri also said an alternative mechanism was worked out to look into the disinvestment process of state-owned Air India.
Earlier on Wednesday, the DGCA issued a notice to airmen (NOTAM), saying flight operations at the airports in Srinagar, Jammu, Leh, Pathankot, Amritsar, Shimla, Kangra, Kullu Manali and Pithoragarh will remain shut from February 27 to May 27.
Delivering the Suresh Neotia Memorial Lecture on "Future of World Trade in Rising Clamour for Protectionism", Prabhu said the government was also preparing a cargo policy that has a tremendous growth potential.
The chopper company is a 51:49 joint venture between the Civil Aviation Ministry and oil behemoth ONGC.
Jayant Sinha claimed that more people were opting for air travel because the country had the cheapest fares in the world.
The bidding process is expected to be finished by June, by when the winning bidder will be chosen, and all the "legal formalities" will be completed by December, Sinha said.
It permitted foreign airlines to invest up to 49 per cent under the approval route in the debt-ridden, loss making national carrier, said an official statement issued after the Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The report by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture noted that "airlines are charging more than ten times of the advance booking fare".
The 26-page report "Issues related to improving consumers' satisfaction of airlines" was done after consulting with Civil Aviation officials and various industry stakeholders.
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