More than one crore passengers have flown on 1.08 lakh domestic flights since their resumption in India on May 25, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Friday.
Offering tickets free of cost on flights under the Vande Bharat mission would have further affected the finances of Indian airlines including Air India, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Monday.
In a significant statement Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday told the Rajya Sabha that by the time its Diwali and towards the end of the year, India would have pre-Covid aviation figures of 3,00,000 passengers a day.
Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on August 30 said that Government should not be running airports and airlines.
His remarks come at a time when the Kerala government has opposed the Union Cabinet's approval on August 19 to lease out the Thiruvananthapuram airport to Adani Enterprises under the public-private partnership (PPP) model for a period of 50 years.
India is negotiating with 13 countries, including Australia, Japan and Singapore, to establish separate bilateral air bubble arrangements for international flight operations, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Tuesday.
Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, who visited the Air India Express plane crash site in Kerala's Kozhikode, has said that the aircraft had enough fuel to divert the landing somewhere else.
Pilot in-command of the crashed Air India Express flight Captain Deepak Vasant Sathe, among those killed in the accident in Kozhikode, was one of the most experienced commanders with more than 10,000 flying hours and had landed aircraft 27 times at the Karipur airport in the past, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Saturday.
Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday announced an interim relief of Rs 10 lakh for each of those who died in the Air India Express crash at the Karipur airport.
Union Civil Aviation Minister, Hardeep Singh Puri participated in the 1st Indo-Asean Oceanic Business Summit and Expo on August 04.
Equity infusion of Rs 500-600 crore every year is not sustainable and cost-cutting in Air India is necessary, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Thursday, justifying the national carrier's decision to send certain employees on leave without pay for up to five years.
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 Minister, Hardeep Singh Puri called Air India, a 'first-class asset'.
In a press conference on June 20, Union Civil Aviation Minister, Hardeep Singh Puri said that close to 2,75,000 Indians were brought back to the country in flights and ships during the lockdown.
No decision on resuming international flight operations has been made so far. "The exact time when we will resume international flight depends on other countries to be open to receive flights," Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday said that the decision on resumption of international flights will be taken in the coming month. He, however, made it clear that he wasn't putting a timeline as all stakeholders needed to be taken into confidence.
Union Ministers Hardeep Singh Puri and Ramesh Pokhriyal launched 'TULIP- Urban Learning Internship Program' in the national capital on June 04.
Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Saturday that the government had no problem in allowing Indians to travel overseas, given that the destination countries were accepting foreign incoming passengers
The domestic flight operations across the country, with notable exceptions of Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal, are all set to begin from Monday, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said
The Centre has taken an informed decision to re-start flights under the UDAN Scheme, Minister of Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri said in a tweet on Sunday, adding that preference would be given to flights connecting the north-east region, hill states, islands and short-haul routes
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