Aviation

India is set to issue a record number of commercial pilot licenses (CPLs) in 2023, surpassing the figure from 2022, Union minister for Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Tuesday (25 July). The civil aviation regulator, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in 2023 issued 1,135 CPLs, which is the highest for...

Gateway to the pristine islands of Andaman & Nicobar, the Veer Savarkar international Airport at Port Blair is soon going to have a new terminal building. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the new integrated terminal building of Port Blair airport on 18 July via video conferencing. With total built up...

Starting 1 September, all international flight operations at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) will be shifted to Terminal-2 (T-2). The state-of-the-art Terminal 2 of Bengaluru airport was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 11 November 2022. At present, T-2 is operating only domestic services. Three domestic carriers, Star Air,...

The Airport Authority plans to develop both civil enclaves in a phased manner, capable of handling an ultimate capacity of approximately 10 and five million passengers per annum (MPPA) at Darbhanga and Purnea, respectively. Decks have been cleared for the construction of new civil enclaves at Darbhanga and Purnea airports, paving...

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on 8 June announced that the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) is on track to open for air traffic by 2024 and that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would inaugurate it. The remarks came during an aerial inspection of the site by Shinde along deputy chief...

Leading airport services company, Air India SATS will develop a multi-modal cargo hub (MMCH) at the upcoming Noida International Airport at Jewar In Uttar Pradesh. The concession agreement to build a state-of-the-art multi-modal cargo hub was signed between Sanjay Gupta, Chief Executive Officer of AISATS, and Christoph Schnellmann, Chief executive...

In view of the ever-increasing number of air passengers, the construction of new terminal building at Kanpur Airport has been completed and will be inaugurated on 26 May by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The information was shared by Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, who is also likely to...

Louis Berger, a US company, has been chosen as the consultant to draft a detailed Techno-Economic Feasibility Report (TEFR) for Chennai’s second airport planned at Parandur in Kancheepuram district, The Hindu reported. In December last year, the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO) had released a request for proposal (RFP) in...

Full-service carrier Vistara, on 4 May created history by operating India's first domestic commercial flight on a wide-body aircraft using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). This historic feat was achieved on Vistara's brand new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, flying from Delhi to Mumbai, using a blend of 17 per cent SAF with 83...

Domestic budget airline Go First on 02 May announced that it has filed an application for voluntary insolvency resolution proceedings before the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Delhi. The announcement was made by the airline’s CEO Kaushik Khona shortly after Go First said it will temporarily suspend its flight operation...