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The civil aviation ministry is conducting a review of the policy that bars a second airport within a distance of 150 km, the scrapping of which could have a dramatic effect on Delhi airport as construction of another facility in its neighbourhood, say in Greater Noida, could divert significant amount of traffic. This 150 km [...] Continue Reading »
With the current proposals on slum rehabilitation around the Mumbai airport going nowhere, the civil aviation ministry is proposing a plan to relocate slum dwellers around the airport on the land to be freed, post the removal of slums. According to the civil aviation ministry plan, which has the approval of civil aviation minister Ashok [...] Continue Reading »
According to the information presented in the Parliament by the Civil Aviation Ministry on Tuesday, 204 of the 226 issues affecting the integration process of Air India and Indian Airlines have been completed. The Ministry told the Parliament that integration is currently in progress on 17 issues; while five issues are pending in court. A [...] Continue Reading »
Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Saturday, June 20th in New Delhi was to look into some of the issues which were faced by the domestic infrastructure sector. The infra ministries wanted to urge the government to take some immediate steps to enhance investments and increase productivity. Secretaries from various Ministries in the infrastructure sector [...] Continue Reading »
For the Budget of the newly-formed National Democratic Alliance government, the Civil Aviation Ministry has submitted a number of proposals such as tax-free bonds for constructing low-cost airports in small towns, inclusion of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) in declared goods, and an infusion of Rs 1,600 crore as additional fund to Air India. Along with [...] Continue Reading »
The Airport Authority of India (AAI) plans to seek a new agreement for airport privatisation with the government soon, now that the new Civil Aviation Ministry has taken charge in New Delhi. With some reservations by the previous government having stalled the concession agreement which the AAI had prepared in March this year, the AAI plans to [...] Continue Reading »
The scrapping of a restraining clause in the airport policy is likely to be proposed by the Civil Aviation Ministry to the Narendra Modi-led new central Government. The clause which the Ministry will request the new Government to scrap underscores the policy of not having an airport within a distance of 150 km of an [...] Continue Reading »
The Election Commission have ordered to defer the process of privatisation of the operation and management of six airports of the state run Airports Authority of India (AAI) till the completion of the Lok Sabha poll process, civil aviation ministry sources said. The six airports are Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Jaipur, Guwahati and Ahmedabad. The EC [...] Continue Reading »
