India must be alert amid West Asia crisis, no immediate worry: Civil aviation ministerIndia must stay alert to West Asia crisis fallout, though not worried now. Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu stated this in ...
'Nobody will fly': India's plane versus train battle gets a twistIndia's Railway Minister said upcoming bullet trains will dominate short-haul routes like Mumbai-Pune and Bengaluru-Chennai, mirroring glob...
Rajasthan: Flights resume at Jodhpur as IAF Dornier lands after runway upgradeFlight operations have resumed at Jodhpur Airport after nearly a month. Runway resurfacing work is complete. An Indian Air Force Dornier ai...
Indian aviation sector to handle about 500 million passengers annually by 2030: NMIA chiefIndia's aviation industry is gearing up for an extraordinary transformation. Experts anticipate a surge to 500 million air travelers by 203...
North India handles 30% of air passenger traffic; fog remains key challenge, expansion underway: AAI officialThe Northern Region of Airports Authority of India manages substantial air traffic. Winter fog presents operational challenges, impacting f...
Fly91 launches Vijayawada-Hyderabad flights, boosts regional connectivityFly91 airline has started flight operations between Vijayawada and Hyderabad. This launch boosts connectivity in the region. The event was ...
Udan 2.0 boost to spur small aircraft manufacturing in India: Civil aviation minister Ram Mohan NaiduThe cabinet last week approved a Rs 28,840-crore plan to revamp regional air connectivity over the next decade, which includes developing 1...
Civil aviation ministry says 323 UDAN routes are currently operationalUDAN, the regional air connectivity scheme, has 323 operational routes out of 619 initiated since 2016. Disruptions like COVID-19, global e...
First flight on non-UDAN route under viability gap funding by Assam govt launchedThe first flight on a non-UDAN route under viability gap funding provision by Assam government was launched on Monday with flybig starting ...
Govt sets target to operationalise 100 airports by 2024Officials said that nearly 68 airports have been operationalised for Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS)-UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) fligh...
Govt invites bids for over 390 air routes under fresh UDAN bidding roundUnder the Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN), which will complete four years this year, as many as 325 routes and 56 airports have been operatio...
Pawan Hans launches helicopter flights on Dehradun-Gauchar route in U'khand under UDAN scheme"With this, we have added six more routes and two heliports at New Tehri and Srinagar," Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said. Pu...
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Government awards 235 routes under UDAN, seaplanes to fly on 18 routesSpiceJet, IndiGo, Jet Airways, Air India subsidiary Airline Allied Services Ltd or Alliance Air, and Turbo Aviation are among the operators...
Government likely to announce international UDAN routes this weekThe international version of the scheme, also known as UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik), seeks to provide air connectivity at affordable cost...
Come March, you can fly to Hampi from BengaluruFares on the UDAN routes are expected to come down as the government in the budget reduced tax on aviation fuel in a bid to encourage regio...
UDAN: Government expects Rs 300 crore annually from levy on airlinesTo partly raise money for viability gap funding requirement under the UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) scheme, the civil aviation ministry ha...