GoAir grounds 4 Airbus 320neo aircraft in DelhiAnother of the Mumbai-based airline’s aircraft has been pulled out of operations owing to airframe related issue, said the person, who did ...
15 Oct, 2018, 11.22 PM IST
Air Deccan threatens to move base to Gujarat on slots, parking issuesAt present, it parks its aircraft at HAL-run Nashik Airport due to a space crunch at Mumbai airport.
14 Sep, 2018, 09.03 PM IST
By 2019, India to be 3rd largest aviation market by departureSmaller airports like Agartala, Dehradun, Guwahati, Jaipur, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Mangalore, Pune, Srinagar and Trichy are already operating ...
13 Nov, 2017, 10.34 AM IST
55 new airports needed by 2030 as traffic growsFor airlines, the big challenge would be getting arrival/departure time slots and parking bays. Indian carriers are expected to induct clos...
12 Nov, 2017, 04.38 PM IST
AI puts off launch of Delhi-Los Angeles flight till summerSources at the airline said non-availability of aircraft and crew coupled with higher costs of operations were the prime reasons for the de...
27 Oct, 2017, 08.25 PM IST
Capt GR Gopinath's Air Deccan fails to get enough landing slots in Delhi, Mumbai airports“The airports are the most important hubs in the regional connectivity scheme (RCS) network of Air Deccan,” Gopinath said. “Without parking...
16 Oct, 2017, 12.20 AM IST
Regional connectivity: Airlines flag slot problemsThe Centre and the states are consulting airline operators and compiling their suggestions before going for the second round of bidding whi...
07 Jun, 2017, 10.52 AM IST
IGI choked: No new peak-hour flights in Delhi this summerThe severe infrastructure crunch at major Indian airports was highlighted during recent deliberations aviation authorities held with airlin...
17 Mar, 2017, 08.54 AM IST
Hundreds of new planes flying in. But where’s the space?TOI has accessed the minutes of the meeting of top officials of AAI, DGCA and the airlines from Sep 7 to 9 to finalise slot allocation in t...
29 Sep, 2016, 11.20 AM IST
Jet operators' 'poll' flight hit by parking crunch turbulenceA number of leading charter operators said though they are having a "good time" because of elections, the problem of "shrinking" parking sp...
21 Apr, 2014, 12.33 PM IST
Slump & weak rupee? India's hi-fliers selling their jets & chartering flightsIn the past year, the number of nonscheduled operators in the country has fallen to 125 from 150, with several companies getting rid of the...
12 Oct, 2013, 01.09 PM IST
India Inc eschews private jets in wake of economic slump, weak rupeeMost charter operators have been passing on such increases as additional charges to customers while keeping their base rates intact.
11 Oct, 2013, 11.54 AM IST
- Private business jet operators, MIAL fail to resolve penalty row
A meeting between representatives of some private business jet operators and Mumbai International Airport officials ended in a deadlock.
11 Jul, 2012, 09.40 PM IST
- Now, check-in to stop 40 mins before flight
The days of reaching the airport in the nick of time and skidding through the check-in counter just before the aircraft doors shut are over.
21 Jul, 2010, 04.57 AM IST
- Local carriers may lose parking slots on fleet cut
Domestic carriers such as Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines, which are reducing their fleet sizes, may also have to surrender aircraft pa...
19 Jun, 2009, 12.43 AM IST
- New policy to give new airlines more parking space at major airports
In a move to take back unused night parking slots from older airlines, govt is framing a policy on allocating parking slots to new airlines...
03 May, 2008, 04.45 PM IST
- New air slots plan in takeoff mode
Recognising that the aviation boom is here to stay, the government has decided to evolve a transparent mechanism for allocation of airport ...
06 Jun, 2006, 02.06 AM IST