DIAL moves High Court against Centre's decision to allow commercial flights from Hindon Airforce StationIn its plea, DIAL said a greenfield airport is already being developed at Jewar, which is within 150 km of IGIA, and allowing Hindon Airfor...
24 Jan, 2024, 09.35 PM IST
IndiGo launches 168 weekly flights to new Goa airportThe airline will operate these flights between Mopa and 8 domestic destinations like Hyderabad, Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Ja...
05 Jan, 2023, 06.14 PM IST
Congestion may force private jets to look for alternative airportsWhile alternative airports in Mumbai and Delhi may not be immediately available, in Hyderabad and Bengaluru older airports can be used for ...
26 Jun, 2018, 07.52 AM IST
Govt clears $1 bn Noida airport project in JewarAfter technical feasibility, the project now has a site clearance as well as an in-principle approval, which was granted few months ago, ci...
24 Apr, 2018, 12.40 AM IST
Delhi's IGI becomes South Asia's first airport to cater 6 crore passengers in 2017IGI achieved this feat in 2017 much ahead of several other big hubs in Asia, despite facing a severe infrastructure crunch given surge in d...
08 Jan, 2018, 10.57 AM IST
Airports Authority of India plans to add 273 bays at 24 airportsThe AAI is also going to develop saturated airports and non-metro and regional airports along with modernisation of Air Navigation Services...
23 Dec, 2017, 12.39 AM 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
Mumbai airport in need of urgent attention: ExpertsWith record rains that pounded the city this year, it has been particularly harrowing for airlines with frequent shutdowns of the airport c...
16 Oct, 2017, 12.31 AM IST
Airports need $45 billion investment to improve capacity by 2030: CAPAAccording to Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) estimates, the current capacity of the country's top 17 airports is between 298-316.5 ...
15 Oct, 2017, 11.54 AM IST
Navi Mumbai airport unlikely to be functional before MarchHowever, the official go-ahead is yet to be received by the successful bidder, aviation think-tank Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) ...
12 Sep, 2017, 07.55 PM IST
Danger in the skiesIndustry analysts blame saturating capacity across key airports for most of the cases where aircraft come dangerously close.
29 May, 2017, 11.56 PM IST
Government looking at 6-year plan to upgrade airport infrastructure: Jayant Sinha“Looking at the passenger growth, we expect the size of the Indian aviation market to grow to about 600 million air passengers annually ove...
12 Sep, 2016, 05.36 PM IST
Government sets 2019 as deadline for Navi Mumbai airportAccording to the plan, the government has set a 2019 deadline to make the Navi Mumbai airport available by creating operational portions su...
17 Aug, 2016, 03.45 AM IST
Gujarat's Dholera airport project gets Centre's green nodThe Dholera airport will be developed in three phases and the cost of the project is estimated to be Rs 1,378 crore.
10 Dec, 2015, 02.49 PM IST
- Govt puts Navi Mumbai airport plan on fast track
Fearing increasing congestion at Mumbai airport despite the ongoing modernisation programme, the government has put on fast track the propo...
26 Apr, 2007, 01.45 AM IST
- More is no longer merrier at our airports
Long queues and delays at airports are par for the course for air travellers in the country and frequent fliers have learnt to factor these...
24 Jul, 2006, 02.51 AM IST