Taking a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government over new airports constructed since they came to power, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said that "to boast and exaggerate are its hallmarks" while Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotira
Ahead of the Muharram procession, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia visited Imambara in Maharaj Bada of Gwalior and wished for the development and prosperity of the state.
Hitting out at the opposition's I.N.D.I.A. alliance, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said that parties "who used to hate each other" are now coming together "like a family."
Union Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia has announced that the frequency of flights between Chennai and Sri Lanka's Jaffna will be increased from four times a week to daily services from July 16.
Scindia made the remark while addressing the media persons in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district on Friday. After addressing a public meeting in Pichor and Kolaras of the district, the union minister interacted with the media persons.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday in a letter to Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindiya requested authorization for the operation of charted flights from Gulf countries to the state during Onam festival.
Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has written to the chief ministers of Tamil Nadu, Bihar, and West Bengal -- three Opposition-ruled states, asking them to reduce value-added tax (VAT) on air turbine fuel (ATF), sources said.
Pakistan's Former Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan was arrested in relation to the May 9 incident on Wednesday, according to a Police official, Pakistan-based Dawn reported.
Civil aviation fleet in India has risen 75 per cent since 2013-14 to about 700 and is likely to rise towards 1500-2000 in the next half a decade, said Union civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia a day after Indigo announced the 500 aircraft mega deal with Airbus.
Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday lashed out at opposition leaders who levelled allegations on him that airfares in India were out of control.
Binoy Viswam in a letter to Jyotiraditya Scindia said, "I write to you seeking your intervention to arrest the indiscriminate increase in domestic airfare prices across the country, and the extreme hardship caused to the ordinary citizens of the country."