Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday said that the Go First insolvency matter is "not a great thing for civil aviation" and said that the Ministry wants a resumption of flights as soon as possible.
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture will on Monday hear representatives of the Ministry of Civil Aviation on the issue of 'fixing of airfares'.
India should devise a special force for the security of the airports on the lines of the United States' Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in view of growing challenges emerging with the growth of the aviation sector in the country, a top official said.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) on Friday initiated the process of inviting bids from airlines for various routes under this fifth round of bidding for its regional connectivity scheme UDAN by releasing a bid document.
The civil aviation ministry is ready to formulate a policy framework for the air taxis and will soon commission a study on the matter, Civil Aviation Secretary Rajiv Bansal said on Monday.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture tabled its report in Parliament on March 13, where it made various recommendations for MoCA.
The above denial came after several media outlets reported that IndiGo has received approval from the Aviation Ministry for its US and Canada wide body operations through wet lease.
After Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia confirmed that it was BJP leader Tejasvi Surya who opened the emergency exit of an IndiGo plane last month "by mistake", Parliamentary Standing Committee on Roads, Shipping, Civil Aviation, Tourism, and Culture Chairman Vijayasai Reddy will
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Thursday issued Show Cause notices to Air India, crew members and pilots of the New York-Delhi flight in connection with the urination incident onboard on November 26 last year.