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2020 worst year in history for air travel demand: IATA
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 4 (ANI): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced full-year global passenger traffic results for 2020 showing that demand (revenue passenger kilometres) fell by 65.9 per cent compared to the full year of 2019 -- by far the sharpest traff
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Maldives Defence Minister Mariya Didi participates in Aero India 2021
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 3 (ANI): Maldivian Defence Minister Mariya Didi and Chief of Defence Force Major General Abdulla Shamaal on Wednesday participated in Aero India, one of the Asia's largest military aviation exhibition.
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SpaceX Mars prototype rocket explodes upon landing
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Texas [US], February 3 (ANI): SpaceX's Starship prototype rocket exploded while attempting to land after a test flight on Tuesday, according to live footage broadcast online.
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Jewar Airport: Uttar Pradesh CM holds review meeting with officials
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 30 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday held a review meeting at Lucknow regarding the Noida International Greenfield Airport in the state's Jewar area.
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5 Pak aviation officers held for issuing fake licences
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 29 (ANI): Five officers of the Pakistan Aviation Authority have been arrested for issuing fake licenses to 40 pilots in Sindh.
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Bilaspur airport upgraded to 3C category, now 72-seater aircraft can land
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], January 28 (ANI): The 2C license of Bilaspur Airport has been upgraded to 3C by the Director General Office of the Civil Aviation Department, Government of India.
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Aviation Ministry urges Health Ministry to prioritise COVID-19 vaccination
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 24 (ANI): The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has written to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) to consider aviation employees as frontline coronavirus workers and prioritise their COVID-19 vaccination.
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'Historic incompetence': PML-N lambasts Imran Khan after UN cautions staff
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 24 (ANI): Pakistani Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) has demanded resignation from Prime Minister Imran Khan and Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan, saying their "incompetence and ego worship" have destroyed the country's reputation as the United Nations has restr
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Pakistan national carrier pays $7 million to jet company after plane seize
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 23 (ANI): The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Friday informed the London High Court that it has paid around USD 7 million to Peregrine Aviation Charlie Ltd in the case related to two jets leased to it by the Dublin-based AerCap.
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Final probe report of Kozhikode air crash delayed by two months
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 22 (ANI): Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a delay is being experienced in test reports of components and an extension of two months has been granted for submission of the final report of an investigation into the Kozhikode Air India Express Crash, said the Ministry o
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Sri Lanka resumes commercial flights after 10-month hiatus
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], January 21 (ANI): The Airport and Aviation Services Sri Lanka on Thursday informed that Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) and Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) will resume commercial flights after a halt of nearly ten months due to the COVID-19 pandem
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Bidding process for 6 airports conducted in a competitive, transparent man
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (India), January 21 (ANI): The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) on Thursday refuted a news article claiming that the Finance Ministry and NITI Aayog had raised 'red flags' before Adani's clean sweep of six airports as 'factually incorrect', adding that the bidding process was cond
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