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COVID-19: Amid Omicron scare, India extends ban on international flights,
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 9 (ANI): The office of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Thursday announced that the restrictions on scheduled international commercial passenger services from and to India shall not apply to international all-cargo operations and flights spec
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India extends suspension of international commercial flights till Jan 31 n
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 9 (ANI): The suspension of scheduled international commercial passenger services to/from India has been extended till 31 January next year, announced the office of the director-general of Civil Aviation on Thursday.
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Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia chairs meet on Flying Training Orga
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 7 (ANI): Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya M. Scindia chaired a meeting on Tuesday of the Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Civil Aviation to discuss the issue of "Flying Training Organizations (FTOs)" amid fast-growing Indian aviation industry, info
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Omicron: Aviation Minister takes stock of preparedness at airports, issues
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 7 (ANI): With the number of passengers arriving in India increasing, the Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday said that he has taken stock of preparedness, testing capacities and situation on the ground with regard to crowd management at all air
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Airports Authority of India to spend about Rs 25,000 cr for expansion, mod
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 6 (ANI): As a measure to revive the civil aviation sector of India, which was "affected due to severe disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic" the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has taken up a development programme to spend around Rs 25,000 crores in the nex
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HAL carries ground run of prototype Hindustan-228 aircraft
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 6 (ANI): Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) carried out a successful ground run and Low-Speed Taxi Trials (LSTT) of a prototype Hindustan-228 aircraft, a potential commercial aircraft after Type Certification by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). Read More
Scindia chairs high-level meet, issues directions for crowd management at
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 6 (ANI): Taking cognizance of the mismanagement of the crowd at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) resulting in a chaotic situation, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia called a high-level meeting on Monday at the ministry.
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'Missing India factor dents Afghanistan's progress after Taliban takeover'
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 4 (ANI): With Afghanistan facing a severe humanitarian crisis, the Taliban regime is making a big mistake by alienating India, which has for over two decades been assisting the country's progress including humanitarian, civil aviation, telecommunication, transpo
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Kazakhstan suspends air traffic with Egypt over Omicron variant from today
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Nur-Sultan [Kazakhstan], December 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Kazakhstan is suspending flights to Egypt starting Friday in an effort to prevent the emergence and spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant, the Civil Aviation Committee of the Kazakh Ministry of Industry and Infrastructural Development sa
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No proposal to start new pilot training facility: MoS V K Singh
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): Minister of State for Civil Aviation of India General V K Singh (retd) on Thursday stated that there is no proposal to start any new pilot training facility by the Central Government.
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Facial recognition technology at 4 airports to be introduced by March next
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) has not yet been introduced at any of the airports in India, replied Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation General V K Singh (retd) to a question in Lok Sabha on Thursday.
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Centre advised airlines to allot preferred seat to MPs, informs MoS VK Sin
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): Airlines have been advised to allocate the preferred seat to Member of Parliaments (MPs) during air travel, said Minister of State for Civil Aviation General VK Singh in Lok Sabha on Thursday.
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