A GMR-run call centre here received a bomb threat call for a Delhi-Pune Vistara flight, which was scheduled to take off from Delhi airport this morning.
Under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Uttar Pradesh will not only achieve the target of a one trillion dollar economy but even exceed it, said Union Minister of State for Road Transport, State Roads and Civil Aviation, General VK Singh on Wednesday.
Noting that the congestion of passengers at several airports in the country is a positive sign for the aviation sector, the chairman of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) Sanjeev Kumar on Tuesday said that it will meet the challenge of infrastructure development in the coming years.
"The one thing that will take the country forward is women-led development. Today, we can proudly say that India has the maximum number of pilots in civil aviation. Women scientists are leading the Chandrayaan mission," PM Modi said.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Union Minister of State for civil aviation General VK Singh (Retd) and other senior officials of the Ministry of Civil Aviation joined the inaugural event via video conferencing.
The Department-related Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism, and Culture has recommended that a mechanism should be put in place by the Ministry of Civil Aviation in coordination with Ministry of Tourism and airline companies to regularly monitor the flight booking portals or aggregat
Go First has also issued a statement, which it has posted along with the tweet, saying that the company has filed an application for immediate resolution and revival of operations and is optimistic about resuming bookings shortly.
"Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has placed 166 passengers in the 'No fly list' from 2021 till date, wherein the unruly passenger is banned from taking flights to/from within India for a specific period," Singh said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.
As many as 870 posts of Air Traffic Controllers (ATCOs) are vacant, Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation Gen. V. K. Singh (Retd) said in a written reply in Rajya Sabha on Monday.
A total of 206 cases of technical snags out of a total of 338 cases were reported by Indigo Airlines, which informed the Ministry of Civil Aviation on Monday.
A Parliamentary committee has made several recommendations, including stabilising airfares, mandatory adoption of Digi Yatra app and installation of baggage X-Ray machines for the modernisation of airports.
The concept of 'gold plating' of airports by the private operators should be avoided, said a Parliamentary committee report on the modernisation of airports on Sunday.