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Govt issues guidelines for COVID-19 vaccination of civil aviation communit
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): The Ministry of Civil Aviation on Thursday issued guidelines for COVID-19 vaccination of the Civil Aviation Community in a fast and efficient manner.
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Civil Aviation Ministry grants 20 entities permission to conduct experimen
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): The Ministry of Civil Aviation has granted conditional exemption from Unmanned Aircraft System {UAS) Rules, 2021 to 20 entities to conduct Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) experimental flights of drones, the Ministry said in a release.
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Telangana permitted to fly drones for experimental delivery of COVID vacci
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 30 (ANI): The Telangana government on Friday was granted a conditional exemption for drone deployment by the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for conducting experimental delivery of COVID vaccines.
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DGCA directs opening of domestic civil flight operations in calibrated man
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Monday informed that it is planning to open domestic civil flight operations in a calibrated manner.
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COVID-19: Vistara offers to fly doctors, nurses free of cost across countr
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): In order to help accredited organisations and hospitals amid the surge in COVID-19 cases, Vistara Airlines on Sunday offered the Ministry of Civil Aviation to fly doctors and nurses representing the government organisations, free of cost, across its domesti
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ICMR gets govt's nod for drone trial for Covid-19 vaccine delivery
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): The ministry of civil aviation (MoCA) and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have granted conditional exemption to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for conducting a feasibility study of the Covid-19 vaccine delivery using drones in co
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As COVID cases rise globally, countries ban international flights
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 13 (ANI): The Government of India's plan to restart the schedule of international flights this summer is unlikely as various countries have started banning international flights in the wake of rising COVID cases. The latest among these is Bangladesh that has annou
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No meals on flights with duration of less than 2 hours to cut COVID-19 ris
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 12 (ANI): The ministry of civil aviation on Monday announced that no meal will be served on flights with a duration of 120 minutes to minimise the risk of COVID-19 infections.
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Refund passengers who cancelled flights in last year's lockdown, Govt repr
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) on Wednesday expressed dissatisfaction over airline companies defaulting on refunds to passengers over flight tickets that were booked for travel during the lockdown last year but got cancelled.
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India sees highest number of domestic passengers since May 2020
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 1 (ANI): The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) on Monday informed that the number of domestic passengers on February 28 has risen to 3,13,668 and is the highest since the resumption of domestic flights on May 25 last year.
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SC asks Centre, DGCA to respond on plea seeking to install fail-safe mecha
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 16 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to respond to a plea seeking to install a fail-safe mechanism -- Engineered Material Arresting System (EMAS) -- to stop aircraft from overs
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Air travel becomes expensive as govt announces 30 pc fare hike
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 12, (ANI): The government on Thursday announced an increase in fares for air travel by up to Rs 5,600, and as per aviation experts, the reason behind the hike is the increase in fuel prices.
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