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.
Noting an overcrowding-like situation in Delhi airport yesterday, a senior official in the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) on Thursday said that the average time for departure immigration at the airport is around 20 minutes, but sometimes it gets delayed due to the rebalancing of manpower.
In the Digi Yatra process, there is no central storage of passengers' Personally Identifiable Information (PII) data, the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) said on Thursday.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture tabled its report in Parliament on March 13, where it made various recommendations for MoCA.
A total of 546 technical snags reported by various airlines in the country in the year 2022 and Indigo airline topped the list with 215 such incidents, the government said on Thursday.
Top officials of India's aviation regulatory body DGCA and Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) are fuming that Air India did not report two shocking incidents of a passenger urinating on a co-passenger within a span of 11 days.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare also issued 'Guidelines for International Arrivals' in view of the COVID-19 pandemic and said that the guidelines will be reviewed and revised from time to time.
Covid-19, currency depreciation, Ukraine - Russia War and increase in crude oil prices have primarily caused losses to the aviation industry in the country during last three years, said the Ministry of Civil Aviation on Thursday.
Amid reports of massive congestion at airports, the Ministry of Civil Aviation on Tuesday ordered all airlines to keep updating their social media handles regarding waiting time and delay of flights and additional staff at check-in counters.