Taking a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government over new airports constructed since they came to power, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said that "to boast and exaggerate are its hallmarks" while Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotira
Ahead of the Muharram procession, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia visited Imambara in Maharaj Bada of Gwalior and wished for the development and prosperity of the state.
Hitting out at the opposition's I.N.D.I.A. alliance, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said that parties "who used to hate each other" are now coming together "like a family."
Union Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia has announced that the frequency of flights between Chennai and Sri Lanka's Jaffna will be increased from four times a week to daily services from July 16.
Scindia made the remark while addressing the media persons in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district on Friday. After addressing a public meeting in Pichor and Kolaras of the district, the union minister interacted with the media persons.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday in a letter to Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindiya requested authorization for the operation of charted flights from Gulf countries to the state during Onam festival.
Civil aviation fleet in India has risen 75 per cent since 2013-14 to about 700 and is likely to rise towards 1500-2000 in the next half a decade, said Union civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia a day after Indigo announced the 500 aircraft mega deal with Airbus.
The Twitter battle between Congress leader KC Venugopal and Union civil aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia continues over the latest rise in airfares and other affairs involving India's civil aviation sector.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday wrote a letter to the Union Civil Aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia requesting him to take prompt action to add Bilaspur city to the UDAN-5 scheme.
Terming his remarks "ill-informed" and shocking" Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Sunday shot back at the senior Congress leader KC Venugopal for hitting out at the Centre over "skyrocketing airfares" and said Indian economy is in the pink of health.
Scindia said, "Whatever the governments have done in the past 68 years, the Modi government has done it in nine years. The number has reached from 74 to 148. We aim to make in 200-220 in the next five years including heliports and water aerodromes".