The government has further extended suspension on scheduled international commercial passenger services to and from India till 2359 hrs IST of 31 October, 2020

The domestic passenger flights were suspended from March 25 to May 24 in the country due to coronavirus-triggered lockdown

He said 700-800 commercial pilot licences (CPLs) are issued by the aviation regulator DGCA in a year

According to a statement, Adityanath while presiding over a meeting of high level Empowered Committee of 'Invest UP', said Noida will be developed as the biggest hub in north India

Prior to the nationwide lockdown, which resulted in the suspension of scheduled domestic as well as international flights, Vistara was operating over 200 flights to 34 destinations daily

The aviation sector has been significantly impacted due to the travel restrictions imposed in India and other countries in view of the coronavirus pandemic

The new terminal at the Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport has 57 parking bays and will allow movement of 150 private jet flights daily, over 50 passengers an hour

Even as SpiceJet is struggling in the passenger segment, it claims to have emerged as the largest air cargo airline in the country, ahead of carriers like IndiGo and Air India who have bigger fleets

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While four states were adjudged as the top performers last year, only Kerala and Karnataka have been selected this year

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says states have embraced the true spirit behind the State Business Reforms Action Plan, showing extraordinary energy in putting together action plans and making sure that reforms happen

The Civil Aviation Ministry said that international passengers who have domestic connecting flights will have the option of getting themselves tested for coronavirus at the entry points of airports

India Stock Market Highlights Today: Britannia, NTPC, Hindalco, Airtel, IndusInd Bank, PowerGrid, ICICI were among the top losers today. On the other hand, Wipro, UPL, Eicher Motors, Titan and Bharti Infratel were among the top gainers

The Centre-run Airports Authority of India (AAI) owns and manages more than 100 airports, including the one in Kerala's capital city

warding of these 78 routes under UDAN 4.0 is in line with government's 'Act East Policy', says Usha Padhee, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation

Not only Prime Minister Modi, BJP stalwarts such as Amit Shah, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Hardeep Singh Puri also paid tributes to late Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

IndiGo has already operated passenger charter flights and cargo charter flights to countries like Russia,  Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine

The aviation security fee is passed on to the passengers by airlines that owe the amount to the government. The ASF is used to ensure security arrangements at airports across the country

The Centre had, on Wednesday, approved the award of airports at Guwahati, Jaipur and Trivandrum for redevelopment to Adani Enterprises Ltd