Under the UDAN scheme, financial incentives from the Centre, state governments and airport operators are extended to selected airlines to encourage operations from unserved and underserved airports, and keep airfares affordable

The Overseas Citizens of India or OCI card is issued to people of Indian origin globally which gives them almost all the privileges of an Indian national except for the right to vote, government service and buying agricultural land

The last hike in ASF was around six months ago in September 2020 when it was increased for domestic flyers by Rs 10, taking the fee to Rs 160. For international flyers the hike was from $4.85 to $5.20

PM Modi visits war memorial, meets Bangladesh leaders, young achievers in DhakaPrime Minister Narendra Modi is on a two-day visit to Bangladesh which coincides with the country's 50th Independence Day celebrations. The Prime Minister was greeted by his counterpart Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina when he landed in Dhaka on Friday. While in Dhaka, PM Modi visited the National Martyrs' Memorial, Savar. The Prime Minister paid homage to the freedom fighters who had died in 1971 during the Bangladesh...

Senior IAS officer Saurabh Garg has been appointed as the chief executive officer of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)

From the easing of the vaccination age limit and permitting all those above 45 to get inoculated from April 1 to new MHA guidelines amid spike in coronavirus cases, here's all the latest in India's fight against COVID-19

Gautam Adani-run Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL) has won the rights to operate Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram and Mangaluru airports for 50 years

Dube has partnered his former colleagues Praveen Iyer and Nikhil Ved for starting the airline and has held initial talks with aircraft manufacturers Boeing and Airbus.

DGCA on March 13 issued a strongly worded circular, saying passengers will be de-boarded if they don't wear masks properly inside aircraft or don't follow COVID-19 appropriate behaviour

Under the Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN), which will complete four years this year, as many as 325 routes and 56 airports have been operationalised till now. These include five heliports and two water aerodromes

Last year, the government had awarded Alliance Air the Delhi-Bareilly route under the UDAN-4 bidding process. The maiden flight was operated by an all women-crew on the occasion of International Women's Day

The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and DGCA mentioned their stance to the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), which had on February 25 sought their responses to Jet Airways' slots issue

The communication noted that leaves may be granted in extreme cases on a case-to-case basis, depending upon the urgency of the situation

In January, the tribunal had issued a notice to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) to clear their stance on Jet's slots

It is mandatory for all passengers travelling to India to submit their self-declaration form on the Air Suvidha portal (newdelhiairport.in) along with a negative RT-PCR report, conducted within 72 hrs of departure

Denying Bhaker's charges, Air India, in its reply to Bhaker, tweeted, 'Our Delhi Airport team has confirmed that the official at our counter had only sought for valid documents as per rules for the carriage of your weapon on board'

Domestic air traffic is increasing day by day and has now reached about 3 lakh passengers a day, says Minister of State for Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri

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The international travel restrictions imposed on March 25 made it challenging for the stranded Indians overseas to return to the country. In April, following their requests, the civil aviation ministry started the international repatriation flights under VBM

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