'Ensure no abnormal surge in airfare': Centre tells airlines after Delhi airport ops hit
Jun 29, 2024, at 02:26 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Civil Aviation Ministry, in an advisory on Friday evening, has asked airlines to ensure that there are no "abnormal surcharges" on flights to and from Delhi.
Ministry of Civil Aviation urges various ministries to promote use of drones
Feb 04, 2022, at 02:07 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Ministry of Civil Aviation has requested several ministries including the Home Affairs to encourage various entities under their administrative control to promote the use of drones.
Curious case of promotion in Air India just before its sale announcement
Nov 24, 2021, at 04:00 am
New Delhi/UNI: Days before the government announced sale of state-carrier Air India to Tatas, the Civil Aviation Ministry issued an order, barring promotions in the bleeding airline.
Sep 16, 2021, at 01:51 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Wednesday flagged off the first SpiceJet flight from Visakhapatnam to Mumbai.
Domestic flights to get costlier as govt raises caps on airfare
Aug 14, 2021, at 05:54 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Flight tickets on travel within India will get costly as the Union government has increased the price cap on domestic airfares for the second time in just over two months.
New aviation minister, Jyotiraditya Scindia, announces 'good news' for his home state Madhya Pradesh
Jul 12, 2021, at 12:51 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Jyotiraditya Scindia, the new Union Civil Aviation Minister, who was sworn in last week, has good news for the people of his home state, Madhya Pradesh.
Civil Aviation Ministry raises minimum airfare limit to 16 pc
May 30, 2021, at 12:26 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Ministry of Civil Aviation has raised the lower limit on domestic airfares from 13 per cent to 16 per cent effective from June 1.
India-UK flight service, suspended over mutant strain, to resume from Jan 8
Jan 02, 2021, at 03:04 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Civil Aviation Ministry on Friday announced that the India-UK flight service, which was suspended since Dec 23 over fears of the spread of the mutant coronavirus strain, will resume from Jan 8.
West Bengal extends ban on flights from six Indian cities till Aug 31
Aug 11, 2020, at 10:34 pm
Kolkata/UNI: The West Bengal Government has requested the Civil Aviation Ministry to extend the current ban on direct flight further to Kolkata from six cities of India up to Aug 31.
Flight services to Guwahati, Imphal resume in NE
May 25, 2020, at 02:29 pm
Guwahati/UNI: Domestic passenger flight services to North East region have resumed today, after remaining suspended since the beginning of the nationwide lockdown against novel coronavirus from March end.
May 24, 2020, at 11:50 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The resumption of domestic flights seemed uncertain till Sunday morning after three states--Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Maharashtra-- opposed the decision citing rising coronavirus cases in the country.
Air fares to be capped for next 3 months: Aviation Ministry on domestic flight resumption
May 21, 2020, at 08:40 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Civil Aviation Ministry has issued a strict guideline for the airlines while resuming domestic flight operations, where it has stated that tickets will have to be priced between Rs 3,500 and 10,000 for the next three month.
Jan 22, 2020, at 01:28 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In the wake of the Novel Coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan city of China, the Civil Aviation Ministry has directed seven Indian airports to make arrangements for the screening of passengers coming from China, media reports said.
Civil Aviation Ministry organising ‘Aviation Conclave 2019’ with theme of “Flying for Allâ€
Feb 26, 2019, at 07:11 pm
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IBNS): The Ministry of Civil Aviation, in association with Airports Authority of India, AAICLAS and Confederation of Indian Industry, is organizing the Aviation Conclave 2019 with an overarching theme of “Flying for All”in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Suresh Prabhu to take charge of Civil Aviation Ministry along with his current portfolio
Mar 10, 2018, at 07:59 pm
New Delhi, Mar 10 (IBNS): The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, as advised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has directed that Suresh Prabhu, Cabinet Minister shall be assigned the charge of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, in addition to his existing portfolio.
Home and civil aviation ministries play blame game over long queue at Delhi airport
Nov 01, 2017, at 04:30 pm
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IBNS): Home and civil aviation ministries have started to play the blame game as passengers are compelled to stand in the long queue at the Delhi's international airport due to delay in the immigration process.