New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) The International Air Transport Association (IATA), a global aviation industry lobby, Friday asked governments for more tax concessions to help carriers invest in fuel-efficient aircraft. "We ask governments ...

New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) The worst is over for the aviation industry, but it will take a few more years for the sector to completely recover from the crisis, an international ...

New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel Tuesday said he would ask the ministerial group on civil aviation to immediately release funds for cash-strapped national carrier Air India ...

Montreal, Oct 12, (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has submitted a plan at a global conference on civil aviation here, detailing its steps to curb future emissions from the airline sector, ...

Nedumbassery (Kerala), Sep.26 (ANI): Civil Aviation Secretary M Madhavan Nambiar on Friday said that the Aviation industry was going through a very difficult phase turning thousands of pilots and other specialized staff ...

Kerala, Sep. 26 (ANI): Civil Aviation secretary M Madhavan Nambiar has said that aviation industry is going through a very difficult phase, turning thousands of pilots and other specialized staff jobless in ...

New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) According to an audit done by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the US, India has been found to be fully compliant with international safety standards, the ...

New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) A US probe has found that the pilot and co-pilot of the chopper that crashed in an Andhra Pradesh forest, killing chief minister Y.S. ...

Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 18 (IANS) Dubai-based Emirates Airline Friday announced holiday packages to destinations in Asia and Europe on the occasion of Eid, a company official said. Asha Subramanian, sales manager of Emirates Airline, ...

New Delhi, Sep 16 (ANI): Union Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said here on Wednesday that a revival plan for national carrier Air India is on track and his ministry will soon ...

Mumbai, Sep 12 (IANS) A crippling strike by Jet Airways pilots entered the fifth day Saturday, leading to the cancellation of 180 flights including 25 on the international route, officials said. There was ...

New Delhi, Aug 13 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Praful Patel informed on Thursday that the Centre has decided to set up a Group of Ministers (GoM) to look ...

New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) India's aviation sector regulator has warned all airlines operating on international routes of "appropriate action" if they failed to comply with instructions regarding distribution of health screening ...

Kolkata, Aug 10 (IBNS) The net profit of Air Arabia (PJSC), the Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC), for the first half of this year (ending June ...

Sharjah, Aug 8 (IANS) Air Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) based low-cost carrier, has reported a 21 percent increase in profits in the first half of 2009, the WAM news agency ...

New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Private carrier Kingfisher Airlines has reported a net loss of Rs.1,608.09 crore ($338.5 million) for 2008-09, but said it has plans to raise Rs.500 crore from the ...

New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) India's private airlines Sunday called off their proposal to suspend domestic operations Aug 18 in view of widespread public protest and a stern warning from the government. The ...

New Delhi, August 1(ANI): Yashwant S. Bhave on Saturday took over as the first Chairperson of the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA), which was recently constituted by Government for the economic regulation ...

New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel Saturday asked private airlines not to suspend operations Aug 18 and come to the table for discussions rather than inconvenience passengers. ...

New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel Saturday asked private airlines withdraw their proposal to suspend operations Aug 18 and asked them come to the table for discussions ...

New Delhi, August 01(ANI): Union Minster of State for Civil Aviation Praful Patel has urged the private air operators to come forward for negotiations rather than threatening to suspend on August 18. Patel ...

Mumbai, July 31 (IANS) India's private airlines Friday threatened not to fly from Aug 18 if the government fails to announce a bailout package to help them tide over the ongoing ...

Mumbai, July 31 (IANS) India's private airlines Friday threatened not to fly from Aug 18 if the government fails to announce a bailout package to help tide over the ongoing crisis ...

New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Travel management company Uniglobe Travel Wednesday launched a carbon offset programme in India that will allow air travellers to purchase carbon credits to reduce the environmental ...

New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) The government Tuesday signed a pact with International Air Transport Association (IATA), which represents some 230 airlines comprising over 90 percent of scheduled air traffic globally, on ...

New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Budget carrier SpiceJet Tuesday reported net profits of Rs.263.42 million for the first quarter of this fiscal, against a loss of Rs.1.29 billion in the like quarter ...

New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Boeing Co, the world's second largest commercial aircraft maker, Wednesday said it has not received any proposal from India's cash-strapped national carrier Air India for deferring or ...

New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Cash-strapped state-run carrier Air India is reworking the employees' productivity-linked incentive (PLI) scheme as part of its restructuring plan. PLI accounts for almost half of the company's ...

Chennai, July 13 (IANS) After attracting global automobile manufacturers to the state, Tamil Nadu is now targeting sectors like financial services and aviation with special schemes. Responding to the discussions for the ...

Chennai, July 13 (IANS) After attracting global automobile manufacturers to the state, Tamil Nadu is now planning a financial city, an aviation park and country-specific complexes to attract investment. Responding to the ...