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Air India to restart lone Himachal Pradesh flight from Dec 3

December 1st, 2008 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS -
Shimla, Dec 1 (IANS) State-owned carrier Air India has decided to restart its operations in Himachal Pradesh from Dec 3, officials said Monday."We have decided to resume the lone flight between Delhi ...

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Himachal wants decision to suspend flights reviewed

November 21st, 2008 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS -
Shimla, Nov 21 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal Friday asked the central government to review its decision to suspend flights of state-owned carrier Air India to the hill state, ...

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Air India to suspend lone Himachal Pradesh flight from Saturday

November 20th, 2008 - 12:53 pm ICT by IANS -
Shimla, Nov 20 (IANS) State-owned carrier Air India will suspend its operations in Himachal Pradesh from Saturday, officials said here Thursday. The decision is likely to hit the tourism industry of the ...

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Brit airman who sank The Bismarck dies at 93

November 15th, 2008 - 5:10 pm ICT by ANI -
A Second World War airman who took part in the raids that led to the eventual sincking of the German warship Bismarck has died at the age of 93. Les Sayer flew ...

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Move to ’save’ Amristar international airport from closure

November 11th, 2008 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) Former cricketer and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parliamentarian Navjot Singh Sidhu Tuesday met Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel to voice his concern over the deteriorating state of ...

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Kerala speeding towards building new Kannur airport

November 11th, 2008 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS -
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 11 (IANS) All arrangements are being put in place to hold a pre-bid conference to identify the partner to build the fourth international airport in the state at Kannur. Switching ...

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Central ministerial team to visit kandhamal

November 6th, 2008 - 11:13 pm ICT by Lambodar Prasad Dash -
Bhubaneswar,6/11(Lambodar Prasad Dash): A central ministerial team under the leadership of union minster of agriculture sard pawar will visit riot hit kandhamal district of orissa. This five memberteam will arrive orissa ...

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Qatar Airways says India remains hot market

October 22nd, 2008 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) Leading Gulf carrier Qatar Airways Wednesday said India remained an important market not just for its civil aviation operations but also as the principal source for manpower, ...

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Praful Patel says Indian carriers to repay aviation fuel dues by March 2009

October 22nd, 2008 - 6:07 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Oct 22 (ANI): Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel today said that India''s airline companies are to repay upto 28 billion rupees outstanding aviation fuel dues to state-run refineries by ...

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Deora to meet oil firms and airlines to resolve fuel bill impasse today

Deora to meet oil firms and airlines to resolve fuel bill impasse today

October 22nd, 2008 - 8:29 am ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Oct.22 (ANI): Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora will meet with representatives of state-run oil companies and private airlines here today in a bid to resolve their dispute ...

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No GoM consensus on proposed Greater Noida airport (Lead)

October 21st, 2008 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) A Group of Ministers (GoM) which met Tuesday to take a call on constructing a greenfield airport at Greater Noida failed to reach consensus on the issue ...

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Deora to meet oil firms and airlines to resolve fuel bill impasse

Deora to meet oil firms and airlines to resolve fuel bill impasse

October 21st, 2008 - 6:58 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Oct.21 (ANI): Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora will meet with representatives of state-run oil companies and private airlines on Wednesday in a bid to resolve their dispute ...

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UPA has orchestrated crash landing of aviation sector: BJP

UPA has orchestrated crash landing of aviation sector: BJP

October 17th, 2008 - 7:49 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Oct.17 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday charged the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government with orchestrating the "crash landing" of the country''s aviation sector, and suggested that ...

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Praful Patel says he asked Naresh Goyal to reinstate sacked employees

October 17th, 2008 - 1:51 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Oct 17 (ANI): Taking the credit for last night''s reinstatement of Jet Airways'' sacked employees, nearly 1900 in number, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Praful Patel today said ...

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Patel rules out retrenchment of Air India staff

October 16th, 2008 - 8:20 pm ICT by ANI -
Hyderabad, Oct.16 (ANI):Union Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel has said that there will be no retrenchment in Air India. "I have no information about this. I will be able to say something ...

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BJP flays government for not supporting Jet’s sacked staff

BJP flays government for not supporting Jet’s sacked staff

October 16th, 2008 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday criticised the government for not supporting the sacked employees of Jet Airways."Civil aviation minister Praful Patel's statement shows that the government ...

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Air India may lay-off of 15,000 staff for up to five years

October 16th, 2008 - 6:32 pm ICT by ANI -
Hyderabad, Oct 16 (ANI): Air India on Thursday said that it is considering a plan to give about 15,000 of its staff a three-five years leave without pay. Air India CMD Raghu ...

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Praful Patel opens India’’s first aviation show at Hyderabad

October 15th, 2008 - 4:47 pm ICT by ANI -
Hyderabad, Oct 15 (ANI): Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel today opened the country''s first International Exhibition and Conference on Civil Aviation "India Aviation 2008" here today. Inaugurating the exhibition at the Begumpet ...

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Government not to oppose Jet-Kingfisher alliance if within law: Minister

October 15th, 2008 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS -
Hyderabad, Oct 15 (IANS) The government has no objection to the proposed alliance between Jet Airlines and Kingfisher if the operational details are within the existing legal and regulatory framework, Minister for ...

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GoAir engineer’s licence suspended

October 13th, 2008 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) The country's civil aviation regulator has suspended the licence of the maintenance engineer of the GoAir flight, which made an emergency landing at Delhi airport Oct 9 ...

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Russia plans to sell SuperJet-100 airliners to India

September 30th, 2008 - 3:04 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Sep 30 (ANI): Russias United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has said that it had started talks with Indian firms on the delivery of SuperJet-100 passenger airliners and other civil aircraft ...

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Text of EU-India Joint Press Communique continue……..

September 29th, 2008 - 9:49 pm ICT by ANI -
Text of EU-India Joint Press Communique continue........ III. EU-India bilateral relations Developments in Europe and India The Leaders discussed developments in the EU and in India. Regarding Europe, the EU focused on the Lisbon ...

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India-EU Summit: PM interacts with European leaders

India-EU Summit: PM interacts with European leaders

September 29th, 2008 - 6:42 pm ICT by ANI -
By Naveen Kapoor Marseilles (France), Sept.29 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has begun an interaction with the President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, and European Union Commisioner Javier ...

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Third runway at IGI Airport becomes operational

September 25th, 2008 - 1:31 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Sept 25 (ANI): The third runway of the Indira Gandhi Airport became operational from today with the landing of a British Airways plane. A Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) spokesperson ...

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Third runway at IGI Airport to be operationalised from tomorrow

September 24th, 2008 - 10:50 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi , Sept 24 (ANI): The third runway of the Indira Gandhi Airport in Delhi will become operational from Thursday morning. The first flight to land at the airport will ...

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Air Force Chief calls for a self reliant Indian aerospace Industry

September 24th, 2008 - 9:56 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi , Sept 24 (ANI): Air Chief Marshall F. M. Major, PVSM, AVSM , SC , VM, ADC, called for an immediate need to develop a conducive environment facilitated towards ...

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India curbs project cost overruns by 50 percent

September 23rd, 2008 - 1:28 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) India has brought down project cost overruns by nearly 50 percent in under two decades through timely implementation of various schemes, says a government assessment.The Ministry of ...

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Ashok Chawla joins as Secretary of Department of Economic Affairs

September 17th, 2008 - 4:12 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Sept 17 (ANI): Ashok Chawla, IAS-1973 batch of Gujarat Cadre, joined as Secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance here this morning. Chawla is considered as ...

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Tina Ambani’s plane hits snag

September 16th, 2008 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS -
Mumbai, Sep 16 (IANS) Anil Ambani's private jet with wife Tina Ambani and her friends on board returned to Mumbai airport after taking off for Nice in France due to a ...

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Nambiar takes over from Chawla as aviation secretary (Lead)

September 15th, 2008 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) M. Madhavan Nambiar, special secretary in the Department of Information Technology, was Monday appointed civil aviation secretary replacing Ashok Chawla, who has been moved to the Department ...

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