Civil Aviation News
Air India appoints new CMD amidst troubleshooting
December 11, 2017
Senior IAS officer Pradeep Singh Kharola assumed charge as the chairman and managing director (CMD) of the debt-ridden national carrier, Air India at a time when the government has started the process for its strategic disinvestment.
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India’s first ATR simulators inaugurated in Gurugram
May 12, 2017
The Flight Simulation Technique Centre (FSTC) in Gurugram inaugurated two flight simulators recently, announcing them as the country’s first ATR simulators. The facility has also added its second Boeing-737 simulator to the existing three simulators, namely a B-737 simulator an...
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REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY SCHEME
March 28, 2017
The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA), with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) as its implementing agency, is aiming at improving regional connectivity in India. With the underlying Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS), project UDAN is set to speed-up processes in Indian aviatio...
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Instrument Landing Systems
March 28, 2017
To overcome foggy conditions that lead to massive disruptions of flight operations at various airports around the country, the Airports Authority of India has taken several measures, mainly to upgrade the Instrument Landing Systems in place. If you are a frequent traveller, chanc...
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Regional Connectivity
March 23, 2017
One of the focus areas of the government has been to push air connectivity across the country, especially to Tier II and Tier III cities as India currently uses only a third of its 456 airports, government’s initiatives such as modernisation of airports, the introduction of reg...
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India aims to set up 50 new airports by 2019
August 24, 2016
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) aims to enhance the regional connectivity in India with as many as 50 new airports in the next three years.
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