Ministry of civil aviation
Amber Dubey, Partner & Head of Aviation, KPMG
May 3, 2017
Availability of world-class skilled professionals has been a crying need of the Indian aviation industry for a very long time. Realising this, all the stakeholders have supported skill development at a war footing, says Amber Dubey, partner and India head of aerospace and defence...
Read MoreMinistry of Civil Aviation launches web portal ‘Air Sewa’
April 1, 2017
‘Air Sewa’, an initiative of the Ministry of Civil Aviation looks to offer a convenient and hassle-free air travel experience to people, by including a mechanism for grievance redressal, back office operations for grievance handling, flight status/schedule information, airpor...
Read MoreMinistry of Civil Aviation proposes biometric screening at airports
December 17, 2016
The thumbprint might soon be all one needs as formal documentation to enter Indian airports and board domestic flights. The aviation ministry is planning to introduce biometric screening at airports to help passengers enter just by flashing their thumbs, instead of presenting ide...
Read MoreFive Indian airports to do away with cabin baggage tags
December 9, 2016
The Ministry of Civil Aviation has decided to do away with the hand baggage tags on a pilot basis at Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru airports.
Read MoreMinistry of Civil Aviation focuses on skill development
November 30, 2016
The Ministry of Civil Aviation hired an agency - ICRA Management Consultancy Ltd (IMaCS) - to undertake a comprehensive skill gap analysis of the civil aviation sector and to formulate a future roadmap for skill development in the sector.
Read MoreGovernment of India launches ‘AirSewa Portal’
November 29, 2016
AirSewa is an initiative of the Ministry of Civil Aviation to offer people a convenient and hassle-free air travel experience. It will be operated through an interactive web portal as well as through a mobile app for both android and iOS platforms. The portal will address grievan...
Read MoreIATA: Indian aviation sector to go beyond UK by 2026
October 19, 2016
The aviation industry in India is poised to overtake United Kingdom to become the third largest in the world in the next ten years, IATA predicts in a recent study.
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