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AAI cracks whip on SpiceJet, puts airline on 'cash and carry' mode

While SpiceJet was to be placed on a 'cash and carry' mode from Thursday midnight, the proposal was deferred upon a request from the airline.

Govt revives flexible use of airspace policy, move to help airlines

Sitharaman said only 60 per cent of Indian airspace is freely available and restrictions will be eased so that civilian flying becomes more efficient

Sanitisers to ticket price: 10 changes to note when India resumes flights

Facemasks and social distancing measures may become a common practice for airline passengers.

40-60% drop in air passenger traffic likely in FY21 amid Covid-19 crisis

Private joint venture airports (seven of them), including Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad accounted for over 54 per cent of the 349 million passengers in CY19.

Airport security: Only half the X-ray screeners pass 'explosive' test

Results have major ramifications for smaller airports where airline staff are directly responsible for screening checked-in baggage

As visibility improves, flight operations resume at Srinagar airport

Last Friday, several flights were cancelled due to bad weather, while no flight operations took place from Saturday to December 13

AAI inks deal with IATA to train 500 employees on air transport system

Airports Authority of India on Wednesday said it has signed an agreement with the International Air Transport Association for training its 500 employees using the latter's online course on "overview of the air transport system". "The online training course will help in providing fundamental knowledge of air transportation system and shall cover overview of the world aviation organizations, airports, air navigation services and civil aviation authorities," said AAI in an official statement. The agreement was signed between AAI Member (HR) Anuj Aggarwaland IATA-Training Director Stephanie Siouffi during the "6th ICAO Global Aviation Training & Trainair Plus Symposium" that is being held in Delhi from December 4 to December 6.

AAI starts taking bids under Udan 4.0, focus on northeastern states, J&K

The focus of this round would be mainly on connecting north-eastern states, hilly states, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and islands, a release said

AAI proposes privatisation of 6 airports including Amritsar, Varanasi

The AAI, which works under the Ministry of Civil Aviation, owns and manages more than 100 airports across the country

Arvind Singh, a 1988-batch IAS officer, takes over as AAI chairman

The AAI, which comes under the Ministry of Civil Aviation, owns and manages more than 100 airports across the country

Inform if any aircraft acquisition plans change, AAI tells airlines

According to industry estimate, airlines in India have speeded up their aircraft acquisition plans. They will add at least 30 planes till December, of which 20 will be added by the first week of Nov

Govt plans to privatise 20-25 airports in next phase: AAI chairman

Last year, the government had decided to privatise airports in Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Mangaluru, Thiruvananthapuram, and Guwahati for operation, management and development through PPP model

Airports Authority of India to soon implement real-time surveillance system

Implementation of Space-Based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) data services would fill the gap as the present ground- based infrastructure covers only terrestrial airspace

AAI may issue Rs 5,000-cr bonds for airport projects

The expenditure will primarily be meant to build seven greenfield airports and step up the capacity of terminals and runways at 46 existing airports

You will now have to fork out Rs 5,000 for unruly acts at airports

Under the earlier rules, this amount was just Rs 20 per day

AAI eases bidding terms for Ahmedabad, Jaipur airports

Govt is trying to attract foreign players to build some of the 200 airports that the country needs

AAI to open up space for business near Bhubaneswar airport

The AAI will spend Rs 250 crore on upgradation of the Bhubaneswar international airport

As Indians fly more, AAI clocks record revenue

This is the first time in the history of the airport operator that revenue crossed Rs 10,000 crore