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India will need over 1,300 planes in next few years: Suresh Prabhu

Even as India is in the middle of disinvestment plan for debt-ridden Air India, newly-appointed aviation minister Suresh Prabhu has said that India will need more than 1,300 planes in

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India’s aviation growth is unprecedented: Jayant Sinha

Our Bureau Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha said it is incumbent on the Centre to create infrastructure and regulations to ensure that domestic airlines can do one billion

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Singapore Airlines has open mind on making initial bid for Air India

Singapore Airlines has an open mind about making an initial bid for a stake in state-run Air India, the head of the Singaporean carrier’s India business. India said last week

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Jet Airways to add 144 weekly flights from end of March 2018

Jet Airways (India) Ltd recently mentioned that it will introduce an additional 144 weekly flights as part of its summer schedule, starting March-end. “As part of the new schedule, Jet

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Civil Aviation ministry to focus on passenger amenities, UDAN scheme : Suresh Prabhu

Improving passenger amenities, promoting cargo handling facilities and early operationalisation of 56 new airports under UDAN scheme will be the focus of the civil aviation ministry, said Commerce and Industry

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IndiGo cancels 47 flights after regulator grounds Jets over faulty engines

IndiGo operates about 1,000 flights daily which is about 40 per cent of domestic flyers. Budget carrier IndiGo has cancelled as many as 47 flights today after the country’s aviation

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SpiceJet gets India’s ‘Best Domestic Airline’ award at Wings India 2018

SpiceJet has been awarded India’s Best Domestic Airline award at the Wings India Awards for Excellence in the Aviation Sector organised by the ministry of civil aviation, government of India

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Jet Airways, AirAsia, SpiceJet to add new aircraft to meet rising demand

The Indian aviation industry is expanding by leaps and bounds spearheaded by affordable pricing and better connectivity. In fact, domestic Indian passenger traffic increased by 17.9% in January from last

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Suresh Prabhu assigned additional Charge of Civil Aviation Ministry

Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu has been assigned additional charge of Civil Aviation Ministry vacated by Telugu Desam Party’s Ashok Gajapathi Raju last week to protest the centre’s refusal to give

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SriLankan Airlines becomes the official airline partner of Hero Nidahas Trophy 2018

Celebrating the Island’s independence with the spirit of cricket, SriLankan Airlines, the National carrier of Sri Lanka and a member of the oneworld alliance, becomes the official airline partner of