AAI announces day-time operations of passenger flights from Chennai airport
National carrier Air India to operate flights on Sunday after AAI announced day-time operations of passenger flights The post AAI announces day-time operations of passenger flights from Chennai airport...
View ArticleGovt avoids concession route, Changi to manage Jaipur, Ahmedabad airports for...
In August this year, it had become clear that the government was scrapping earlier plans to invite private developers to pick up equity stakes in the two airport projects of Chennai and Kolkata. The...
View ArticleAviation has come a long way in the past 15 years, but many challenges remain
In the last 15 years, a lot has happened to India's civil aviation sector. In 2000-01, only about 14 million Indians flew on a domestic flight. This increased by more than three-fold to over 45 million...
View ArticleConventional options not enough: Kelkar panel bats for PPP in airports
The proposed O&M process is now mired in a controversy since this is being done without a global tender. The post Conventional options not enough: Kelkar panel bats for PPP in airports appeared...
View ArticleAviation ministry on backfoot after Opposition questions Changi contract
The Congress and the Left parties have created an uproar over an initial MoU between India and Singapore which allows that country to nominate an agency for taking the O&M contract for the two...
View ArticleWhy are private consortia of Delhi and Mumbai airports averse to CAG audit?
Operators of both airports also argue that the Airports Authority of India, which is seeking an audit by the CAG,has not made known any doubts nor sought any clarifications from the board of directors...
View ArticleChandigarh airport to be named after Bhagat Singh; Haryana Assembly gives...
Chandigarh: The Haryana Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution to name Chandigarh airport after freedom struggle icon Shaheed Bhagat Singh. As soon as the Question Hour ended,...
View ArticleAirports Authority of India suffers losses of Rs 27.31 cr on Gondia airport...
Till date an expenditure of Rs 201.84 crore, of which Rs 198.9 crore are from the Government budgetary fund, has been incurred for development of Birsi airport at Gondia in Maharashtra The post...
View Article10,932 companies default on provident funds, Airports Authority of India tops...
More than 10,000 companies – including 1,195 state-owned – nationwide have defaulted on provident fund payments The post 10,932 companies default on provident funds, Airports Authority of India tops...
View ArticleWhy’s CAG right in pointing out AAI’s lingering revenue losses on Gondia airport
The revenue earned by Airports Authority of India (AAI) from the first flying training institute set up at Gondia was insufficient to meet the operation and maintenance cost of the airport The post...
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