Aviation

India needs technology to counter rogue drones in the country, said Rakesh Asthaana, Director General, Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS).

The Indian airline industry has renewed a call to include aviation turbine fuel in the Goods and Services Tax (GST), pointing out the urgent need to correct the high 35% tax.

The United Arab Emirates and Mauritius have called for collaboration with India in civil aviation sector at the of 12th International Conference-cum-Awards of Civil Aviation & Cargo on 20 July 2019.

Civil Aviation Ministry has formed an alternate mechanism for disinvestment of Air India to give timeline for disinvestment and first meeting will take place soon, Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State (I/C), Ministry of Civil Aviation said on 20 July...

IndiGo, India’s leading carrier, continues to enhance its international connectivity with six new flights from 25 July and 5 August to Jeddah and Kuwait.

Indian-Singapore joint venture, Vistara, to launch international flights, starting on the Delhi-Singapore and Mumbai-Singapore routes on 6 and 7 August 2019, respectively.

Yangon International Airport (YIA) has launched a marketing campaign to tap Southeast Asian bound tourists from India with a series of roadshows, including to major Indian cities, in line with the India-ASEAN Air Connectivity initiative.

The Government has accepted recommendation for restructuring and strengthening of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and setting up of an Aerospace University at a cost of Rs.592 crore.

The Cabinet has approved a proposal for leasing out of three airports Adani Enterprises Ltd for having the highest bid under the Private Public Partnership (PPP) model.

Commerce and Industry & Railways Minister Piyush Goyal has reviewed the draft National Logistics Policy and has stressed on the need to bring down the logistics cost to less than 10% of the GDP by 2022 from the current 14%...