Jewar Airport to be India's biggest

January 2018

The proposed international airport at Jewar, spreading over 5,000 hectare and having four runway strips, is touted to be India's biggest airport....

Tags: International airport, YEIDA, Gautam Budh Nagar, GMR Group, Delhi IGI Airport, Union Civil Aviation Ministry, Union Government, Jewar Airport

New Rs 1,000-cr terminal to come up at Guwahati airport

April 2017

Assam Industry Minister, Chandra Mohan Patwary has said that the Union Civil Aviation Ministry is planning to pump in Rs 1,000 crore for creation of ...

Tags: Assam Industry, Chandra Mohan Patwary, Union Civil Aviation Ministry

Centre to spend $10 bn to develop airport infrastructure

January 2017

A sum of $10 billion would be spent in the next five years to develop airport infrastructure in India so that the country could become the world’s th...

Tags: Airport infrastructure, Civil Aviation, RN Choubey, India Aviation Summit, Civil Aviation Ministry

Uncertainty continues to haunt airport project

January 2017

The fate of proposed greenfield airport at Hollongi is apparently heading towards uncertainty, following the letter written by Chief Secretary Shakun...

Tags: Hollongi, Shakuntala D Gamlin, Civil Aviation, Rajiv Nayan Choubey, Government of India, Civil Aviation Ministry

Puducherry Airport from January 2017

November 2016

A Tripartite MoU was signed between the Puducherry Government, Civil Aviation Ministry and Airports Authority of India, in New Delhi, to operationali...

Tags: Tripartite MoU, Puducherry Government, Civil Aviation Ministry, Airports Authority of India, Union Territory

Airports planned in Andhra Pradesh

November 2016

The Union Civil Aviation Ministry has accorded in principle approval to the state government for setting up a greenfield international airport at Bho...

Tags: Union Civil Aviation Ministry, Bhogapura, SPS Nellore, Orvakallu, Ministry of Civil Aviation, BIACL, PPP

DGCA considering Wi-Fi in flights

October 2016

The civil aviation regulator DGCA is examining a proposal to introduce Wi-Fi service onboard flights to adequately address all the related issues, Un...

Tags: Civil Aviation regulator DGCA, Civil Aviation Ministry, India Economic Summit

NCR Plans Second Airport

August 2016

The government plans to construct a second airport in the NCR as the existing Indira Gandhi International Airport is likely to see an increased load....

Tags: Gandhi International Airport, Civil Aviation Ministry, Construct, Jewar