Ashok Gajapathi Raju
AAI to invest Rs 1,232 crore for new terminal building at Guwahati
Mon, Jan 29, 2018
The Airports Authority of India will invest Rs 1,232 crore to construct a new integrated international terminal here, Civil Aviation Minister P Ashok Gajapathy Raju said today. The new terminal building is expected to be complete by 2021.
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Govt awards 325 air routes in tier 2, 3 cities under UDAN-2
Thu, Jan 25, 2018
The government today awarded 325 routes to airlines as well as helicopter operators, enhancing air connectivity to 73 new airports and helipads in tier 2 and tier 3 cities, including Kargil in the frontier Ladakh region.
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Keep profitable Air India subsidiaries out of disinvestment: Gadkari
Sun, Aug 13, 2017
As Air India Engineering Services Limited (AIESL) today announced induction of first third-party aircraft for major maintenance work at its Nagpur MRO unit, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said profit-making subsidiaries of Air India should be kept out of proposed privatisation.
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Govt unveils 128 routes for Regional Connectivity; first flight to take off next month
Thu, Mar 30, 2017
In a move to connect the regional areas with unserved and underserved airports, the Ministry of Civil Aviation unveiled 128 routes under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) on Thursday.
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For safety reasons, Air India 'blacklists' Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad for assaulting staffer
Fri, Mar 24, 2017
Indian government-run airline Air India on Friday blacklisted "unruly" Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad who admitted to assaulting an airline staffer "25 times" with his shoes and attempted to throw him out of the aircraft on Thursday.
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