Civil Aviation Ministry
Ex-SBI chief Purwar front-runner to head Jet Airways interim board
Thu, Mar 28, 2019
People in the know of things said that the SBI-led management is likely to soon approve the names of the would be Chairman and the other member of the board. Thereafter, the newly constituted board will formally approve the next Chairman.
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Boeing 737 Max grounding: Aviation ministry calls meeting with airlines for contingency plan
Wed, Mar 13, 2019
The decision came days after a 737 MAX 8 aircraft operated by the Ethiopian Airlines crashed near Addis Ababa killing 157 people, including four Indians. SpiceJet has around 12 such aircraft in its fleet. Jet Airways has five, which have been already grounded.
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State govts should not look at aviation sector through Centre versus state prism, says Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu
Thu, Feb 28, 2019
Prabhu said, "State governments should not be used only as emergency landing platforms but states should regularly benefit from this. So, we really look forward to states becoming, regular, permanent, and active partners with us to make it the reality."
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Hope Jet Airways, Etihad, lenders reach a common plan, says govt official
Wed, Jan 16, 2019
"If any such thing (open offer exemption) is required, they will have to reach out to Sebi and it will take a call. That is something (open offer exemption) between Jet Airways, Etihad and Sebi. Government has no direct role in this," Choubey said.
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Kerala government can bid for Thiruvananthapuram airport, says Jayant Sinha
Fri, Dec 28, 2018
In November, the central government approved leasing out six airports for operation, management and development under public private partnership. These are Airports Authority of India (AAI) aerodromes at Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram and Mangaluru.
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Aviation: Will DGCA licensing air traffic controllers affect AAI's operational structure?
Sun, Sep 09, 2018
By virtue of having long established practices and adequately trained and skilled manpower, the AAI has been complying with the ICAO provisions pertaining to air traffic services personnel, AAI Chairman Guruprasad Mohapatra said.
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