Civil Aviation Ministry
16,000 kilometres, 17 hours! HISTORY CREATED - Air India all-women crew lands in Bengaluru after guiding longest flight over North Pole from San Francisco
Mon, Jan 11, 2021
The flight number AI176 left San Francisco on Saturday at 8.30 PM (local time) and arrived in Bengaluru at 3.45 AM on Monday, PTI quoted Air India sources confirming this
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Air passengers alert! Booking tickets through travel agents? Modi government has this message for you
Wed, Jul 29, 2020
Are you one of those air passengers booking tickets through travel agents on international flights operating under the Vande Bharat Mission? The Civil Aviation Ministry under the Modi government has an important message for you.
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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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