Days after inking a deal with Etihad, Jet Airway's management clarified that that Abu Dhabi-based airline will have significant representation on the Jet board. Etihad will have three members in the seven-member Jet Airways board.
Airfares could become cheaper as the aviation ministry has allowed airlines to unbundle services, which means that the airlines can charge extra for everything, including check-in luggage.
According to sources, the private jet carrying BJP leaders that developed a technical snag on Monday, belongs to a subsidiary company owned by 2G scam accused Shahid Balwa. Now, Aam Aadmi Party member Manish Sisodia has questioned BJP's double standards, for u...
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation had indicated that in 2003 no aviation accidents had taken place, but the International Civil Aviation Organisation report for 2003 highlights substantial damage to a Jet Airways flight after touch down on the Mumbai r...
State Home Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan says he does not plan to make Abdul Nasser Madani's travel mess-up into a contentious issue between Kerala and Karnataka. He says that Mos Civil Aviation must have information about the same for saying Bangalore ...
Bangalore police was lax in making proper arrangements for Abdul Nasser Madani's air travel, says MoS Civil Aviation KC Venugopal. The minister says he wil personally get involved to get the leader to Kerala to attend his daughter’s wedding. Madani, who is a...
The Finance Ministry has cleared the investment proposal of Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia which seeks to enter India through a joint venture with Tata Group. Rs 80 crore is initial investment. The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), headed by DEA Sec...
Abu Dhabi Air Expo 2013, showcasing the latest products and services in the aviation industry from various companies, has begun at Al Bateen Executive Airport.
Kuala Lumpur-headquartered airline AirAsia, which is awaiting the Foreign Investment Proposal Board (FIPB) clearance, is expected to start its domestic operations in India by June 2013. The FIPB is slated to take up Air Asia’s JV proposal with the Tatas and ...
The Finance Minister P Chidambaram has today presented his budget in the House. A panel of experts of CII present their views on how the corporate sector views the budget pronouncements. Among those presenting their views are Ankur Bhatia, MD of Bird Group an...
The Union Civil and Aviation Ministry has scrapped the international flying rights and domestic slots of the grounded Kingfisher Airlines Limited, which could make its planned, phased restart even more difficult. The move is likely to make available 25,000 add...
The Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh says that the Kingfisher Airlines might be able to fly again only if they have at least Rs 10 billion to restart operations. According to the sources in the government, the government might help KFA if they paid off all t...
Despite the expose by Headlines Today that revealed that some of the pilots possess fake licences without receiving any form of simulated training, thereby putting the safety of passengers at risk, the DGCA has failed to initiate any stern action against these...
The body that advises the DGCA found that some of these pilots were let off with a rap on their knuckles when criminal activities against them were reported to the DGCA. Consumer rights activist Bijon Mishra, former advisor for Civil Aviation and DGCA retired ...
The channel blows the cover off a deadly racket in the aviation industry. It reveals how senior commanders who train the pilots fudge their licenses, thus putting at risk lives of millions of passengers.
All six Boeing 787 Dreamliners of Air India has been grounded. DGCA has revealed that the decision was taken following a similar decision taken by the US and Japan and these will revive operations only after ensuring the safety aspects. DGCA was directed by US...
After an emergency landing of a Dreamliner flight in Japan, Boeing has asked countries world over to ground their flights. Of late, a number of technical faults have been reported from these aircrafts. Following instructions, India has grounded all six Dreamli...
Following the emergency landing of the Dreamliner in Japan, Boeing has advised all countries to ground their fleets as well. The last Dreamliner to fly from from the India fleet took off early today morning. Security reasons have been cited for the grounding o...
Following the emergency landing of a Dreamliner in Japan, America has grounded their fleet. India has also followed suit. The last Dreamliner to fly from India took off early today morning. Security reasons have been sited for the grounding of the fleet. The D...
A never before seen fire enveloped at least half a dozen aircraft on Monday. The fire at Hyderabad's Begumpet airport gutted at least seven parked Cessna aircraft and the entire aircraft maintenance centre. The fire occurred in the hangar area of the airport t...
Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has assured that the problems faced by fliers due to frequent cancellations of Gulf-bound flights will be solved before January 2013. Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi had met Ajit Singh to brief him about the pro...
Kingfisher Airlines chairman Vijay Mallya has met Civil Aviation Secretary KN Srivastava and has reportedly presented a revival plan for the debt-ridden Airlines. The DGCA had earlier suspended the flying license of KFA. Mallya has said that he briefed the Avi...
Kingfisher Airlines chairman Vijay Mallya has met Civil Aviation Secretary KN Srivastava and has reportedly presented a revival plan for the debt-ridden Airlines. The DGCA had earlier suspended the flying license of KFA. Mallya says that he briefed the Aviatio...
As the standoff between Kingfisher Airlines employees and management has come to an end, Vijay Mallya tweets saying that he welcomes all to work. In his tweet, he also thanks KFA employees for their faith in him and in the Airlines and for their continuing com...
Kingfisher Airlines CEO Sanjay Aggarwal plans to meet the engineers in the Delhi airport in an attempt to pacify the employees and coax them to return to work. The management has also agreed to disburse one month salary immediately so that the employees return...
The Indian Grand Prix is all set to rock the weekend, however for Kingfisher Airlines employees the competition is the only hope for them to meet their CEO Vijay Mallya. Mallya is expected to attend the F1 race and the employees are ready to stage a dharna to ...
Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh will meet the Kingfisher Airlines ground handling staff to chalk out a survival plan. He says that he will meet the employees to try and settle issues out of Court. The Minister had earlier said that the government was not in...
In what appears as a fresh twist, an insider who is in the know-how of things, has claimed that the Kingfisher Airlines crisis could have been averted had not the Civil Aviation Ministry been soft on the Airlines. The insider has alleged that Kingfisher Airlin...
Battling the perception war, Kingfisher Airlines head Vijay Mallya, comes out on his Twitter profile and says that he is not an absconder. 'I travel 24/7 where my multiple work responsibilities take me. Sections of media call me an absconder because I don't ta...
In what appears as a fresh twist, an insider who is in the know-how of things, has claimed that the Kingfisher Airlines crisis could have been averted had not the Civil Aviation Ministry been soft on the Airlines. The insider has alleged that Kingfisher Airlin...
Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh says that he knows that Kingfisher Airlines is in deep trouble and that the government cannot do anything about the situation. He also points out that the complete infrastructure of KFA has gone for a toss but the government...
In regard with the Kingfisher Airline fiasco, Union civil aviation minister Ajit Singh says that private firm employees do not come under any ministry's purview. He says the government can't interfere as Kingfisher is a private company. He agrees that though t...
Newshour | Following the DGCA's cancellation of the flying licence for Kingfisher Airlines, the company now comes up with a payment installment plan to pay all the dues. The first installment will be credited within 24 hours, the second in less than a week, an...
Centre Stage | The Kingfisher Airlines impasse continues as the employees have refused to accept the solution offered by the KFA officials. The officials have been attempting to pacify the agitating employees in vain. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation ...
News Night | The Kingfisher Airlines impasse continues as the employees have refused to accept the solution offered by the KFA officials. The officials have been attempting to pacify the agitating employees in vain. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (D...
The striking Kingfisher Airlines employees have refused to accept the offer put forward by the Airlines. The KFA management had earlier said that the employees will get three months' salaries before Diwali. Subasa Mishra, spokesperson of KFA Engineers Union sa...
KFA employees refuse to accept the new three-month dues payment plan and demand that Vijay Mallya meet them face-to-face. The Kingfisher Airlines had decided to pay its employees three-month dues by staggering the payments. The first installment will be credit...
Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh says that he has no hopes for Kingfisher Airlines and that the company might not recover at all. He says that the complete infrastructure of KFA has gone for a toss and the government is not in the business of reviving privat...
The Kingfisher Airlines decides to pay its employees three-month dues by staggering the payments. The first installment will be credited within 24 hours, the second in less than a week, and the third month's salary after Diwali. The employees have not been pai...
KFA employees refuse to accept the new three-month dues payment plan. The Kingfisher Airlines had decided to pay its employees three-month dues by staggering the payments. The first installment will be credited within 24 hours, the second in less than a week, ...
The Kingfisher Airlines has decided to pay its employees three-month dues by staggering the payments. The first installment will be credited within 24 hours, the second in less than a week, and the third month's salary after Diwali. The employees have not been...
Finally the months-long agitation by the Kingfisher Airlines employees appears to have bore some fruit as the cash-strapped KFA has agreed to pay its striking employees a month's salary. There are no reports of if the employees have agreed to accept this offer...
Finally the months-long agitation by the Kingfisher Airlines employees appears to have bore some fruit as the cash-strapped KFA has agreed to pay its striking employees a month's salary. Meanwhile Kingfisher Airlines' shares have dropped down drastically follo...
Four passengers of the six accused of trying to hijack the Abu Dhabi-Kochi Air India Express flight arrived at Kochi airport to testify in the case. Among the other two accused passengers, Rashid didn't appear stating his father's demise as reason and Augustin...
Interior designer Pradeep Chakraborthy still awaits payment dues from the cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines. The company owes him close to Rs 8 lakh in cash for several interior designing assignments that he had undertaken for the company. When he approached t...
The DGCA suspends the flying licence of the cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines. As the employees await their unpaid salaries, and the company reels under a debt of more than Rs 7000 crore, chief Vijay Mallya chooses to remain silent. However, an official statem...
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) suspends the flying licence of Kingfisher Airlines for failing to come up with a viable financial revival plan. The Vijay Mallya-promoted airline, which has not operated a single flight since October 1, had been...
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) suspends the flying licence of Kingfisher Airlines for failing to come up with a viable financial revival plan. The Vijay Mallya-promoted airline, which has not operated a single flight since October 1, had been...
Kingfisher Airlines extends its lockout for another week until October 20 after the DGCA sent out a showcause notice to the management. The salaries have still not been paid fully to the employees and related issues are still being resolved. In the light of th...
The Kingfisher Airlines partial lockout ends today, but the Airline might extend the lockout as the Kingfisher employees strike continues. The KFA pilots and engineers are adamant that they will not get back to work unless the seven months salary that is due t...
Kingfisher has prepared its reply to the showcause notice issued by the Aviation Regulator, the DGCA. KFA has given a detailed response to all the concerns brought forward by the Aviation Authority. Vijay Mallya has assured the DGCA that the Airlines still has...
On Market Hour: Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal supports levying one time spectrum fees but says the Cabinet will take the final decision. Market Hour speaks to Rajan Mathews from COAI, Swati Kulkarni from UTI AMC and Mohit Sarat from Luthra & Luthra for their re...
Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has dismissed reports of trouble with Air India and said that action would be taken only if the pilots approach the ministry. He said that the Directorate General of Civil Aviation did not receive any letter from the Air Indi...
Following mass agitations by the Kingfisher pilots, now it is the turn of Air India pilots to demand their dues. The pilots have written to the Civil Aviation Minister, Ajit Singh, demanding that he intervene and meet their salary demands. The pilots claim tha...
Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh states that the crisis-ridden Kingfisher Airlines would have to satisfy aviation regulator DGCA on all aspects including safety and issue of non-payment of salaries to its employees in reply to the show cause notice. The mini...
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has served a show-cause notice to the debt-ridden Kingfisher Airlines asking why its flying permit should not be suspended or cancelled. The DGCA is also set to seek legal opinion from the Law Ministry as to how...
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has served a show-cause notice to the debt-ridden Kingfisher Airlines asking why its flying permit should not be suspended or cancelled. Earlier Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh had given indications about the...
The wife of an employee of Kingfisher Airlines, Sushmita Chakravarthy, committed suicide at her house in Delhi. In her suicide note she said her husband was distressed due to non-payment of salaries for the last six months. Aviation Minister Ajit Singh says th...
Reacting to the accusation that the Civil Aviation Ministry is being soft on the debt-ridden Kingfisher Airlines, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh says that the Ministry is doing what it can do as per the rules. He goes on to say that the Director General of...
The AI pilots write to DGCA claiming they are being forced to violate safety rules. The pilots are being pushed to fly more hours to increase the productivity of the airline, which is causing fatigue. The pilots also claim they have not been paid their salary ...
The Civil Aviation Minister has sent out a tough message to Kingfisher Airlines a day after the debt-ridden carrier extended its partial deadlock to Oct 12. Ajit Singh said that passenger safety cannot be compromised and Kingfisher will have to meet the DGCA g...
Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has hardened his stand on the Kingfisher Airlines crisis, a day after the debt-ridden carrier extended its partial deadlock to Oct 12. Ajit Singh said that passenger safety cannot be compromised and Kingfisher will have to me...
Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has spoken out again on the Kingfisher crisis, saying that if employees are disgruntled then it is a question of passenger safety. The airlines has been forced to extend its partial lockout till October 12. The DGCA has filed a sta...
After Kingfisher CEO Sanjay Agarwal's meeting with the striking engineers and pilots failed to end the deadlock, the debt-ridden carrier extended its partial deadlock to Oct 12. Ajit Singh said that passenger safety cannot be compromised and Kingfisher will ha...
Newshour | The woes of debt-ridden Kingfisher Airlines have been aggravated following the suicide of the wife of a staff member. The reason for the suicide, as suggested by the suicide note, was the financial crisis faced by the family. But the Civil Aviation ...
Market Hour brings reactions from the insurance sector after the Cabinet clears bills and raises FDI in the insurance sector to 49 percent. The FDI in pension fund is also on par with insurance now. Finance Minister P Chidambaram says these reforms will influe...
News Night | Adding to the woes of the crisis-struck Kingfisher Airlines is the suicide of the wife of one of the staff members. The Airline is forced to take cognizance of the matter as financial crisis has apparently led to this extreme step. Civil Aviation ...
In another round of reforms, the Union Cabinet will consider raising the FDI cap in insurance sector to 49 percent and would allow upto 26 percent in the pension sector. It might also give its acceptance to build a mega fund for major infrastructural projects ...
Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has emphasized that the safety of the passengers is the primary concern. The DGCA has now filed a status report on Kingfisher Airlines, demanding that the Airline declare its future strategy. The Civil Aviation Minister Ajit...
In another round of reforms, on Thursday, the Union Cabinet will consider raising the FDI cap in the insurance sector to 49 percent and would allow upto 26% in the pension sector. It might also give its acceptance to build a mega fund for major infrastructural...
The Kingfisher management will not be meeting with the DGCA today. The Kingfisher crisis continues to escalate as talks between the management and striking employees fails yet again. The DGCA has now filed a status report on Kingfisher Airlines, demanding that...
The Kingfisher crisis continues to escalate as talks between the management and striking employees fails yet again. A crucial meeting will now be held between the Kingfisher management and the DGCA. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has now filed a sta...
The Kingfisher deadlock continues. Around 40-50 KFA ground staff and a few engineers were present at the emergency meeting with Sanjay Agarwal, the Kingfisher CEO. The employees have rejected the compromise formula pitched during the meeting. Civil Aviation Mi...
The Kingfisher Airlines CEO Sanjay Agarwal evades questions on the all-important meet with the KFA employees, which is likely to determine the future of the cash-strapped airline. The KFA crisis compounds as talks between the management and the striking engine...
The DGCA has played it tough on Kingfisher Airlines and has demanded that the airlines submit a report on all the queries asked. The DGCA has asked the airlines whether it can sustain the integrity of the schedule and manage to stay afloat. The airlines will s...
Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh addresses the media on the issue of the Kingfisher crisis, which is gradually spiralling out of control. The KFA crisis compounds as talks between the management and the striking engineers fail for the second day in a row. Th...
The Kingfisher Airlines has run into deeper trouble with talks between the management and striking employees failing once again. The SBI has already declared KFA to be heavily under debt. The airlines has a debt of a whopping Rs 7000 crore and its fleet size h...
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation sources have revealed that the Kingfisher Airlines will be allowed to operate only after they have paid the due salaries to their employees. The DGCA has also asked the cash-strapped Airlines to get the airworthiness c...
Aviation Minister Ajit Singh says that safety is non-negotiable and that the Kingfisher Airlines can begin anew its operations only after the certified engineer gives its the necessary permission after ensuring the passenger safety. The Directorate General of ...
Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has said that passenger safety is of utmost importance and that the Kingfisher Airlines can restart its operations only if it gets the airworthiness certification from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
Sources at the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have revealed that partial lockout of the cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines will be discussed during the meeting with the Airline management. DGCA has stressed that the safety of the passengers is non...
Puntia Kumar Sinha's guest on this edition of Global Insights is Rakesh Jhunjhunwala from RARE Enterprises, who is considered as a legend in the markets and has created a large fund with his own proprietary capital. He has a positive outlook on the Indian econ...
Centrestage | After the employee strike Kingfisher Airlines faces another problem. Aviation Minister Ajit Singh says that safety is the number one issue that the strike by Kingfisher engineers has raised and that the airlines must address this situation immedi...
There are no engineers available to certify airworthiness of Kingfisher Airlines flights. The DGCA has said that since the engineers of Kingfisher Airlines are on strike, unless each flight is certified by them for airworthiness, flights cannot take off. KF c...
Gelendzhik, a resort town near Moscow, hosts the Ninth International Exhibition of Hydro-aviation for four days in early September. It showcases hybrid aircrafts with 190 particpants bringing their products to the exhibition. It highlights the industry's impor...
Several foreigners, many of whom were heading for an Himalayan trekking expedition, were killed when a Sita Air place crashed right after take-off in capital Kathamandu. Nineteen people were killed. The footage has footage from the crash site, with burning emb...
The market is upbeat after the slew of policy action, and the Chairman and CEO of Edelweiss Group talks to Nikunj Dalmia on the reason behind this optimism. He explains what it will take for India to make progress and beat inflation, how long term investors sh...
Market Hour features Rakesh Jhunjhunwala from RARE Enterprises, Sudhir Vasudeva from ONGC and Arup Roy Choudhury from NTPC. Jhunjhunwala speaks to Punita Kumar Sinha about the recent policy initiatives and where to put your money. Vasudeva raises the issue of ...
Jet Airways has aborted landing at the last moment to avert collision with a cargo plane at the Mumbai airport. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has ordered a probe into why the cargo airliner overruled instructions. This is not the first insta...
Chief Secretary K Jayakumar will meet the Civil Aviation ministry and the Foreign Affairs ministry to hold the primary level discussions regarding Air Kerala. The airline is aimed at providing budget airline services to non resident Keralites mainly in the Wes...
Union Minister of Civil Aviation Ajit Singh says that providing affordable air connectivity to remote and interior areas of the country, the North Eastern Region and Tier-II & III cities of India is high on his priorities. For this new and innovative solution ...
Following the flurry of reforms, market watchers expect a turnaround in the equity markets. Forefront Capital's Radhika Gupta and Wealth Circle's Prakash Diwan talk about their top picks across sectors like Metal, Bank and Auto, and the stocks to avoid. More s...
George Cherian facilitates a discussion on whether UPA 2 can rewrite the India story and if the recent spate of policy initiatives has come too late. The policy action came amidst political turmoil and is strongly opposed by the Opposition parties. On the pane...
George Cherian speaks to a panel of eminent bankers at the Banking Colloquium 2012, a vision sharing conference. The focus is on Indian Banks: Survival and Growth in Uncertain Times, which covers issues like asset quality and attracting the right talent.
Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has ordered the immediate suspension of six senior Airports Authority of India (AAI) officials following irregularities in awarding airports' ground handling contracts. The CBI, which was ordered to probe into the alleged gra...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to talk to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to find a middle ground to the crisis created following the clearance of FDI in retail and Aviation. Banerjee had set a 72-hour deadline to rollback the reform. Meanw...
Evan as the government is making every effort to shake off the economic paralysis with big ticket reforms like the FDI in retail and Aviation, states, especially the non-Congress states vehemently oppose to implement them. States like Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Madh...
Defending the UPA government's efforts to shake off policy paralysis, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that the steps taken like the FDI in retail and Aviation are necessary to bolster the ailing Indian economy. Further on he has remarked that diesel pri...
The Congress-led UPA government has no plan to go back its decision on FDI in multi-brand retail and Aviation even though there is vehement opposition from the Opposition and even from its own allies. There are indications that even if Trinamool Congress chief...
Government's decision to clear the much-awaited Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail and Aviation has not gone well with the Opposition and certain UPA allies like the TMC who have termed this move as 'anti-people'. But Prime Minister Manmohan...