Page 44 - Aviation

To encourage travel to smaller cities Delhi lowers tax on aviation fuel

Tax reduction is only for airlines operating under the federal govt's regional connectivity scheme

Indian airports face capacity crunch as aviation market booms

Domestic passenger numbers topped 100 million last year, with most of the growth involving air traffic between biggest cities

India keeping away from CORSIA a major concern: IATA

IATA represents more than 265 airlines from across the world

New biz models can improve efficiency in aviation sector: Report

Titled 'Impact of ICT on Indian Aviation', the report said aviation sector is on the cusp of aggressive growth, technology disruption

Govt launches regional aviation scheme to get more people flying

Industry experts expressed reservations about levy; ministry defended the scheme, saying it will boost overall market

Foreign planes may soon fly without Indian registration

This move would help in further improving the ease of doing business for the operators and the lessors

Airlines spar over on-time performance

SpiceJet, Vistara make diffferent claims about punctuality, battle it out on social media

India signs open skies pact with Greece

The agreement will allow airlines from India to operate unlimited number of flights to Greece

Aviation fuel demand rebounds

After 4 years of nearly flat growth, ATF consumption jumped 9% in FY16; trend expected to stay as sector outlook turns sunny

India might raise Dubai airline seat entitlements

This will allow Emirates to further expand operations in the country

Forcing low airfares on Gulf route may attract litigation: Govt

The civil aviation ministry conveyed this view to a Parliamentary panel

Aviation ministry roadshows in states on RCS

A ministry official says roadshows will work better than celebrities in building awareness and facilitating dialogue with state govts

Focus on growing cyber threats to aviation: IATA

Like Air India, there have been recent cyber attacks on some major airlines, including one in Canada, and a global airlines alliance

Cabinet clears civil aviation policy, replaces 5/20 condition with 0/20 rule

Centre sticks to 20-aircraft norm for domestic sector, but does away with the rule needing five years of operations

Airline shares trade firm after Cabinet clears aviation policy

SpiceJet, Jet Airways and InterGlobe Aviation were up 2%-5% on the BSE

Some private carriers favoured under UPA: Gajapathi Raju

The Civil Aviation Minister said domestic carriers lost out significantly to their foreign counterparts in the previous govt

Rising oil prices may ground high-flying aviation stocks

Analysts feel it is difficult to take a call on these stocks at this level

10 key takeaways from the new draft Civil Aviation Policy

The Civil Aviation Ministry has cleared the aviation policy for final Cabinet approval after months of debates and inter-ministerial consultations

Lack of government support dampens growth of business jets

Poor infrastructure and policy paralysis stymied growth of the industry

New civil aviation policy likely to ground 5/20 rule

Ministry to send Cabinet note on draft policy by this week