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International air cargo handled during Oct 90% of its year-ago level: Puri

International air cargo handled in India during October was 90 per cent of its year-ago level, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Friday. "With our skies & airports busy facilitating more than 1.81 crore domestic passengers since May 25, 2020, another area which witnessed robust activity & growth is air cargo," he said on Twitter. India had resumed scheduled domestic passenger services from May 25 after a gap of two months due to coronavirus-induced lockdown. Scheduled international passenger flights continue to remain suspended in India since March 23. However, air cargo operations - national and international - have not been suspended this year. The air cargo data across the country has shown multiple green shoots, Puri said. Air cargo at Indian airports has increased from 1.55 million metric tonnes (MMT) in 2006-07 to 3.56 MMT in 2018-19. It faced a minor dip to 3.33 MMT during 2019-20 as a result of global downturn due to COVID-19, he said. "India's ...

206,000 passengers used domestic air services since May 25: Hardeep Puri

Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that a total of 206,000 passengers have used the domestic air services since May 25, the day when flight operations resumed post-Covid lockdown

India may see behavioural change in urban mobility in Covid-19 aftermath

In a statement, the ministry said it has issued a detailed advisory as to how the nation needs to move ahead in these testing times

Some countries haven't yet removed restrictions on entry of Indians: Puri

Some countries have still not removed restrictions on the entry of Indians and the government is ready to fly passengers to these countries whenever they ease their limits, said Hardeep Singh Puri

Minimum air fare structure for domestic sector extended till Feb 24: Puri

At a press conference here, he said the fare structure will be extended by another three months till February 2021

Bidding for Air India to be done on enterprise value: Hardeep Singh Puri

Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday said bidding for Air India would be done on the basis of its enterprise value instead of equity value

Fare limits to remain in place for another three months: Hardeep Singh Puri

The upper and lower limits on domestic airfares will remain in place for another three months post November 24, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday

Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri among BJP Rajya Sabha candidates from UP

BJP announced eight candidates for Rajya Sabha bypolls from Uttar Pradesh with the list including union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and party leaders Neeraj Shekha and Arun Singh

Jet Airways will have to reapply for slots, have 20 planes for global ops

When it shut operations, Jet Airways had close to 700 such slots pair including 116 and 214 in prime airports of Delhi and Mumbai

New Parliament building to be ready by Oct 2022: Lok Sabha Secretariat

In the new building, the Lok Sabha chamber will have a seating capacity for 888 members, while Rajya Sabha will have 384 seats for the upper house members

Non-scheduled foreign cargo flights from six Indian cities only: Puri

He said non-scheduled cargo flight operations by foreign carriers to and from India are now "restricted to Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad"

India-Germany flights resume under bilateral air bubble: Hardeep Puri

The German carrier had on September 29 announced suspension of all its 'planned flights' between India and Germany till October 20, citing 'unexpected rejection'

Rajya Sabha member flags concerns over high airfares on Gulf, other routes

Rajya Sabha member M V Shreyams Kumar has urged Civil Aviation Minister Puri to immediately look into the issue of various airlines charging high fares from passengers travelling to Gulf countries

Air India facing a very challenging financial situation: Hardeep Puri

Hardeep Puri has called Air India's LWP scheme a "win-win for employees and management", and pointed out that Air India has not laid off a single employee like international and domestic carriers

Ukraine becomes 17th country to have air bubble arrangement with India

India has established a separate bilateral air bubble arrangement with Ukraine for operation of special international passenger flights between the two countries, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Wednesday. Till now, India had formed such arrangements with 16 countries -- Afghanistan, Bahrain, Oman, Canada, France, Germany, Iraq, Japan, the Maldives, Nigeria, Qatar, the UAE, Kenya, Bhutan, the UK and the USA. Under an air bubble pact between the two countries, special international passenger flights can be operated by their airlines into each other's territories under restrictive conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "To further widen the scope of international air connectivity, an air bubble arrangement is now in place for flights between India & Ukraine, taking the number of such arrangements to 17,"Puri said on Twitter. "Carriers of India & Ukraine will operate between the two countries,"he added. Scheduled international flights have been suspended in ..

Maharashtra seeks tax adjustment from Centre for slum restoration: NAREDCO

Hardeep Singh Puri has asked Maharashtra''s Housing Minister Jitendra Awhad to submit a note in this regard for further discussion in the sanctioning committee on an urgent basis, realtors

Modi will never take any steps to hurt Punjab farmers: Hardeep Puri

Accusing opposition parties of spreading lies and illusions over the new farm laws, the Union civil aviation minister asserted that there was nothing in the new legislations that will affect farmers

Foreign airline flights will not be allowed at expense of Indian ones: Puri

Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday said the time has come to send a loud and clear message that foreign airlines' flights will not be allowed at the expense of Indian airlines

Airlines may soon be allowed to run 75% of pre-Covid domestic flights: Puri

Airlines may be permitted to operate maximum 75% of their pre-Covid scheduled domestic flights if the passenger numbers continue to remain healthy during the next 7-10 days, Hardeep Singh Puri said

India has new air bubble pacts with Kenya and Bhutan: Hardeep Singh Puri

India has established separate bilateral air bubble arrangements with Kenya and Bhutan for operation of special international passenger flights between the two countries, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said. Till September 17, India had formed such arrangements with 13 countries -- Afghanistan, Bahrain, Canada, France, Germany, Iraq, Japan, the Maldives, Nigeria, Qatar, the UAE, the UK and the USA. Under an air bubble pact between two countries, special international passenger flights can be operated by their airlines into each other's territories under restrictive conditions. "In order to further boost bilateral international air connectivity air bubble arrangements are now in place with Kenya & Bhutan. Indian carriers will be able to operate to these countries," Puri said on Twitter. "Carriers of these countries will be able to fly to India," he added. Scheduled international flights have been suspended in India since March 23 due to the coronavirus ...