Following uproars from flyers, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has told that he will be looking into the process where passengers are being charged an extra sum of Rs 200 for getting their boarding passes at the airport.
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The deal had been in the works for months. On May 12th, Air France-KLM and IndiGo implemented their codeshare deal, which they declared in December last year. This permits each airline to access several additional routes in each other’s networks and offers passengers the convenience of more options.
Qantas is springing a nice surprise on some passengers traveling between Melbourne and Los Angeles in June, with the A380 operating some services.
Australia’s Qantas Airways (QAN.AX) told on Thursday it would buy the remaining 80% stake in Alliance Aviation Services (AQZ.AX) for A$610.8 million ($443.14 million) in an all-stock agreement to grow its footprint in the charter business.
The aviation ministry extended the term of the Concession Deal of GMR Infrastructure Limited (GIL) for operating the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad till 2068.
United Airlines is returning to Melbourne in June with thrice-weekly flights from San Francisco and becomes the only airline on the MEL – SFO route.
The Indian civil aviation industry has also bounced back from the Covid-19 pandemic-induced crisis, slowly but surely, with a lot of latent need arriving at the fore, civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said to HT.
This disinvestment is the second major sale from the government’s aviation portfolio in the last 12 months Air India went to Tata Group in January this year.
The Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) recently concluded its audit of India’s aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), retaining India in Category 1. The US transportation watchdog conducts such checks every few years to assess whether aviation protocols are being adhered to.
The Tatas have begun the task of consolidating their airline’s businesses through a proposed merger — of AirAsia India Pvt Ltd (AAIPL) with Air India (AI) — and bringing together all these entities under one roof at a mega office in Gurgaon.