Indian aviation news

The Meghalaya High Court directed the state government to file a preliminary statement on building a new airport or expanding the existing one, as the Airport Authority of India (AAI) tells extension of runways at Shillong Airport may not be possible.

The judgment to not use aerobridges for boarding and deboarding an aircraft was causing inconvenience to aged passengers, the panel counted.

Deoghar airport is provided with modern facilities including 24-hour medical assistance for passengers. With six check-in counters, the airport has a prime hour handling capacity of 200 passengers. 

Airfares are likely to fall up to 40% on an expected increase in the number of flights, following the government’s go-ahead for resumption of regular international air travel from March 27, expressed industry executives.

Scheduled international flight services were stopped in March 2020 due to the pandemic. However, special flights have been running between India and 37 countries since July 2020 under air bubble arrangements.

The actions of the United States, China, the United Kingdom, Germany, and several other nations, pale in comparison with the proactive and earnest efforts of Indian authorities who are now operating the evacuation schedule, Operation Ganga, in the complete swing to bring back Indian students from different parts of Ukraine.

IndiGo confirms dominance as vaccination for COVID-19 went up across the country and the need to present test information before a flight reduced, IndiGo launched its dominance over the market all over again.

The Ministry of Health today gave new guidelines for international passengers coming to India from 14 February. The demarcation of countries ‘at-risk’ and other countries dismissed.

The Indian government has carried several efforts to address the shortage of pilots in the country. In 2021, Flying Training Organisations (FTOs) produced 504 commercial pilot license (CPL) holders, the Lok Sabha was reported.  

On February 1st, India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the 2022 Union Budget. The aviation industry, in particular, had pinned its hopes on the government providing substantial comfort in light of the losses caused by the pandemic.