Civil Aviation Ministry News

A fresh survey conducted by LocalCurcles has revealed that in the past 12 months, 51% of airline passengers who booked flights experienced seat allocation fees, marking a notable increase from the previous year. 

Civil Aviation ministry scraps Air Suvidha form Ministry of Health & Family Welfare issues new guidelines for int'l arrivals Check the latest guidelines for international arrivals HERE

The airfare cap was introduced amid the coronavirus pandemic Now, the airfare cap is removed with the increase in passenger traffic Removal of airfare cap has resulted in a mixed trend of rise and drop in airfares

Government will build 220 airports by 2025 Government plans on building 33 new freight terminals, 15 new flight training schools According to the minister, 15% of the nation's pilots are women.

"The Government of India has not been contemplating the launch of 'Budget Air Service,'" said the Civil Aviation Ministry. Amid loud protest by the opposition, Lok Sabha saw three adjournments on Thursday.

Built on a premise of trust, self-certification, and non-intrusive monitoring, “The Drone Rules, 2021” will replace the UAS Rules 2021 (released on 12 March 2021). 

“The Drone Rules, 2021” will replace the UAS Rules 2021 (released on 12 March 2021). The last date for receipt of public comments is 5 August 2021.

Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday took charge of the Civil Aviation Ministry. Scindia was sworn in as a cabinet minister on Wednesday.

The NPNT scheme requires an operator to take permission from aviation regulator DGCA, using an app, before each drone flight. If this permission is not received, the drone itself will not function. These 166 green zones are in addition to the 66 green zones already approved by the ministry till date, the statement said. The new zones permitted on Saturday are in Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh.

The ban will come into effect from Thursday, the ministry said in its order. When scheduled domestic flights were resumed on May 25 after coronavirus lockdown last year, the ministry had allowed the airlines to serve in-flight meals under certain conditions. On May 25 last year, the country India restarted its domestic passenger flight operations after almost two months due to the lockdown.

In view of the emergence of a new COVID-19 strain in the United Kingdom, the govt has taken several precautionary measures. Centre has made the RT-PCR test mandatory for flyers from the UK All passengers coming from the UK will have to share their travel history for the last 14 days.

Category of persons eligible to travel will be permitted by the Home Ministry from time to time. Civil Aviation Ministry will display on its website the category of persons eligible to travel out of India," it read. The eligible persons would have to apply to the civil aviation agency or their designated agency along with their necessary details.

In Feb 2019, the first round of privatisation cleared for operation, management, and development of airports in Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Mangaluru, Thiruvananthapuram, and Guwahati through PPP model The AAI in September 2019 had also recommended the Civil Aviation Ministry to privatise airports in Amritsar, Varanasi, Bhubaneswar, Indore, Raipur, and Trichy The AAI, which works under the Ministry of Civil Aviation, owns and manages more than 100 airports across the country

Ministry of Civil Aviation will place a proposal for "further" privatisation of airports before the Union Cabinet, said Minister Hardeep Singh Puri The airports in Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Mangaluru, Thiruvananthapuram, and Guwahati were cleared for operation, management and development through PPP model in Feb 2019 In Sept 2019, the AAI had recommended the Civil Aviation Ministry to privatise airports in Amritsar, Varanasi, Bhubaneswar, Indore, Raipur and Trichy

Ten central government buildings in the national capital have been sealed in the past 74 days as many employees and senior officials of different ministries tested coronavirus positive during the 67 days of lockdown and six days of `Unlock 1.0`.

After almost two months of COVID-19 induced lockdown, domestic flight operations resumed in Andhra Pradesh as the first Spicejet plane from Bengaluru landed at Vijayawada airport early Tuesday with 79 passengers.

Civil Aviation Ministry confirmed that its officers who attended Parliamentary Standing Committee meeting on March 18, and came in close proximity with possibly COVID19 infected MP Dushyant Singh, have gone into self-quarantine from today. 

The project has been conceptualised for the automation of the processes and functions of DGCA and will provide a strong base for IT infrastructure and service delivery framework.

This comes at a time when confusion prevails over the government's proposed move to privatise the national carrier. 

Thr Civil Aviation Minister made these remarks while speaking in Rajya Sabha.