India should look at hub & spoke model in aviation: Jyotiraditya Scindia

TBM Staff | Mumbai Friday, 1 October 2021, 12:06 PM

India will have to look at the hub and spoke model to fly more passengers from and into the country, civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said. Speaking at PHDCCI annual general meeting on September 30, Scindia said the aim should be to make India a robust aviation hub, which will Continue Reading

Flight services from Srinagar to Sharjah to start soon: Jyotiraditya Scindia

TBM Staff | Mumbai Monday, 27 September 2021, 11:00 AM

International flight operations are likely to resume at the Srinagar airport as efforts are on to start services between Srinagar and Sharjah, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said. He also said that the terminal at the Srinagar airport will be expanded from 25,000 square metre to 63,000 square metre. “The first international flight connection from […]Continue Reading

Centre aims to make air travel affordable for common man: Jyotiraditya Scindia

TBM Staff | Mumbai Thursday, 19 August 2021, 10:52 AM

Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on August 18 said the central government aimed to provide an affordable air travel facility, which even a person “wearing slippers” could avail. As part of the domestic civil aviation sector’s expansion in the past four years, new airports have been opened in many smaller cities and air services […]Continue Reading

IndiGo to start daily flights connecting Gwalior with Indore, Delhi from September 1: Jyotiraditya Scindia

TBM Staff | Mumbai Saturday, 14 August 2021, 11:00 AM

IndiGo will start daily flights connecting Gwalior with Indore in Madhya Pradesh and Delhi from September 1 onwards, said Jyotiraditya Scindia, Union Civil Aviation Minister on August 13. “IndiGo will start daily flights from Madhya Pradesh from September 1: Delhi-Gwalior-Delhi; Gwalior-Indore-Gwalior; Indore-Gwalior-Indore; Gwalior-Delhi-Gwalior,” he said on Continue Reading

Puducherry awaits resumption of flights, spiritual tourism in Karaikal

TBM Staff | Mumbai Monday, 26 July 2021, 1:40 PM

Lt Governor of Puducherry Tamilisai Soundararajan has urged the Civil Aviation Ministry to restart flight services to the Union Territory (UT), which were suspended in the wake of the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic. A release from office of Lt Governor on Saturday said the Lt Governor had a telephonic conversation with Union Minister for Civil […]Continue Reading

MoCA forms advisory groups to resolve challenges amid Covid-19

TBM Staff | Mumbai Thursday, 22 July 2021, 12:15 PM

The Civil Aviation Ministry has formed three advisory groups comprising airlines, airport operators, cargo carriers, ground handling companies, flying training organisations and maintenance, repair and overhaul companies to deliberate and resolve challenges faced by the sector, according to an official statement on Wednesday. The aviation sector was badly hit by the Continue Reading