Civil Aviation Minister

Govt to introduce air taxi services for Delhi, Mumbai, Pune: Aviation Minister

January 31, 2025 11:02 pm

The Aeronautical Society of India has organised a two-day national conference titled Challenges in Aerospace for Viksit Bharat- 2047 and 73rd Annual General Meeting at Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Auditorium, Pashan.

'Finally, heard the voice of common man,' says Raghav Chadha after Centre launches affordable Udaan Yatri Cafe at Kolkata airport

December 23, 2024 7:24 pm

While discussing the Indian Aviation Bill 2024 in the Winter Session of Parliament, Chadha had raised the issue of overpriced food and beverages available at the airport.

Centenary Celebrations: Kolkata Airport to handle 100 daily flights soon, says Civil Aviation Minister

December 21, 2024 11:27 pm

He added that there's a plan to increase the annual passenger footfall at the airport from 2.6 million to 4 million.

Govt asks airlines to devise mechanism for reasonable pricing of air tickets

June 06, 2023 10:07 am

During an hour-long meeting of the airlines advisory group, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia shared his concerns about the steep rise in airfares on certain routes.

Facial recognition technology introduced at 3 airports in India under Digi Yatra initiative

December 02, 2022 11:42 am

DigiYatra will be launched at four more airports -- Hyderabad, Pune, Vijayawada and Kolkata -- by March next year. Later, DigiYatra will be rapidly rolled out across all other airports, Scindia said at a briefing

China recovers second black box of crashed passenger jet

March 27, 2022 5:05 pm

Flight MU5735 crashed on Monday, killing all 132 people onboard, mainland China's deadliest aviation disaster in 28 years.

My name is Jyotiraditya Scindia: Minister on 'maharaj' dig

February 10, 2022 9:33 pm

This came after Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury addressed the Civil Aviation Minister as 'maharaj' twice in the Lok Sabha while asking a question pertaining to some airport projects in West Bengal during the Question Hour.

Scindia writes to Maharashtra CM seeking intervention for airport development

August 27, 2021 10:13 pm

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has started the expansion of airports at a cost of Rs 20,000 crore in the next four to five years to meet the growing passenger demand in the country.

209 slots vacated by Jet Airways are lying unused at 31 airports: Govt

July 11, 2019 6:10 pm

The airports in Chennai have 34 unused slots, Indore 18, Guwahati 12 and Ahmedabad have 8 slots, the minister said in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.

India civil aviation ministry to cooperate with federal investigator: Ashok Raju

May 30, 2017 2:54 pm

This is regarding three cases which include purchase of 111 aircraft by state carrier Air India and its merger with Indian Airlines.

Cabinet Ministers Rajnath Singh, Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju take charge

May 29, 2014 5:15 pm

Cabinet Ministers Rajnath Singh, Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju took charge of their respective offices on Thursday (May 29).

There is no such thing as a low-cost airport: Gajapathi Raju, Civil Aviation Minister

October 13, 2014 9:17 am