Many real estate and infrastructure firms have submitted proposals to the government to build airports at various remote parts of the country
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BA is believed to be in discussions with several domestic airlines, the Wadia-owned Go Air among them
The project is in the planning stage and a final roadmap is being prepared so that work on it could be started soon
The snake was found inside a domestic aircraft (Airbus A319) that had arrived at New Delhi from Srinagar (IC-822) and was at parking bay number 150
The company has not decided whether the new capital should be convertible or straight equity
Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel will flag off the inaugural flight from the new Bengaluru International Airport at Devanahalli, about 40 km from the city, and accompany Mallya to London along with other dignitaries and invitees
Designing work for the A350 is the next project for the Airbus Engineering Centre India (AECI), the company’s high-tech aircraft component manufacturing facility in Bangalore
Warren Buffett, Indian-origin banker Vikram Pandit, cola queen Indra Nooyi and media moghul Rupert Murdoch have cut down personal visits in corporate jets
"Our aviation industry is 60 years old and now has the technological and manufacturing capability to execute complex projects involving cutting edge technologies," said the minister of defence for India at the Berlin Air Show last week
The leading European airline has reportedly decided to discontinue operating its flights from Pakistan after October 25. It cited ‘commercial reasons’ for its decision
The losses were a result of higher fuel prices, which more than doubled in the quarter
The low-cost airline Deccan will now be called Kingfisher Red and will be a separate brand from the Vijay Mallya-promoted Kingfisher Airlines. This will be the second branding exercise for the "common man's airline" after its merger with Kingfisher Airlines in December 2007
Two airlines, Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Air France-KLM SA, are interested in the extended version of the A380
The manufacturing facility for aviation tyres will be set up at the company's factory at Medak in Andhra Pradesh at an initial investment of Rs 150 crore
Air Canada may soon follow American Airlines in providing in-flight internet service for its passengers. American Airlines, which is the world's largest airline, offers in-flight internet service on its long-haul flights - New York to Los Angeles, New York to San Francisco and New York to Miami
Kingfisher is wooing SIA’s high-margin business and first-class passengers by deploying the state-of-the-art Airbus A330 and offering premium services
In a bid to reduce congestion and overcrowding inside airport terminals, the government has decided not to allow private domestic carriers to undertake handling of baggage at six airports from next year
With every gram carried on board equating to fuel, airlines are taking a closer look at what's on board and making some inventive changes to cut their fuel costs
Statistics show that this is the steepest drop in basic fares, from Rs 2,000 in July, in any Indian sector in the last six months.
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Jet Airways, Kingfisher, SpiceJet and Indigo indicate that passengers would not benefit from the reduction in ATF prices, saying air fares do not fully reflect the recent surge in fuel prices
Yesterday, Deccan received government approval to operate seven weekly flights from Bangalore to London. Deccan completes five years of domestic operations on August 26
Spanair Flight JK5022, bound for Las Palmas, was just barely airborne when it veered right, crashed and broke into pieces, officials and reports said
The Airport Authority Employees' Union (AAEU), under which all airport employees have gone on strike, has been demanding no further privatisation or leasing out of other AAI airports in the country
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