Jun 12, 2017: SpiceJet has announced the launch of operations under the UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) scheme that has been introduced by the government to boost regional connectivity in the country. The airline announced the launch of two new daily direct flights on the routes of…

Jun 12, 2017: The Ministry of Shipping recently organized a workshop on its flagship programme titled, “Accelerating Sagarmala Implementation – Engaging with States” in New Delhi. The main objective of the workshop was to enhance the engagement among Ministry of Shipping, other ministries and…

Jun 12, 2017: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has constituted a GST facilitation cell in DGFT headquarters to assist and advice exporters, trade and industry for smooth transition from present regime to GST regime from 1st July 2017. The GST facilitation cell is headed by Nikunj Kumar…

Jun 09, 2017: Ethiopian Airlines has announced the inauguration of its new state of the art Cargo Terminal-II during the Second ICAO Global Air Cargo Development Forum which Ethiopian is hosting from June 27 to 29 2017. The area of the new Cargo Terminal is 150,000 square meters which includes…

Jun 09, 2017: The central government has proposed setting up of a Rs 200 crore joint venture company with Tamil Nadu for starting water transport from Kanyakumari to Chennai, said Nitin Gadkari the Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways. “We have given a proposal by which we can…

Jun 09, 2017: Maersk Line , the global containerised division of the Maersk Group moved the first ever container shipment from Visakhapatnam to Nepal. Maersk Line’s maiden rake left Vishakhapatnam on June 6, which will offer a guaranteed fixed transit time from load port till ICD Birgunj. Chennai…

Jun 09, 2017: Jet Airways and Aeromexico have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that outlines cooperation in the areas of enabling codeshare flights and frequent flyer programmes. As part of the arrangement, both carriers will code on each other’s services between India and Mexico via…

Jun 09, 2017: The Ministry of Civil Aviation is adding a digital experience for air travellers through DigiYatra platform. The ‘DigiYatra’ is an industry-led initiative co-ordinated by the Ministry in line with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Digital India’s vision to transform the nation into a…

Jun 08, 2017: Low-cost carrier SpiceJet has announced the launch of eight new direct flights and one connecting flight serving a slew of metro and non-metro cities. Starting from 1 July, the airline will operate a new direct flight on the Hyderabad – Jaipur – Hyderabad route and a new direct flight…

Jun 08, 2017: GMR Group , a leading global infrastructure conglomerate’s subsidiary GMR Airports Limited, has been selected to Develop, Operate and Manage the new international airport of Heraklion at Crete. This Greenfield airport will be in partnership with Greek infrastructure major TERNA S.A.…

Jun 08, 2017: Airports Authority of India (AAI) achieved a record of Rs 4,557 crore of profit before taxes (previous year Rs 3,697 crore) and profit after tax of Rs 3,115 crore (previous year Rs 2,537 crores) in FY 2017. AAI recorded a total income of Rs 12,542 crore (previous year Rs 10,824 crore),…

The concept of bringing low-cost airlines is not new to India. It was in the early 2000s, when Captain Gopinath’s Air Deccan introduced Indians to cheap airfares, providing many their first flying opportunity. With a simple tagline ‘simplyfly’, it targeted long-distance passengers who would…

Jun 07, 2017: Goh Choon Phong, CEO of Singapore Airlines , has assumed his duties as chairman of the IATA Board of Governors (BoG) for a one-year term, effective from the conclusion of the 73rd IATA Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Cancun, Mexico. Goh is the 76th Chair of the IATA BoG, and the third…

Jun 06, 2017: Four Middle East countries – Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and UAE – have closed airspace for flights landing and taking off between their respective countries and the State of Qatar. The clear impact of this decision is the closure of airspace to Qatar-operated flights merely…

Jun 06, 2017: Krishnapatnam Port has conceptualised and installed a first of its kind Automated Fertilizer Handling System (AFHS) in India. The innovative infrastructural set-up was inaugurated by Amitabh Kant, CEO, Niti Aayog at the port. The AFHS at Krishnapatnam Port is one of the most modern and…

Jun 06, 2017: On the occasion of World Environment Day, the JNPT Antwerp Port Training and Consultancy Foundation arranged a five day training program on “Ports and Environment-Sustainable and Responsible Management”, at its training centre for officials of other major ports. Anil Diggikar,…

Jun 06, 2017: The National Aviation University (NAU) signed an MoU with the Bird Worldwide Flight Services (India) Private Limited, to develop professional aviation and aerospace education programmes and research for the benefit of the Indian civil aviation industry. Internships and campus…

Jun 06, 2017: Keku Bomi Gazder has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Airport Authority of India Cargo, Logistics and Allied Services Company Limited (AAICLAS). A subsidiary of Airport Authority of India (AAI), AAICLAS was formed with a vision to become the foremost integrated…

Jun 05, 2017: SpiceJet reported a quarterly profit of Rs 41.6 crore for the three months ended March 31st, 2017, making it the ninth successive profitable quarter for the airline. Net profit for FY 2017 stood at Rs 430.7 crore, making this the second successive year of profitable growth. Operating…

Jun 05, 2017: Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) is organizing a Buyer Seller Meet (BSM) on 5th -6th June, 2017 at Mumbai. The programme will facilitate the interaction of buyers of mangoes from China, Japan, Australia, Iran, Mauritius, South Korea and…

Jun 03, 2017: The Federation of Freight Forwarders’ Associations in India (FFFAI), supported by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry (India), is conducting the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) International Conference on September 16 at Maritime Nation India 2017 . The conference…

Jun 02, 2017: In an effort to bridge the skill gap and create a market ready workforce in the aviation and aerospace sector, National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bird Academy to impart training to 35,000 candidates and set up model centers…

Jun 02, 2017: GVK Power and Infrastructure Ltd has announced its decision to sell its residual stake of 10 percent in Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), held through its subsidiary, Bangalore Airport Infrastructure Developers Private Limited, (BAIDPL) to Fairfax India Holdings…

May 31, 2017: Jet Airways has appointed Vinay Dube as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Dube’s appointment was approved by the Jet Airways Board of Directors at their meeting yesterday. The appointment is subject to receipt of all requisite government/regulatory approvals, including his security…

May 31, 2017: While the government is looking at all possible options including disinvestment for Air India in a bid to turnaround the state-owned airline burdened by a mountain of debt, Niti Aayog has proposed total privatisation of the national carrier in a report to the Prime Minister’s Office.…

May 30, 2017: With strong economic fundamentals and reform momentum like GST, India remains the fastest growing economy in the world, says a World Bank report. The report says that GST is on track for implementation in the second quarter of the fiscal year, and is expected to yield substantial…

May 30, 2017: The Inland Waterways Authority of India organized a road show in association with the Ministry Of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) in Guwahati recently to brainstorm on the major issues linked with developing the rivers of the North East as viable and sustainable means for…

May 30, 2017: RITES Ltd, under the Ministry of Railways has recorded 18 percent increase in its total income in FY 2016-17 compared to 2015-16. It has for the first time crossed the Rs. 1500 crores benchmark. Despite severe competition from domestic and foreign consultancy companies, RITES recorded…

May 30, 2017: Union Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that operationalising at least 10 of the 111 National Waterways next year is on the top of government’s agenda. This comes while the government last week approved allocation of 2.5 percent of the Central Road Fund (CRF) for NWs that would…

May 30, 2017: In order to familiarise potential investors with investment opportunities at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) Special Economic Zone (SEZ), JNPT along with World Free Zone Organisation (WFZO), Geneva and Export Promotion Council for EoUs and SEZs (EPCES) had organised an half day…

May 29, 2017: The Indian Institute of Freight Forwarders (IIFF), the training wing of Federation of Freight Forwarders’ Associations in India (FFFAI), is starting their second batch of distance learning course and tenth batch of class room diploma course on logistics, shipping & freight forwarding…

May 26, 2017: Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently inaugurated India’s longest bridge – the 9.15 km long Dhola-Sadiya bridge, over the River Brahmaputra, in Assam. The bridge that has been built at a cost of about Rs 2,056 crore will reduce the travel time between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh from…

May 26, 2017: In wake of the current global economic scenario, exporters’ body Federation of Indian Export Organisations or FIEO has said that the government might trim the goods and services shipment target of $900 billion fixed for 2020. The downward revision may be to the tune of around $700…

May 26, 2017: A reusable dummy aircraft made from scrap, created by GVK Mumbai International Airport Pvt. Limited (MIAL) has earned it the top prize at the 30th Renovative Kaizen Conference & Competition conducted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). MIAL’s Aircraft rescue and firefighting…

May 25, 2017: Minister for Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapathi Raju said that airline operators have shown keen interest in undertaking operations under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) and his ministry would soon be launching the second round of bidding for it. He further said that on the basis of…

May 25, 2017: The Port of Hamburg reported an increase of 1.7 percent in its total throughput at 35.4 million tonnes in the first quarter of 2017. Contributing to the Hamburg total, bulk cargo throughput was 6.7 percent higher at 12.2 million tonnes, and general cargo handling at 23.1 million…

May 25, 2017: Vistara has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320neo at Airbus Headquarters in Toulouse, making it the 14th aircraft in the airline’s growing fleet. Apart from the technical advancements that come with the A320neo, Vistara has unveiled several enhancements to the product on the…

May 24, 2017: Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhu flagged off Train No 17323/17324 Hubballi – Varanasi – Hubballi Express (Weekly) and 17325/17326 Hubballi – Mysuru – Hubballi Express (Daily) through video conferencing. Railway Board Chairman AK Mital and other railway board members and senior…

May 25, 2017: The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accorded its approval to a proposal jointly mooted by the Ministry of Shipping and the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) for amendment of Central Road Fund Act, 2000 to allocate 2.5 per cent of the proceeds of…

May 24, 2017: Ministry of Civil Aviation has proposed to expand the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) to include more unserved routes in its second phase. Aviation secretary R N Choubey reportedly said that various routes like Lucknow-Varanasi, where there is no connectivity would be included in…